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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Miners' Conference. Moderates' Victory. London, May 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

How badly the extremists were routed is revealed by the voting at the miners conference at Blackpool which by 571,000 votes to 230,000…

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German Mine. Terrific Explosion. London, May 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 13

There has been a terrific explosion in the Dortsfield mine, near Dortmund (Germany), where 500 men were employed…

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Miner's Death. Injured by Fall of Coal. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 6

Horace ("Boxer") Goodwin, who was seriously injured in the Polaw-Main Colliery on May 8, had his foot amputated during the wee in…

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Gold Currency. South Africa's Position. Important Statement. CAPETOWN, May 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 2

It is officially reported from South Africa that to-day the House of Assembly resumed the debate on the Gold Currency Bill…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 4

Work at most of the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland fields continued intermittent during the fortnight ended on Saturday last…

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Coal Shipments

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 7

The coal shipments at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State totalled 96,357 tons of which those for Commonwealth and…

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Rescue Stations for Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

Representations have been made by the northern colliery proprietors to the Mines Department for the resumption of an area of land in a…

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Fall of Coal. Miner Injured at Pelaw Main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

Richard Tunney, of Hopetoun street, Kurri, who was injured about the head, and face yesterday, through a fall of coal catching him while working in…

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Idle Mines. on South Maitland Field. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 4

Hebburn No. 1 water-bailing trouble is not yet adjusted. Hebburn No. 2 [?]age is holdi9ng a sten-work meeting to-day…

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Sporting Cables. Gold Championship. London, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 5

At Westward Ho, in the play for the amateur golf championship, the game, which was played in heavy rain, provided several sensations…

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Buy Some Mines. Miners Could If They Would

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

Nationalisation of the coal-mining industry is a never-failing theme of advocacy for the Labor Party and the Communists—nationalisation in order…

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Two Mines Resume. South Maitland Field. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

[?] man Cornory resumed work to-day. The wheelers were given an assurance that they would be compensated, while getting young horses…

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Coal for Railways. Tenders to Be Called. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

The New South Wales Railway Department has decided to call for tenders for the supply of coal to the State railways for a period of twelve months…

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Gold Bars Stolen. Rich Haul in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

Thieves entered the premises of Mitchell Bros., gold blowers, in melbourne, last night, and got away with gold bars valued at £800. The burglars…

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Muswellbrook Collieries and Railway Contracts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 8

Speaking at Muswellbrook, Mr. McClelland (Labor candidate) said, in reply to a statement made by one of the Nationalist Candidates,…

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Coal Freights

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 8

Messrs. Jeans, Humphries and Hogan (Muswellbrook Coal Co.), and Loader and Arnell (St. Hellers) met. Mr. Goode, traffic manager, at…

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Alleged Dangerous Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

The inquest concerning the death of Harold Goodwin, who died in Kurri Kurri Hospital on May 23 of injuries received in Palaw Main colliery, on…

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Coal Production Northern Record Output

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

In moving the adoption of the annual report of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce the president (Mr. M. C. Reid), referring to the…

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Newcastle Coal. Falling Off in Overseas Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

Mr. Amran Lewis, treasurer of the Miners' Federation, stated that the export of coal from Newcastle fell from 1,413,000 tons in 1020 1,036,000 tons…

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Coal for Railways. 2,250.000 Tons Annually. Tenders for Year's Supply

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

The New South Wales Railway Department has decided to call for tenders for the supply of coal to the State railways for a period of twelve…

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