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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

1,542 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 78

Abermain Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

An effort was made yesterday to bring about a satisfactory settlement of the dispute in connection with the twenty-two machine men displaced…

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British Miners' Strike

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

London, Wednesday.—The Mining Association has telegraphed the Miners' "Eederation conference- at Scarborough, offering to moot its…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 31,763 tons, of which 18,340 tons represented…

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The Unemployed. Whitburn Miners. Mr. Baddeley Approached

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 16

The needs of the unemployed in the Greta district, whose ranks have been swoolen by many of the miners at Whitbury Colliery receiving notice…

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Lymington Colliery. Fire Still Burning. Shutting Off From South Wallsend. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Smoke and fumes, like go[?], were detected in South Wallsend Colliery a couple of weeks age, but no sign of fire could be found…

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Struck by Cage. Fataliy at State Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 3

While standing at the bottom of the shaft at the State [?] of the shaft at the State co[?] Lithgow. David Fleming, a deputy, was struck by the cage. He received…

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British Industry. Miners Unemployment. Huge Increase. London, July 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 12

The executive of the International Miners' Federation in concluding its session held in London to discuss the world-wide coal crisis, unanimously…

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Safety in Mines. Sitting of Commission. Method of Procedure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 9

The Royal Commission, which is inquiring into the safety and lighting of coal mines within the State, held its first public sitting in No. 1…

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Safety in Mines. the Commission Criticised. a Newcastle View. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 14

Referring to the Royal Commission on safety in coalmines, Mr. H. Sutherland, one of the union leaders of the Trades Hall, said that the whole…

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Coal Tribunal. Pelaw-main Machines. Chairman Says They Must Be Worked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Mr. T. Hoare, representative of the Northern District during the sitting of the Coal Tribunal on Wednesday referred to the question of…

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Mining Unrest. Offers Mediation. Promising Outlook. London, July 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 2

The Mining Association has telegraphed to the Minors' Federation Conference at Searborough, offering to meet the representatives in order…

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British Coal Position National Inquiry Probable. a Sinister Utterance. London, July 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 12

The executive of the Miners' Federation conferred for an hour yesterday, with the Civil Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. W. C. Bridgeman), the…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 8

Particulars of the operations at the northern collieries showed that work had been generally slack. Eleven day constituted full time, and only one [?]…

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Idle Collieries. Only Extended Works. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 5

Of the numerous giant smoke stacks in the district, which indicate whether the miners are busy below the surface, only one was…

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Coal Delivery. Intimation to Collieries. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

The Railway Department has notified the collieries to commence sending coal to Newcastle [?] shipment, and the intimation is regarded as a…

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Breach of Coal Mines Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

David Walton pleaded guilty to a charge of having on July 4th, committed a breach of the Coalmining Act by doing something at the pit top…

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The Collieries Fortnight's Operations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 6

Particulars of the operations at tHe northern collieries, as published on Saturday by the shipping agents in Newcastle, showed that work had…

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Matches in Mines Breaches of Coal Act More Prosecutions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

Despite recent prosecutions and the imposition of penalties for breaches of the Coal Mines Regulations Act in regard to employees taking matches into…

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Combatting Mine Gases

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 4

Danger of mine deaths through smothering by poisonous gases is being reduced in the Illinois coalfields by equipping the workers with "self…

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The Mines Working

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 4

Aberdare Extended and Abermain No. 2 are the only collieries in the South Maitland field working. The stoppage is due to the seamen's'stride…

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