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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Coal Mining Problem. U.s.a. Experiments

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 April 1924 · page 4

Coal mine operators in Illinois, U.S.A. have requested the Department of the Interior to authorise the Central District Experiment Station…

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Mine Stoppages. Wheelers Cause Trouble. Nine Hundred Men Idle. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1924 · page 5

Aberdare Colliery, was idle to-day. A wheeler contended that his last fortnight's pay should have been made up to the amount of the…

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Mine Certificates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 4

Mr. J, C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, announcing that at examination for certificates of competency at manager, under-manager,…

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Miners and Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 4

As a result of a notice of motion which emanated from one of the lodges, declaring that Anzac Day be a holiday, and this having been…

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Five Idle. Cessnock Collieries. About 2000 Men Affected. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 5

Aberdare, Abermain No. 1, No, 2 and No. 3. and Cessnock collieries were idle again this morning. At Aberdare a dispute exists over…

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Bellbird Colliery. Time of Opening Approaches. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 5

Machinery necessary for the operations attendant upon the opening of the Bellbird Colliery has been erected, and from certain indications the…

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The Collieries. Anzac Day Observance. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 5

There will be no work at the collieries to-morrow, on account of [?] being Anzac Day. Aberdare and Cessnock collieries…

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Tasmanian Miners. Arbitrator's Award

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 4

The new Tasmanian coal-miners" award will, in terms of the decision of the arbitrator operate on and from February 28, 1924, until…

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Barrier Mines. Claim Foe, New Log. Shorter Hours: Higher Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 3

A conference was held at Broken Hill between representatives of the Mining Managers' Association and delegates from the Barrier Industrial and…

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Mining Dispute. Landlords' Revenues. London, April 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

At the opening of the miners' case in the Coal Inquiry, Mr. Herbert Smith asserted that the owners are making handsome profits, even…

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Maitland Collieries Five Mines Idle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 3

Five eolleries are idle on the Maitland field, throwing 2000 men out of employment. Aberdare, Abermain No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, and Cessnock…

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Subsidences. in Coal Mining Districts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 16

Following a ten-year study of surface subsidence in coal-mining districts made by the United States Departments of the Interior, through the…

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Bellbird Colliery. Time of Opening Approaches

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 3

Machinery necessary for the operations attendant upon the opening of the Bellbird colliery has been erected, and from certain indications the…

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Tasmanian Miners. Arbitrator's Award

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 5

The new Tasmanian coal-miners' award will in terms of the decision of the arbitrator, operate on and from February 28, 1921, until…

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Coal Export. Shipments at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 6

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 55,943 tons, of which 47,475 tons…

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Miners' Diseases. Medical Examinations. Compensation Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 13

The New South Wales Cabinet has decided that the medical examinations recommended by the Board of Trade in connection with miners' diseases, such…

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Papuan Gold. Assay of Busai Samples

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 14

While in Papua recently Mr. T. W. Horton inspected the Busai gold mines, and sampled the various lodes in the tunnel that was being driven from the…

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British Coal Inquiry (Reuter's Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 6

Opening the miners ease at the coal inquiry, Mr Herbert Smith asscrted that owners were making handsome profits even after payment of huge…

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Local and General Mummel Gold Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

The battery for treating the reef stuff at Mummel, in the Upper Manning district, will be started on Saturday, April 26th, when it is…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 7

Eight days constituted full time at the collieries in the northern district for the fortnight. Northern Extended, South Teealba, Co-operation, and…

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