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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Rothbury Colliery Restoring the Brickwork

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 5

At Rothbury Colliery to-day the men were employed on restoring the brickwork that was blown out by the recent explosion…

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Off Hand Labour. Claims of Colliery Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 7

The refusal of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal to go on with the offhand labourers' claims, Mr. T. Haore, president of the Northern branch of…

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Liquid Fuel From Coal

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 2

To be able to produce motor spirit in sufficient quantities from coal has long been the dream of the industrial chemist (says, the "Daily Telegraph.)) Wordy…

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Coal Products. and Chemical Productions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 7

It is not widely realised that the production of chemical by-products from coal is of coroparatirely recent date, and the earliest inception of…

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Injured by Fall of Coal

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

A fall of coal took place in Abermain No. 2 Colliery yesterday, as a result of which a miner, Mr. John Hannington, received severe injuries…

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Coal Commission Methods of Ventilation

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

When the Royal Commission which is inquiring into the safe working and lighting of the coat mines of this State met yesterday the chairman (Mr…

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Safety in Mines Naked Lights Favored

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 8

Martin Manion, a minor employed at Abermain Colliery No. 1, is a staunch Advocate of the use of naked lights is non-gaseous mines. The…

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Gold Currency. Australian Public Apathetic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 2

Referring to the issue of sovereigns to the American fleet in Sydney and Melbourne, Mr. J. R. Collins, the secretary of the Federal Treasury, said that…

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German Coal Crisis. London, July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 5

Reuter's Be[?] correspondent advises that a glut of coal is causing a crisis in the German coal industry. There are 10,000,000 tons lying in the…

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Safety in Mines. Evidence Before Commission. Whitburn Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 2

Thomas Johnson, a miner at Whitburn colliery, with about 35 years' experience, gave evidence before the Commission inquiring into the question…

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Mining Fatality. Killed by Falling Stone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 4

Another mining' fatality occurred on the South Coast on Wednesday. About three o'clock on Wednesday morning a deputy on duty in the Coal…

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Late Telegrams. England's Industrial Crisis. Coal Handling to Cease. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 2

A Melbourne message says the sub-committee of the shipping dispute conference met again thin morning in an attempt to bring…

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Mine Disaster. Explosion at Metropolitan Colliery. Two Miners Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 16

When a gas pocket blew up at the Metropolitan Colliery. Helensburgh. two miners were killed and others had narrow escapes…

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Gympie Gold Field. Closing Down of North Phoenix Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 14

The closing down of No. 4 North Phoenix gold mine, which took place recently, almost means the last nail in the coffin of the Gympie gold-mining. The…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 3

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

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Black Damp. Metropolitan Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 6

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

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Colliery Mechanics. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 4

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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Mine Accidents. Victorian Statistics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 9

According to the annual report of the Victorian Coal Miners' Accidents Relief Board of 1924, tabled in the Legislative 'Assembly this week, the…

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Colliery Mechanics. Annual Meeting. Officers Declared Elected

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 14

The annual meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association (Hunter River District) of New South Wales, was held in St. Mary's…

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Rothbury Colliery Rescue Operations Probably on

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 6

The work of erecting the brickwork in Rothbury Colliery for the purpose of restoring the ventilation was completed last night…

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