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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Aberdare Central. Resumption of Work , CESSNOCK , Monday, Aberdare Central colliery resumed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

work this morning. The dispute over the reinstatement of a man employed in the lamp cabin has not been settled but a resumation of work was…

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Safety in Mines. Conference at Newcastle, £10,000 Grant Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 6

Several recommendations were made at a conference at Newcastle regarding safety in mines The deliberations occupied the whole day Mr. J…

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Miners Injured. Falis of Stone at Newcastle Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 7

Two miners were injured while at work in Newcastle Collieries on Monday, in each by it fall of stone. Hugh Dobbinn, 24 employed at…

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Louth Park Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Marriott, proprietor of the Louth Park Colliery, announces that he is in the position to supply household coal in East and West…

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Balmain Colliery. Order to Resume Operations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 6

A compulsory conference, convened by, the chairman of the Coal Tribunal took place at the Commonwealth Bank Buildings, Sydney, in connection with…

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Safety in Mines Proposed Lectures

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

The district Parliamentary representatives have been informed by the Under-Secretary for Mines that lectures in connection with the safety…

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Tin and Gold. Find Near Cathcart

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 7

A tin and gold fing has been made about six miles from Cathedit. The seam runs in the north and south direction in an alluvial swamp, with…

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Gold Discovery. Near Old Victorian Workings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

Gold has been found at Though (Vic.) by three brothers named Taylor. The find is situated south-west of Kangaroo Creek, about eight miles…

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Gold Shipment. "Plenty in New York." Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 5

The steamer Heirra, which reached Sydney to-day, brought £250,000 worth of gold from America, consigned to the Bank of New South Wales…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, February 10, 1925. Local and General Coal Freights. Move for Reduction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

We learn th t persona interested in coa) mines situated close to the Muswellbrook district have approached local concerns with a view so…

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Whitburn Colliery. Payment for Tops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 6

The conference in regard to the question of payment for tops at the Whitburn Colliery was continued at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern…

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Bellbird Colliery. Clippers Cause Trouble. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

[?] was thrown late to-day, owing to a dispute amongest the clippers. The management is not con[?] in the trouble…

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British Miners. German Competition. London, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

Mr. Cook, miners' secretary, 10-night made a statement that the executive of the Miners' Federation was of opinion that the Dawes Plan…

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Colliery Explosion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

News comes from Berlin of an explosion in a colliery near Dortmund. Reuter's Dortmund correspondent says that 100 miners are missing…

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Bellbird Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

On Tuesday afternoon there was a breakaway of skips from the main bank at No. 2 tunnel of the Bellbird Colliery. The skips ran down the…

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Coal Truck Derailed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

A track in a train of empty coal waggons which was being shunted at the Cessnock railway station this morning by some means or other left…

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German Coal Trade

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 6

Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, made a statement the other night to the effect that the executive of the…

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Coal Orders Improve

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

Railway orders for coal have again improved and full time will be worked at the local collieries for another week…

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German Colliery. Serious Explosion One Hundred Missing. London, Feb. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 5

News come from Berlin of an explosion ill a colliery near Dortmund. Reuter's Dortmund correspondent says that 100 miners are missing…

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Bellbird Mine. Haulage Tunnel Blocked. Large Fall of Stone

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 2

A large fall of stone occurred in the haulage tunnel of Bellbird No. 2 Colliery on Wednesday afternoon, but luckily there [?] no less of life [?]…

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