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Mining & the mines, 1924

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CESSNOCK No. 2 Colliery Stoppage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 5

The Cessnock No. 2 Colliery had a couple of days' idleness this week. The trouble was caused through the dismissal of a lad, and the men…

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Fatal Accident. at Lupton Paek Colliery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

Leu Hill, a Kayuga resident was fatally injured at Lupton Park Colliery about mid-day to-day as a result of a fall of stone…

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New Demands. Barrier Employees' Claims. Miners 30-Hour Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 6

Fresh claims in respect of and conditions have been submitted to the Broken Hill mining companies…

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Miners Finances.. Year's Amazing Figures. Nearly £250.000 in Levies

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 6

During 1923 the levies, apart form contributions, paid by the 24,000 members of the miners' Federation amounted to parctically a quarter of…

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The Romance of a Post Office. the Story of a Mining Camp

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 6

Working hours were over in the Great White Canon. Mary Verner pulled down the little window of the post office of which she was the…

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Miners' Treasurer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, of the Miners' Federation, who recently underwent an operation at the Newcastle) Hospital, is still an inmate of…

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Colliery Accident. Death From Injuries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 9

Arthur Cornish, 52, a miner, died at Kurri Hospital, on 22nd ult. from injuries received last Monday in the section of Abermain Colliery known…

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Boring for Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

Boring operations for coal at Mindaribba have boon discontinued by the company concerned. It was round Hint the Greta seam was in…

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Mining Activity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. Daley, manager of the Allynbrok Mining (Antimony) Company. speaks well of the prospects of the mine in his charge. The leases…

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Coal Export. Month's Figures for Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle last month for places beyond the State was 423,416 tons, on which 320,983 tons represented…

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Fall of Coal. Miner Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 8

Thomas Kellitt, 50 a miner, employed at Shortland Colliery, was fatally injured through being struck by a fall of coal on Tuesday afternoon…

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Tasmanian Miners. Mr. Hibble to Inquire Into Dispute

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3

The negotitions which began on February 21 between Mr. Lyons, Premier of Tasmania, and Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Commonwealth Coal…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 6

Eleven day's constituted full time at the collieries in the northern, district for the fortnight. Northern Extended, Co-operative, and Duckenfield were…

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Mindaribba Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 7

A report just received is unfavorable to the development of the coal seam found at Mindaribba, between Paterson and Maitland, owing to the…

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Bellbird Colliery Preparations for Reopening

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 5

The tragedy of the Bellbird disaster, will be vividly brought back to memory shotrly by the re-opeinng of the sealed tunnel. Two 150 h.p…

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Coal Outlook. Serious for Newcastle Mr. John Brown's Views. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 5

John Brown, the coal magnate, who returned to-day from a tour of New Zealand, in the course of an interview, said that the coal outlook…

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South Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 5

South Greta Colltery was idle yesterday, but not through any industrial trouble. The man who attends the engine was unable to go to work…

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Ashtonfield Miners Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 4

A meeting' of the Ashtonfield Miners' Ledge will be held at the colliery to-morrow at one o'clock. The business is stated to be of an…

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Greta Main Collieries

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

The progress that is being made with the development of the Greta Main colliery at Millfield is indicated by an advertisement in this issue, in…

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St. Heliers' Colliery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 9

Mr. Thomas, manager of St. Heliers' Colliery, informs us that the railway line has been passed by departmental officers, and coal will be…

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