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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Coal Trade Dislocated

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 4

The Extended Coliery is still working, despite the strike. The shipping trouble has caused a stoppage at all the mines excepting the Extended…

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British Industrialists. Railwaymen and Miners. Sinister Outlook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. C. T. Cramp (Industrial General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen since 1920), in a speech at Woodford, Northants, said…

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Idle Mines. Trouble at Weston. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

Hebburn No. 1, which was idle yesterday, because a wheeler protested that he could not push his skip, is still idle…

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The Sitting Cancelled. Coal Tribunal. Chairman's Direction Ignored

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 6

The failure of the miners at Pelaw Main colliery to curry out a direction of the chairman, of the Coal Tribunal, in connection with the working of the…

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Coal-owners' Proposals "Infernal." (Reuter Cable.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 2

Stephen Walsh, in a speech at Wigan, characterised the coal-owners' proposals as "infernal." He said the miners' claims were not impossible, and…

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Explosion in Mine. Two Men Killed. Disaster on South Coast. Seven Make Escape

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 3

There was an explosion of gas in the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh on Monday, two men being killed…

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Coal Mines. Conditions at South Greta. Commission Jo Sit at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 6

The Royal Commission which is in quiring into the safety and lighting of coal mines within the State continued the hearing or evidence in Sydney…

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Black Damp. Metropolitan Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 7

When news was received of the disaster at the Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh Inspector Hay, of the Mines Department, was set to the…

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Miners' Federation. Property Insurance Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 7

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the Minors' Federation, in a statement, said there was a feeling among the members of the branch that owing to…

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Coal Tribunal. Pelaw Main Machines Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 7

The decision of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal not to proceed with the hearing of the general claims made by the Miners' Federation while the…

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The Mines. Stanford and Hebbrun Resume. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 5

Stanford-Nerthry Colliery resumed work to-day. Pelaw Main and Richmond Main are idle, but pelaw Main whistle blew for…

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British Miners. Prime Minister Intervenes. Notices Terminated. London, July 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 8

Mr. Baldwin this morning for the first time intervened personally in the coal dispute, and conferred at No. 19 Downing-street for three-quarters of…

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Mine Disaster Two Miners Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 1

Poisoned by fumes from a sudden "blow-out" in the Metropolitan Coal Mine, Helensburgh, on Monday, two miners died before aid could be given…

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Naked Lights. Evidence Before Coal Commission. Miners Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 6

The Royal Commission (Mr. Justice Edmonds, chairman), which is inquiring into the safe working and lighting of coal mines in this State, continued the…

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Colliery Mechanics. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 2

The delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics' Association has decided that no levy shall be struck, and no relief payments made in connection…

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Miner Killed. Fall of Stone at Coalcliff Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 3

Richard Bradshaw (44), a deputy and shotfirer, who leaves a widow and four children, was killed at the Coalcliff Colliery by a fall of stone…

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Coal Commission. Sitting in Newcastle on Tuesday. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 5

When the Royal Commission on safety in coal mines was resumed to-day, Mr. Justice Edmunds referred to the fatal accident which occurred at…

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British Industry Economic Upheaval The Coal Position. LONDON, July 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 5

It is expected that Mr. Baldwin will attend a joint meeting of the coalowners and men under the chairmanship of Mr. W. C. Bridgman, First…

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Idle Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 7

On account of the shipping trouble most of the district collieries are idle. Aberdare Extended has continued working, and Bellbird, which…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 4

Pelaw-Main and Stanford-Merthyr mines are working to-day. Richmond-Main and Hebburn No. 1 are idle…

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