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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Pelton Colliery

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

Pelton Colliery ,has been idle during the last few days owing to the occurrence of a dispute. A special meeting of the ledge was convened…

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Rothbury Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 7

The compulsory conference called by the chairman of the Coal Tribunal, with respect to the proprietors' claim for rates to be fixed for the working…

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Mines Inspector. Mr. D. Bissett Resigns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

Inspector D. Bissett of the Department of Mines, with which he has been connected for seven years, in the northern district, is resigning from that…

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Tools From Mine Lads Charged with Stealing

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

Two lads pleaded guilty at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. T. M. Cohen, P.M., to stealing carpenters' tools…

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Coal Miners. Big Nova Scotia Strike. Vancouver, March 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 13

News comes from Sydney (Nova Scotia) that failure to negotiate a new contract between the British Empire Steel Corporation and its miners has…

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Miners Sentenced. Rule Nisi Granted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 16

The Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Street, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice James, granted the application made by the Minors'…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

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

The quality of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 69,805 tons represented…

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X-rays to Examine Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 11

The first demonstration was recently given in London by Mr. W. M'Laren of the working of a new industrial X-ray examining unit which…

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Compensation Claims. Colliery Companies Appeals. Dismissed By, Full Court

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

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

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Gold Industry. Bonus Asked For

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 6

When at Kalgoorlie (W.A.), Mr. Bruce, Prime Minister, was asked to introduce legislation granting a honour of £1 per ounce on gold procured in…

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Gold Discovery. Near Charters Towers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 11

A message from Charter's Towers (Q.) states that Tom Hong, one of the party of prospectors who found the Prince of Wales nugget, weighting 143 ounces…

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Disastrous Fire. Silver Peak Mine Badly Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 16

Silver Peak mine, situated at the side of Round Hill, about tour miles from Broken Hill, took fire late on Sunday afternoon. The timber in…

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U.s.a. Gold. Surprising Export

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 2

The volume of gold exports from the United States, approximating 130,000,000 dollars since January 1, has surprised even…

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Arbitration. the Miners' Viewpoint. Comments on Mr. Bavin's Address

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 9

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, commented on the statements of Mr. Bavin, State Attorney-General, contained in the…

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Safety in Mines. Meeting of Committee. Letter From Prime Minis-ter's Department

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

A meeting of the Safety in Mines Propaganda Committee was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Saturday. Mr. J. W. leeton, senior…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

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

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The Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 4

Aberdare Extended was idle to-day on account of some trouble with the wheelers, but it was expected that the matter would be easily adjusted…

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Trouble at Black Jack Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

After some years of comparative peace labor troubles have developed at Black Jack Coal Mine between the miners and the management. Just…

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South African Gold. Australian Purchases. Capetown, March 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

The Reserve Bank has sold 1,750,000 sovereigns to Australian banks. The gold was purchased recently from the Gold Producers' Commission at a…

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Caledonian Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 4

Caledonian Collieries, in its annual report for the period ended December, 31, shows a profit of £93,539 fir the…

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