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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Latest Cables Miners Killed by Explosion. London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 2

Realtor's Berlin correspondent states that seventeen miners were killed and several injured by an explosion of fire damp in the pit of Phoenix Company,…

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Mining Inquiry. Manager to Show Cause. Rothbury Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1925 · page 5

The inquiry into the conduct of Richard Thomas, manager of Rothbury Colliery was continued to-day before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, Mr. W. V…

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Colliery Mechanics. Delegate Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 6

The meeting of the Colliery Mechanics Association was continued at the office West Maitland. The president Mr. T.G. Moran was in the…

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Stanford Colliery. Reported Accumulation of Gas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 3

Mr. O'Hearn asked the Minister for Mines in the Assembly whether he had noticed reports to the effect that there had been an…

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Miners Award. to Be Reviewed. Alleged Anomalies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 2

The Miners Federation consider that a number of anomalies exist in the latest award. Three delegates from the Miners Federation on…

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Suspended. Queensland Railwaymen. Refusal to Take Coal to Ships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1925 · page 2

The Queensland Railway Commissioners announced yesterday that one driver had been suspended at Bowen on the ground that he had refused to…

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Miners' Claims. Coal Tribunal Sits. Chairman to Give Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 2

A sitting of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal was held in Sydney, when the following claims were lodged on behalf of the Miniers' Federation…

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Colliery Store Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 7

A fire occurred from a cause unknown on Wednesday night in the big bulk store owned by Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., and situated on the…

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Miners' Claims

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 7

A sitting of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal was held in Sydney yesterday to consider certain claims by miners for variations of the…

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Abermain No. 1. Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 4

A [?] cook [?] on Thursday at Abermain No 1 Colliery between Mr. J. Jeffries, manager. Mr. J. Moncrieff, under-manager, and Mr…

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A Miner's Death Unconscious in Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 7

A miner named Thomas Summers, about 44 years of age, was found lying in a semi conscious condition in his working place in the Aberdare Colliery…

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Water Board Meeting. Depleted Reservoirs Water Supply at Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 9

The Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board met at Newcastle on Tuesday. The revenue return showed that for…

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Sea-water Improves Coal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 9

Work which has of late years been accomplished in recovering, cargoes of coal from sunken vessels has tended to show that the combustion of the…

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Life Story of Coal. Great Scientist Visits Cessnock

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 2

One of the leading [?] of the world is at present visiting the State in the person of Professor B. C. Jeffsey, Ph.D., who occupies the Chair of…

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Ashtonfield Colliery Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has made representations to the Minister of Labour and Industry, Mr. Baddeley, on behalf of the employees…

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Colliery Mechanics. Motion From Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 11

A meeting of the Colliery Mechanics, Adamstown Group, was held at Adamstown. Mr. W. Dennett presided. Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary,…

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Colliery Mechanics. Meeting of Delegate Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 16

There was a full attendance of delegates at the delegate board meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Association at the Maitland office of the…

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Ayrfield Colliery. Deputation to Minister. Check Inspector's Allegations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 14

Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the Miners' Federation, and Mr. I. Hoare, district check inspector of the organisation, conferred with the Minister…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1925 · page 9
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The coal shipments at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the state were, 95,844 tons, of which 83,705 tons represented shipments for…

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