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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Discoveries. MELBOURNE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 4

A stir has been caused among old mining men in Ballarat, by news of the discovery of a gold-bearing reef in Black Hill, Ballarat East…

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Mining Property's Rates

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 8

At the Lithgow Court, before Mr. E. A. Prior, P.M., a dispute between the respective valuers for the Lithgow Municipality and the Blaxland…

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The Hazards of Mining

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 8

Coalmines rarely contain poisonous dusts, reports Mr. R. R. Sayres, of the American Bureau of Mines; but in other mines dust from the more…

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The Coal Industry Serious Trouble Possible Off Hand Labor, Claims. Aggregate Meeting. West Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 4

Dating back to over two years ago there vfts a possibility of serious trouble on the Maitland coalfields. When the new air turbines…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 4

A combined meeting, of members of the Kurri district of the Colliery Mechanics' Association will be held in the King's Hall, on Monday next, at…

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Mine Shaft As Telescope

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 11

A mine shaft as a telescope is the latest plan for closer peeps at the planets, says the "Daily Chronicle." The biggest telescope in Europe is the…

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Safety Lamps. Miners Against Them

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 3

George Perkins, a miner employed in Bellbird No. 2 Colliery, gave evidence before the Coal Commission in Newcastle…

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British Industrial Chaos the Coal-miners' Subvention. Mr. Baldwin's Fighting Speech. Labour's Bitter Retorts. London, Aug. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 12

The first explanatory memorandum on the terms of the coal settlement has been published in a White Paper. It points out that while the…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 6
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The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the work for places beyond the State was 102,338 tons, of which 93,008 tons represented…

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Coal Commission. Payment of Witnesses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 9

The attention of Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, has been drawn to the statement of Mr. Justice Edmunds, Chairman of the Royal Commission into…

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Rich Gold Show. Near Glen Innes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 11

Reports are to hand of a rich show of gold in the Springbrook locality, says a Glen Innes message, and there are many who predict that it…

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Off-hand Labour. at Northern District Collieries. Delay in Hearing Claims. Delegates in Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 4

Grave unrest prevails on the Northern Coalfield, consequent on the delay of the Coal Tribunal in hearing the claims of the off-hand men. The matter was the subject of a conference in Maitland…

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Mining Position Threat of Strike

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 1

An unexpected and sinister development in the mining position on the norhtern coalfield occurred,on Wednesday…

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Miners Say "Resume." Hands Hands Say "No!" Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 4

There will be no work at Richmond Main Pelaw Main of Stanford Merthyr on Monday or Tuesday notwithstanding that the three combined…

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Coal Commission. Extraordinary Evidence. "A Law From Heaven."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 9

The Royal Commission which is inquiring into the question of the safe working of colli[?]essat again at the Newcastle Courthouse…

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Coal Workers. Port Jackson Agreement. Abolition of Union

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 16

"An agreement has been concluded between the coal lumpers and shipowners, which provides for the abolition of the Port Jackson Coal…

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The Mines. Pelaw-main and Richmond Main. to Resume

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 2

A combined meeting of Pelaw-Main and Richmond Main Miners' Lodges discussed the Pelaw-Main position last evening at the Empire Hall, Kurri…

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Safety in Mines. Rescue Appliances. Lectures by Professor Briggs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 11

Mr. J. Jeffries late superintendent of the Abermain collieries on the Maitland field has received from a correspondent in England some interesting…

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British Miners. Powers of Commission. Fascisti Threat. London, Aug. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 5

Officials of the Minors' Federation conferred with Mr. Baldwin, Prime Minister, for two hours at 10 Downing-street this afternoon, in regard to…

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