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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Safety in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 4

Under the auspices of the Safety in Mines Propaganda Committee aggregates meetings of unions will be held in the Norther District, on…

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Muswellbrook Coal Coy. Definitely Decides to Enter Export Trade. New Gantry and Coal Box to be Erected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 1

What appears to be the biggest move ill the history of coal raining in this district has been made by the Muswellbrook Coal Mining Company,…

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Aberdare Central. Mine Again Idle. Families Suffer Hardships. Do the Owners Care ?

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 20 February 1925 · page 10

During the last two years Aber[?] Central Colliery has barely worked ten months and during that period the owners, without considerations…

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Electric Shock. in Railway Coal Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 5

Five employees of the railway coal mine had a terrifying experience' at Lithgow. They were using steel rails to support a roof in a section of the…

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Safety in Mines. Miners in Conference. Aggregate Meetings to Be Meld

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 14

A further conference of the various organisations associated with the coal naming industry in the Northern District was held at Newcastle, Mr. J…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 14

Full time of eleven days was worked at thirteen collieries on the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields for the fortnight ended on Saturday…

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Decision Reserved. Miners' Compensation Cases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 8

The appeals of the South Greta Colliery, Ltd., and the Hebburn Colliery, Ltd., against the decision of Judge White in the Newcastle…

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Coal Export. Shipment's From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 22

The coal shipments at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State totalled 95,275 tons, of which State for Commonwealth and…

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Gas Strike. Coal and Coke "Black."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 22

A meeting of members of the Gas Workers' Union, employed at the West Melbourne gas works, has decided to declare coal and coke at the…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 12

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

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British Miners. Secretary's Bitter Speech. London. Feb. 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 2

Speaking at Llanely, the secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. J. Cook) made a bitter attack upon Mr. Frank Hodges (a former…

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Miners' Claims. Early Hearing by Tribunal Hoped For

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 11

Officials of the Miners' Federation in Sydney are hopeful that the Coal Tribunal will commence the hearing of their claims for a minimum…

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Safety in Mines. Mr. Mcdonald's Views. Saturday's Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 7

Mr. C. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, made reference to the conference of the various organisations associated…

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Miners' Compensation South Greta and Hebburn Cases. Full Court Appeals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 3

The attention of the Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Street, the Chief Justice Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson, was…

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Fatal Injuries. Fall of Coal in Abermain. Weston

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 13

The inquest was resumed at the Denman Hotel, Abermain, to-day concerning the death of James Peters Stewart, a shiftman, 46, living with…

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Safety in Mines. Rescue Stations Desired. Aggregate Meetings to Be Held

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 1

A meeting of the delegates of the Miners' Safety Propaganda Committee, held at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday, decided, to hold…

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Sterling. Australia's Gold Purchases. Effect on Exchange. London, Feb. 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 13

Sir Mark Sheldon, whom the King invested yesterday, on being interviewed by the Australian Press Association in reference to London…

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Seaman Killed. on Coal Lines at Waratah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

A man wan picked up in an unconscious condition on the coal lines on the Steel Works side of Port Waratah on Saturday with his foot…

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Miners Hold Aggregate Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

The local colliery employees held a meeting to-day to discuss the question of safety in mines. Meetings were held at all centres in the…

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Waggons on Fire a Central Colliery Incident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 5

Nine waggons of slack that were brought from Aberdare Colliery to Aberdare Central were found to be smouldering on Sunday night. The…

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