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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Rush. Record Stampede. New Mexico Sensation. New York, Jan. 19

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

What old prospectors designate as the greatest gold rush in the history of America has begun with the opening of Great…

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The Collieries. Six Work Full Time

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 15

Full time of eleven days was worked at only six of the collieries of the South Maitland and Newcastle coalfields for the fortnight ended on…

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Colliery Staffs. Claim for Award

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

Application for an award has been lodged with the Deputy industrial Court on behalf of the United Collieries Staff Association of New…

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Idle Collieries. Wheelers and Clippers. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 16

Three collieries were idle in the Cessniock district to-day. At Bellbird the grievance is purely a domestic one and has nothing…

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Tired of Strike. Wonthaggi Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 7

Apparently all the participants in the Wonthaggi State coal mine strike are not happy with their lot. The president of the industrial…

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Bathurst Gold. Increased Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

Bathurst district had an increased gold production last year the metal being principally won at Mandurama and Lyndhurst…

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Gold Discovery. Surveyor's' Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 9

Mr. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Mines) stated that he was on receipt of a report from the Senior Geological Survevor (Mr. Harper) with regard to the…

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Gold Find. Statements Exaggerated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

Reliable reports from Hill End (the once-famous western goldfield) indicate that recent statements regarding the richness of another "find" there…

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British Miners. Strike Threat. London, Jan. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 9

Twenty thousand coalminers in Dorbyshire are threatening an early strike, while the miners throughout the country are most discontented…

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Loan Council. Return to Gold Standard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 14

After a conference with the Treasurers of Victoria (Sir Alexander Peacock) and N.S. W. (Sir Arthur Cocks), the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce)…

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Maoris' Claims. No Gold to Squander

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

A Native Land Court began at Tuahiwi, near Kaiapoi (N.Z.), the hearing of the Ngaitahu tribe's claims, under what is known as the "Kemp…

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Importing Gold. Commonwealth Bank Chairman's View

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

It is the opinion of Mr. J. J. Garvac, chairman of the Commonwealth Banks Board that there is no occasion for importation of gold into Australia…

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Miners Displeased. May Withdraw From Council. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 9

It is reported that the northern Miners are displeased with the action of the central council turning down the application for miners at…

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Mine Fatality. R. Widdowfield's Death. Inquest at Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 9

Mr. George Brown, District Coroner, continued the adjourned inquiry on Friday at the Kurri Court House into the death of…

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Mining Disaster. London, Jan. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

A message from Glasgow states that five miners died form inhaling poisonous gas at the Kirkstyle Colliery this morning…

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Strike at Balmain Colliery a Question of Wages. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

About 300 miners employed at Balmain colliery have struck work owing to the refusal of the management to make up their wages to the minimum,…

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Lord Mayor's Denial. No Mine for Council. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

The Lord Mayor to-day emphatically denied the statement that negotiations had been entered into for the purchase of a coal mine for the…

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Drastic Threat. Pelaw-main Miners' Resolution. Kurri, Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

Pelaw-Main miners last evening carried a resolution stating that unless, the services of a certain doctor were dispensed with certain action…

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Mining in Forests. Removal of Timber

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 7

All titles to miners to ether on State forests are to be granted under section 17 of the Mining Act 1906, which was specially framed for the…

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Gold Standard South Africa. Commission's Report. CAPETOWN. Jan. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 12

The full report on the expediency of South Africa returning to the gold standard, made to the Government by Professor Edward…

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