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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Coal, Operators Court-martialled. London, Jan, 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that a message from Mayence states that the court-martial of the six German industrialists, including…

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The Coal Tribunal. Priority Question. Breezy Sitting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 3

The old standing dispute regarding deficiency places was again introduced to disturb the serenity of the, proceedings of the Coal Tribunal in…

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France and Germany Trial of Coal-owners

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

London, Monday.—A message from Essen states that the German coalowners summoned last week are to be tried at Mayence to-day. They will be…

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Colliery Development

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 4

Coal was reached in the main shaft at Stanford-Morthyr No. 2 Colliery, on the East Greta Coal Company's Estate at Ellalong, on Wednesday…

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The Coal Tribunal. Miners' Representatives Absent. Proceedings Adjourned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

Owing to the miners' representatives on the Coal Tribunal failing to put in an appearance yesterday, the Coal Tribunal was unable to proceed…

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St. Heliers' Coal Mine. Nearly 20,000 Shares Applied For

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

Applications for shares in the St. Heliers' Coal Coy. are still being made in a manner that is very gratifying to the promoters. The total…

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Pewal Main Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

Consequent upon the heating-up of No. 3 West, Pelaw Main Colliery, the men employed in that section have been transferred to other…

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Workers' Industrial Union. Miners' Protests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Workers Industrial Union of Australia (Mining Department) concluded in Sydney last evening…

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The Steel Works. Che[?]er Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

The general manager of the Broken hill Proprietary Company. Limited (Mr. Essington Lewis). who has been on a visit to Newcastle,…

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Coal Struck at Paxton. Ellalong's Historic Event

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

There was a little excitement at Paxton, the new mining centre at Ellalong, when it became known that coal had been located in the shaft being…

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Colliery Mechanics. This Kalingo Trouble

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 9

Mr. J. E. Pendiebury presided over a meeting of the Colliery Mechanics Association at West Maitland. Mr. H. C. Morton, general…

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Burning Brown Coal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 8

Valuable deposits of broken coal and lignite are found in various parts of the world, and a great deal of scientific attention is being given to the problem…

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Verdun Mine. "Too Good to Last."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 3

News from Lithgow slates that there is not the slighest doubt hi the animals of those experienced in sold mining that the show unearthed at the Verdun…

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Vend and Railways Coal Dispute Settled

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

It was announced by the Acting-Premier (Mr Oakes) on Wednesday that the Railway Commissioners had informed him that there was now no longer any…

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Coal Barons' Frauds. London, January 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 12

Glaring instances showing how the Ruhr coal barons are defrauding the Allies and their own countrymen and putting gigantic sums into their own…

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Mine Strike. Engineers to Be Called Out

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 9

At a meeting of the joint representatives of the various organisations employed at the State coalmine at Wenthaggi (Vic.), an amalgamated council…

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Ruhr Mines in Berlin. London, Jan, 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that 500 youths arrived last night who said they were miners from the Ruhr and they wished to…

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Scottish Coal Trade Brisk. London, January 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 12

Glasgow coal exporters have been deluged with German orders for the past few days, and all available January supplies have been sold for…

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Paying the Miners. French Compulsion Stiffens. London, January 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 12

The "Daily Mail's" Paris correspondent states that the French and Belgian engineers are rapidly completing plans for the payment of the…

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French in the Ruhr. Strike Threatened. Arrested Mine Managers. London, Jan. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 2

A general strike in the Ruhr is threatening. The German Charge-de-Affaires at Paris states that he has been instructed to protest against the arrest of the German mine-managers in the Ruhr, and to demand their immediate release, and…

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