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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Abermain Colliery. Limitation of Seam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 9

A conference took place at the Abermain No. 4 Colliery, office in regard to a dispute about certain places worked under machine conditions…

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Rothbury Colliery. Trouble Over Safety Lamps

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 16

Rothbury Colliery was not working on Monday, due to dissatisfaction regarding the intention to introduce safety lamps into the north side of…

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American Coal Strike Using Winter Ally. Coal Dealers' Harvest. New York, Nov. 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 2

The strike in the coal-mining industry, which, beginning on September 1, has worked through various phases, and has now ultimately come to affect…

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Delegate Board. Northern Miners Federation. Adjourned Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 3

The adjourned meeting of the Delegate Board of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation was concluded at the Newcastle…

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Safety in Mines. Commission Takes Further Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 16

Evidence by miners' representatives on the questions of lighting, ventilation, and shot-firing, concluded before the Royal Commission inquiring into…

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Delegate Board. Northern Miners' Federation. Meeting at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 8

A meeting of the Delegate Board of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall. Mr. T. Hoare, district…

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Miners' Claims. Variation of Awards. Mr. Kibble's Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 11

Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal, announced his decision regarding claims submitted by the Miners' Federation for…

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British Mining. Winston Churchill Comments London, Nov. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 12

In a speech at Sheffield, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Churchill) referred to the coming grim winter on the coalfields. He…

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New Coal Box

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 1

The excavations for the new coal box at the Muswellbrook colliery are now being worked. The work of erecting the box will commence in a few…

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Death in Colliery Evidence at Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 7

An inquest touching the death of Thomas William Jenness in the Aberdare Extended Colliery on November 9 was held before Mr. Geo. Brown…

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Two Mines Idle. Richmond and Pelaw-main

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 4

Richmond-Main Colliery is off" to-day. A wheeler wanted extra money for pushing skips. Pelaw-Main is still standing solid…

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Miners and Mechanics. Difference on South Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 7

The compulsory conference convened by the Special. Commissioner for Conelliation, Mr. J. B. Holme, has held that there is a dispute between…

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Rothbury Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., asked the following question:—I desire to ask the Minister for Mines if he will lay…

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Colliery Mechanics. Decision of Bulli Men

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary to the Colliery Mechanies Association, has received a telegram from the Buill branch of the association…

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Colliery Mechanics. Inter-union Conflict

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 6

The question whether colliery mechanics should be membrs of he Miners' Federation was discussed at a conference between representatives of…

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Stanford Merthyr Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 4

The Stanford Merthyr Miners' No. 2 Lodge has decided that there shall be no resumption unless the management is prepared, to confer regarding…

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Colliery Mechanics. Decision of Bulli Men

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 8

Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary to the Colliery Mechanics' Association, has received a telegram from the Bulli branch of the association,…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 14

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle last week for places beyond the State was 85,697 tons, of which 69,814 tons represented…

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Miners and Mechanics. Difference on South Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 3

The compulsory conference convened by the Special Commissioner for Conciliation, Mr. J. B. Holme, has held that there is a dispute between…

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German Miners' Low Wages. Big Families Kept on £7/10/ a Month

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 9

I have spent the morning listening to the views of miners' wives on the gloomy situation in the Ruhr district (says a correspondent to the…

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