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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Bribbaree Goldfield Geological Surveyor's Report

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

Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines has received a report from Mr. L. F. Harper Senior Geological Surveyor, on the Bribarce Goldfield,…

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Abermain Colliery Conference Cancelled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

A matter in connection with the Abermain No, 2 Colliery with respect to the counting of skips was to have been before the chairman of…

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Local and General. Avrfield Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

The chairman of the Coal Tribunal has called a compulsory conference for Thursday in connection with the dispute at Ayrfield colliery…

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Offer Accepted. Broken Hill Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 7

The Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Boilermakers' and Ironmoulders' Societies met last night and decided to accept the…

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Northern Mines. Meeting of Group Delegates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

The adjourned meeting of the representatives of the various groups connected with the northern branch of the Miners' Federation was field…

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Kalingo Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

A conference was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association between Mr. C. M. M'Donald, chairman of the…

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Gold Shipment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 3

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

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Coal Lumpers. Appeals Against Award. Reserved Judgment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

The Full Industrial Court delivered judgment in the appeals by the Sydney Steam Collier Owners and Coal Stevedores' Association, the…

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Bellbird Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 7

Bellbird Colliery has been idle the last two or three days owing, it is said, to some trouble in which the wheelers are concerned. It is hoped that work…

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Miners' New Rules

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 7

The new and revised rules of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, which for some time have engaged the attention of a committee…

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Sentenced Strikers Miners Greatly Concerned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 7

The action of Judge Rolin in enten[?]ing 42 miners employed by the Mount Kembla Colliery Company to fourteen days' imprisonment for aiding and…

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Gold Discovery. Near Charters Towers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

A message from Charters Towers (Q.) states that Tom Hong, one of the party of prospectors who found the Prince of Wa;es nugget, weighting 143 ounces,…

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Sent to Gaol Miners on Strike Fines Prove Ineffectual

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 8

In the Industrial Court in Sydney on Wednesday, Judge Rolin dealt with the case of 42 employees of the Mourn Kembla Colliery, including two lodge…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnigthly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

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

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Northern Group. Colliery Employees Federation. Delegates Meet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 16

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

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Mt. Kembla Miners Resentful Mood

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

The Mount Kembla minors sentenced by Judge Rolin to imprisonment have not so far been-arrested, and the local The sentence is strongly resented in…

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Offer Accepted. Broken Hill Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

The Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Boilermakers' and Ironmoulders' Societies met last night and decided to accept the…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 82,688 tons of which 74,840 tons represented…

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Coal Exports Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 16

The coal shipments at Newcastle last week for places beyond the State totalled 77,4790 tons, of which these for Commonwealth and…

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Broken Hill Miners. Alternate Offers Accepted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 9

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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