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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Coal Exports. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

The coal shipments at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State totalled 77,490 tons, of which those for Commonwealth and…

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Coal Export. Shipment's From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

The coal shipments at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State totalled 95.275 tons, of which those for Commonwealth and…

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Broken Hill Miners. Alternate Offers Accepted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

At a special general meeting of the Industrial Council, held at the Trades Hall last night, it was decided that the Mining Managers' Association be…

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Gas Strike. Coal and Coke "Black."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

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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British Miners. International Action. London, Feb, 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

The Northumberland Miners' Council at Newcastle, unanimously passed a resolution urging the executive of the Miners' Federation of Great…

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Gold Find. Wingham District. "Not Encouraging."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 8

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitspatrick) has made available the report of the inspector of mines (Mr. H. F. Pearson) concerning the recent…

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Mine Disaster. Explosion of Gas. New York, Feb, 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

Firty-one miners were killed as the result of a gas explosion in the City Coal Company mine at Sullivan (Indiana)…

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Mine Disaster. New Zealand State Colliery. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 5

Further particulars of the mining disaster at Dunollie State coal mine, New Zealand, show that John Knox was killed…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnigthly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

Ten days constituted full time at the collieries in the northern district for the fortnight, one day having been lost on account of the aggregate…

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Tuberculosis. the Gold Treatment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

Specific cures in medicine—drugs which have definite therapeutic vales for definite diseases—are few and far between. With the…

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Export of Coal. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last month for places beyond the State was 360, 411 tons, of which 293,231 tons…

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Work at the Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

Ton days constituted full time at the collieries in the northern district for the fortnight, one day having been lost on account of the aggregate meetings…

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Aberdare Colliery Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

Some trouble occurred at Aberdare Colliery (Caledonia) yesterday, resulting, it is reported, in the services of three men, including two…

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Safety in Mines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

The following' resolutions, carried at all meeting held in the north, were carried at the meeting of the local miners held to consider the question…

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Northern Group. Colliery Employees Federation. Delegates Meet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 3

The delegates of the Northern Miners' Group met at the Newcastle Trades Hall, Newcastle. Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Northern…

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Safety in Mines. a Remarkable Incident. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 7

The miners employed at one colliery in the Newcastle district contend that they have good reason for the action they have taken in connection with the…

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Lost in Jungle Gold-seekers Eat Dead Comrades

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

Berlin, Saturday.—Shocking tales of hardship are being told in connection with the suicidal gold rush to Tommot, on the Aldan River, Siberia…

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Busy Mr O'Hearn Fighting for Reduction of Coal Freights

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., is sparing no effort To make out a strong case for a reduction in coal freights between Muswellbrook and Newcastle…

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Gold Shipment. for Australian Banks. Over Two Million From America. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

The mail steamer Sonoma, which arrived from San Francisco to-day, brought thirteen and three-quarter million dollars in gold or…

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Cement Value to State Will Soon Bank Next to Coal 223.000 Tons in 1924

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

According, to Mr. Leo J. Jones, Geological Surveyor, speaking at the Mining Museum, inexhaustible supplies of the necessary raw materials…

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