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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Safety in Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 7

The policy of "safety first" apparently is not always followed by employees in collieries. At a recent sitting of the Cessnock Police Court…

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Mining Applications

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

A number of applications were dealt with at the Warden's Court at East Maitland last week before Mr. E. A. James…

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Overton Wants Coal Waggons

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

At Muswellbrook on Sunday, Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, was interviewed by the employees who had taken over Overton Colliery, asking…

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Work for Miners. Many Men Reinstated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 6

Some months ago the management of the Aberdare South Colliery suspended about 200 miners, shiftmen, wheelers, and other employees…

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Gold for Notes. Very Little Demand

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 6

Indications so far are that the public is quite satisfied to continue to use Australian notes for ordinary domestic [?]tions. Notes may…

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Return to Gold Statement by Federal Treasurer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4

A statement regarding the decision of the Imperial and Australian Governments to return to a gold basis, has been made by Dr. Earle Page, the…

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Gold Standard. Question in Commons. London, May 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

In the House of Commons, asked whether communications had been received from the Deminion authorities with regard to the restoration of the…

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The Three Balls Pledges and Pledgers Tale of a Gold Bangle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 6

Interesting incidents of the business of the pawnbroker are related by the pawnbroker's clerk in a London newspaper…

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Idle Collieries. Richmond Main Resumes. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

Stanford Morthyr Colliery was not working to-day because the wheelers wish to share the miners wages and were refused. Richmond Main…

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Local and General. Colliery Manager Resi[?]

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

Mr. H.V. Wattkins has resigned his position as manager of St. Heliers Colliery, Muswellbrook. Mr. Arnold, formerly of Curlewis and Gloucester…

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Conference of Miners Lodges

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

Messrs. D. Roes, president; and A. C. Willis, general secretary of the W.I.U. of A. and Mr. T. Hoare, district president were in…

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Amusu Company on Coal Fields

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

Mr. George Melrose's Amusu vaudeville Company presented, with a slight alteration or two, good programmes at Kurri Kings Theatre…

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Gold Standard Debate in Commons. Churchill Confident. LONDON, May 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. W.E. Guinness, in moving the second reading of the Gold Standard Bill in the House of Commons…

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Colliery Tragedy. Four Men Killed. London, May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 5

The four men who were dashed to death at Carluke colliery were about to be lowered, but when the signal was given the cage rose instead of…

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Coal Find Seam Near Werris Creek

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 2

The search for coal has been successful at the scene of operations one mile from the Werris Creek local locomotive depot. A seam almost of thick has…

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Output Grows. Lithgow Railway Coal Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

The output of coal from the Railway Department's coal mine at Lithgow is now approximately, 23,000 tons per month…

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Colliery Tragedy

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 7

Four men who were dashed to death at Carluke colliery (Scotland) were about to be lowered, but when the signal was given the cage rose…

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Kembla Miners the Recent Sentences

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 10

Some time ago over 40 miners and employed by the Mount Kembla Collieries, Ltd., were proceeded against, before Judge Rolin in the…

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Mine Dangers. Lecture by Mr. Humble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

A lecture was delivered by Mr. Humble. late of the N.S.W. Minos Department, in the Church Street hall, in connection with, the safe working of mines…

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Safety in Mines. Absence From Mr. Lang's Policy Speech. Labour Council Acts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

The absence in Mr Lang's speech of reference to the ntionalisation of coal mines and safety in mines was discussed at last night's meeting of…

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