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Mining & the mines, 1924

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Gold Reserve. Removal to New Federal Bank

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 5

Commonwealth Bank and Treasure officials have been engaged for a fortnight in supervising the removal of 14 million sovereigns from the vaults…

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Medical Agreements Doctors and Mining Lodges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 6

Replying to an inquiry by Mr. L. Lodge, in the Riverina, as to the medical agreements between the doctors…

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Mining Troubles. Western and South Coast Mechanics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 9

A message from Lithgow states that the colliery mechanics at Oakey Park Colliery have decided to take ballot on the question of giving 14 days'…

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Action for Damages Against Coal and Shipping Merchant. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 1

A sensational case is now being heard at the Gisborne Supreme Court. Mrs. Ivy Carr, a school mistress, is claiming £5000 damages from Lionel…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting Discusses Executive Control. Need for Local Administration. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 4

For some time past there has been a movement amongst prominent industrialists in Maitland district to secure some form of local…

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Bellbird Colliery Rebuilding Stoppings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

At Bellbird Colliery the last of the concrete stoppings to be erected in the first air base has been erected. Work is now taking place in…

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Muswellbrook Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 5

Giving evidence at Denman, before the Public Works Committee, which is inquiring with regard to the proposed Sandy Hollow-Maryvale…

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Coal Shipments

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

The coal shipments at Newcastle during last month totalled 370,638 tons, of which those of Commonwealth and New Zealand ports…

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Rich Gold Find

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 1

Reports from Lithgow state that quite a sensation has been caused in mining circles at Portor's Retreat by the diseovory of an excellent gold show…

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Mining Instruction in Cessnock and Lithgow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 7

It is the policy of the Education Department to establish in agricultural centres agricultural schools, and in industrial centres trades and…

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Mine Rescue Stations. Bill to Be Introduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1924 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Connell asked Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, in view of his promise [?] introduce legislation dealing with…

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Coal Mine Closed Through Insubordinatte Employee

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 3

Since June 3 the Pacific Colliery, in the Northern fields has been closed consequent upon the repeated insubordination of one of the wheelers. The…

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Colliery Disputes. Western Dispute Dropped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 7

The dispute between the Western Colliery Mechanics' Association and the directors of the Oakey Park colliery ever the dismissal of D, Korr, western…

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Muswellbrook Coal Contracts

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 2

Mr W. V. Parkinson, Mayor of Muswellbrook, and a resident of ovor 30 years? giving evidence bofore the Public Works Committee, regarding the…

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Coal Traffic. Shows an Improvement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 3

Mr. A. Crow, district superintendent of railways states that the coal-shipping traffic has Improved during the last week or two…

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Bellbird Mine. Another Stopping Completed. Consolidation Work. BELLBIRD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 4

To-day, men working without the Proto apparatus put in another stopping, just below No. 3 West, and by so doing created an air-lock,…

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Lighting of Coal Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. D. Murray said he wished to know whether the attention of the Minister for Mines has been called to the…

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Coal Mine Closed Through Insubordinatte Employee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 4

Since June 3 the Pacific Collier, in the Northern field, has been cloed consequent upon the repeated insubordination of one of the wheelers…

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Colliery Ambulance Class

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 4

Mr. J.B. Wiggington, secretary of the Kurrl Combined Colliery Ambulance Classes, has received from, Messrs. J. and A. Brown a cheque…

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Bellbird Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 10

Work is progressing satisfactorily at the Bellbird Colliery. The next stopping to be erected is at 4 West, where the work was sterted to-day…

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