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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Mining Industry. Notice of Important Important Measures. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 5

Notices of two important bills regarding the mining industry were given in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the Minister for Mines Mr. J…

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Northern Coal Mines. to Resume Work at Once. Tribunal's Edict

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

The compulsory conference called by Mr. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, decided that all idle mines on the Northern field shall, resume…

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Miners' Right Holdings Protest at Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 11

On Sunday afternoon the unfair proposal in regard to the conversion of land held under miner's right into freehold, was discussed at a meeting…

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Fall of Coal. Lucky Escape from Death

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

At about mid-day on Wednesday. Peter Olive, a miner employed at [?] Extended Colliery and working in a section of the mine known as No…

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What Miners Want

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

A weekly wage of £5/10/, and a seven-hour day, bank to bank, for all coal minors not on contract. This claim was defined to the chairman of…

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British Industry. Coal Mining Position Solution Still Obscure. LONDON, Aug 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 12

Representatives of the miners and coalowners sepratcly and privately discussed the proposed terms of reference and personnel of the Commission…

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Mine Shaft As Telescope

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 3

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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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 9
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The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle last week for places beyond the State was 102,338 tons, of which 93,008 tons represented…

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Miner Injured. At Stanford Merthyr Colliery. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 6

George Richards, 24, a single man, residing in Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri, was caught by a set of ful skips at Stanford Merthyr Colliery…

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Mining Industry. Notice of Important Measures. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

Notices of two important bills regarding the mining industry were given in the Legislative Assembly to-day by the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. M…

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Miners' Strike. Trouble at Queensland State Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 6

Over a hundred men, employed at Mount Mulligan State Coal Mine, struck on Saturday, as the result of the dismissal of an employee for…

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Idle Collieries. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 4

Bellbird Colliery was idle to-day owing to a dispute with the wheelers. Aberdare Extended only worked half a shift this morning. There was a…

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Safety in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 4

At the meeting of the Safety in Mines Propaganda Committee in Newcastle, the question of the disbanding of the organisation came up…

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Miners Prepare. London, Aug. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 5

Prop[?]sying that during next May the workers would be confronted with a great struggle the miners' leader, Mr. A. J. Cook, in a speech delivered…

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Trouble at Richmond-main. Miners Meet. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 4

Richmond Main Miner's Lodge met in the Empire Hall, Kurri, on Sunday morning, and adjourned till Tuesday, after a lengthy discussion…

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Coal Depression. Too Many Mines. Oil Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

Sir Frederick Waley chairman of the Northern Collierres Association, and as the representative of the collieries in the southern and western…

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Coal Commission. Delegate Board Meets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 6

A special meeting of the delegate board of the northern branch of the Miners Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. Mr. A…

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Matches in Mines. Maximum Penalty. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 4

When several of Aberdare Central miners were charged at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, with having matches and tobacco in their…

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LOCAl Mine Troubles Cessnock No. 2's NOTICE

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

Some time ago the workers of the Cessnock No. 2 Colliery had some difficulties, which resulted in a stoppage of work. A resumption took…

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