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Mining & the mines, 1924

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New York Exchange. Purchases of Australian Gold. Recovery of Sterling. New York, Feb. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 12

The National City Bank announces that it recently purchased gold to the value of 1,750,000 dollars in Australia, the transaction being purely of a…

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Muswellbrook Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 4

Representatives of Overton Miners' Lodge. of Muswellbrook, interviewed Mr. W.F. O'Hearn, M.L.A. at Muswellbrook, in reference to…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1924 · page 4

It is considered in some circles that further trouble is likely in the coalmining industry. The Western and Southern coalowners have…

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Combined Miners' Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 5

A combined meeting of the miners of Abermain No. 2, and Aberdare South and Central will be held at the Strand to-morrow morning at 11…

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Collieries Idle. More Trouble with Wheelers East Greta Resumes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

Work has been resumed at East Grote colhery, which had been idle for several months, the men having declined to work in accordance with the forms of an…

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Muswellbrook Coal Favorable Comment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

Reports regarding the coal mined at Muswellbrook are favorable as to its quality as a fuel (says the Newcastle "Sun.')…

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A Mountain of Gold

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 4

1879 the hamlet of Dungog, 152 miles north of Sydney, was provided with excitement different from that occasioned by the bush fire that…

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Aberdare Mines. "No Abnormal Dangers." Chief Inspector's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 7

Mr. J. C. L Fitzpatrick. Minister for Mines, received a report from Mr. J. P. Hindmarsh, Chief inspector of Coal Mines, in regard to the…

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Mining Accidents Great Britain's 1923 Record

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 8

The year 1923, in Great Britain, has been an unfortunate one in respect of accidents owing to two of those disasters on a considerable…

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Illness of Miners' Treasurer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 4

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation, who underwent an operation at the Newcastle Hospital a…

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Newnes Trouble. Coal Declared "Black." Forcing the Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

The Closer Unity Committee formed of representatives of the mining industry has decided to declare "black" the State works situated neat Newnes…

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Cessnock Mines. Question of Safety. Aggregate Meeting. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

An aggregate meeting of the Aberdare Central, Aberdare South and Abermain No. 2 Miners' Lodges was held in the Strand Theatre…

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Idle Miners. Heddon and Pelaw-main Resume. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

Heburn topmen agreed to go back on the old conditions this morning. They had claimed extra for wet work in the heavy rain…

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Miners' Vain Fight for Life Road Made with Bare Hands

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 2

According to a late English cable a most pathetic story was unfolded at the inquest on the victims of the recent Redding Colliery disaster…

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Coal Miners Peril. Fight for Life. London, Feb. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

Giving evidence at the Redding pit inquiry, the colliery manager said that he had found 35ft. of roadway, which some of the men who perished…

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The Coal Miner

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 8

In the course of his address at Muswellbrook, on Friday night last, Mr. O'Hearn said that as the development of coal-mining on an…

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Miner Injured. Gas Fire in Aberdare Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 7

A gas fire occurred ia Aberdare Colliery this morning which resulted in a miner named R. (Fez) Findlay receiving burns, which…

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The Storm Water at St. Helier's Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 1

A report gained currency yesterday morning that St. Heller's Colliery had been flooded as a result of the storm, and that the line to the…

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To Resume. Aberdare and Abermain Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6

A combined meeting of the employees of Aberdare Centgal, Aberdare South, and Abermain No. 2 Collieries was held in the Strand…

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Machine Dispute. Pelaw Main Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6

A statement dealing with the machine dispute ar Pelaw-main Colliery, which was the subject of arbitration proceedings before Mr. Justice…

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