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Mining & the mines, 1925

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 12

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

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Fall of Coal. Miner Injured at Pelawmain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 16

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

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Coal for Railways. Tenders to Be Called Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

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

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Gold Bars Stolen. Rich Haul in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 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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East Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the East Greta, Miners' Lodge will be held in Coulton's Hall, East Greta, to-morrow morning, at 10.30 o'clock…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last month was 356,600 tons, of which 300,514 tons represented shipments for…

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The Mines. Trouble at Redhead. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 5

Redhead colliery was idle to-day owing to the firemen demanding the reinstatement of one of their number, who was put off when 100 men were…

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Mining Statistics. New England District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 3

Some striking figures regarding New England mining were quoted by Mr. E. C. Andrews, Government Geologist, in a lecture at Armidale…

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Hebburn Collieries. Both Mines Idle. No Light at Weston

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

As anticipated, the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association pulled out of Hedbuen No.1 at midnight on Sunday night…

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Coal for Railways

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 7

The New South Wales railways consume annually 1,250,000 tons of coal, and of this total about 300,000 tons are obtained from the Lithgow State coal…

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New England Mining

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 4

Some striking figures regarding New England mining were quoted by Mr. E. C. Andrews, Government Geologist, in a lecture at Armidale. He…

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Industrial Alliance Miners' Proposal. London, June [?]

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

Great interest is being attached to the conference on Thursday of miners, railwaymen, loco engineers, transport workers, and engineering…

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Local and General Month's Coal Shipments

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 4

The coal shipments at Newcastle last month for places beyond the State totalled 356,606 tons, of which those for Commonwealth and New Zealand…

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Newcastle Coal. Falling Off in Overseas Trade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. Amran Lewis, treasurer of the Miners' Federation, stated that the export of coal from Newcastle fell from 1,413,000 tons in 1920 to 1,036,000…

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East Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 4

A meeting of members of the East Greta Miners Lodge will be held in Coulton's Hall, to-morrow, at 10.30 o'clock…

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Still Idle. the Hebburn Collieries. Electric Turbines Working

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 5

Hebburn No. 1 and 2 are not working to-day. A conference is to be held between the management of the A.A. Coy…

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Miners' Federation Group Representatives Meet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 6

A group delegates meeting of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. There was a full attendance of…

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Trouble at Mine Wheelers and Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 7

Because the wheelers at the Stanford-Merthyr pit have decided that the wages of the miners and themselves should be pooled and divided…

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Collieries Staffs Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. H. C. Morton, secretary to the Colliery Mechanics Association,, was in Sydney yesterday, when the application of the 'United Collieries…

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New Coal Box

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 4

A surveyor from the Railway Department has inspected the site of the proposed new coal box to be erected by the Muswellbrook Coal…

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