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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

1,441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 73

Mining Warden's Court Heavy Volume of Business

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 5

A sitting of the Warden's Court was held at Singleton Courthouse on Thursday. Mr G. James, Metropolitan Warden, presiding…

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Maitland Mines. Will Re-open on Wednesday. the Pelaw-main Difficulty. Referred to Arbitration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 4

The trouble at Pelaw-Main Colliery in [?]egard to the operation of the air turbine coal-cutting machines has been overcome. The matter will…

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Whitburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 8

The lodge members interviewed the manager of Whitburn Colliery Greta on Saturday and it was arranged that the shiftmen resume…

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South Greta Miners Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 4

A special meeting of the South Greta Miners' Lodge will be held in the Homeville Hall, to-morrow (Tuesday) morning at 10.30 o'clock…

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Signing on at Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 8

Mr. W. Brennan, secretary of the northern district, branch of the Workers industrial Union of Australia has telegraphed to the…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Annual Meeting. Financial Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 3

Mr. J. E. Pendlebury presided at the annual meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association in St. Mary's Hall, West…

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Coal Position. Trouble at Redhead. Dispute Over Wage Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 8

The mining industrial position has been further complicated by the difficulty at Redfern. At a meeting of the lodge on…

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Mining Tragedy. Disastrous Explosion: London, July 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 5

It is reported that 28 people were killed in an explosion at Maitby Main Colliery near Rotherham. There were 120 men in the mine at the…

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Mining Position. Will Work Be Resumed? Redhead Complication. NEWSCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 5

Officials of the Miners' Federation state that the men at Redhead Colliery will go back to work on Wednesday morning, but only on the…

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The Coal Miners Cutting Machines Question

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

As a result, of the conference now silting with Mr Justice Edmunds as president, it is hoped that there will be a general resumption of work on…

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Maitland Coal Wanted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

The gas supply from Wagga Municipal Gas Works has been most unsatisfactory during the last two months, and a climax was reached…

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Colliery Mechanics Annual Meeting. a Favorable Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 8

The annual report of the Colliery Mechanics Mutual Protective Association was submitted on Saturday evening to a well-attended meeting over…

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Miners Sign On. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

Following on meeting of the various lodges in the district, a bush time was spent to-day signing on at the collieries…

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Colliery Rating. Appeal to Land Valuation Court. Assessments Reduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 6

In the Land Valuation Court on Monday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Pike, the hearing of the appeals of thirteen collieries on the South…

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The Lure of Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 7

The quantity of business that is being brought before the Warden's Court at each monthly sitting shows that great interest is being taken in…

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Mine Failure: Dismantling Block 10 Plant. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

Mr. H. Thomas, general manager of Miller and Co., leaves Sydney to-day for Samarai, to superintend the dismantling of the plant of the mine…

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Seriously Injured. Coal Lumper's Fall Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

Joseph Hall. a coal lumper, was descending an iron ladder in the coal bulk Fortuna last night, when he Slipped and fell, His fall was broken…

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The Mines. Work Starts To-morrow. Pelaw-main Machines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

Although Mr. Justice Edmunds was unable on account of illness to take the inquiry into the air turbine machines on Monday, arrangements have been…

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Mining Disasters. Dangerous Gases. London. July 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

Owing to the accumulation of dangerous gases which later blew out of the three mine shifts, the rescue parties were forced to withdraw from the…

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Stormy Petrel What Miners Think of Mr. John Brown. Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 4

Notwithstandig the trouble that has arisen at Pelaw Main, preparations are being made at other collieries for a resumption next week. Top…

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