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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Dearer Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 10

The Northern Collieries' Association, has decided that in view of the greatly-increased working costs since 1920, including the recent Coal…

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Colliery Mechanics. Meeting at Adamstown

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 6

Mr. T. G. Morgan presided over a well attended meeting of the Adamstown district members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association…

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Miner's Collapse. Sudden Death at Seaham Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 5

Robert Jeffreys, a miner collapsed when coming out of Seaham No. 1 Colliery at West Wallsend on Wednesday afternoon. He called out and…

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Discovery Coal Near Dubbo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) has received a report from Mr. L.J. Jones (geological surveyor) on a new occurrence of…

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Miners Dissatisfied. Interpretation of Award

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 16

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, stated that considerable discontent existed throughout he Newcastle…

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Miners' Award. Conditions of Wheelers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 5

A conference was held in Newcastle between the representatives of the Northern Collieries' Association and the Miners' Federation regarding the…

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Pelaw Main Colliery. Question in Assembly. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 3

Mr. Booth asked the Minister for Mines, whether he was awre that residents of pelaw-Main were airmed owing to the removal of pillars…

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Slackness in Greta Coal Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 4

Owing to intermittent work tit two of the Greta mines, there is anything but a hopeful outlook for Christmas. Whitburn mine has…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 3

The amount of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 95,923 tons of which 59,699 tons represented…

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Fall of Earth. Orange Mine Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 11

The prolonged absence of Mr. Thomas Henry Pascoe in a mine tunnel at Summer Bill, Orange, led to a search party being organised…

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Killed in Mine. Dragged by Bolting Horse

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 11

John Robert Carr, 19 years of age, single, lately employed as a road-maker in the Burwood Colliery, Newcastle, was harnessing a horse in the…

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West Australian Gold. Large Amount Unexploited

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 11

Sir Edgeworth David stated that all the evidence showed that there must still be a large amount of unexploited alluvial gold, not to…

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Yorkshire Mine Accident. Survivor's Great Vitality. London, Nov. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 12

A fall of earth, at the Wath Main colliery in South Yorkshire on Tuesday evening entombed two miners, Poole and Flinders. Rescue parties had to…

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American Coal Strike Sinister Outlook New York, Nov. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 12

The country is generally beginning to feel the pinch of the coal strike, which commenced on September 1. Hitherto the anthracite miners have…

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Price of Coal. the Proposed Advance. Inquiry Suggested. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 16

In the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. Booth asked the Minister for Mines whether he was aware that negotiation was taking place between the…

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Coal By-products Matter of Utilisation Expert Inquiry. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 14

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Mines whether he had seen a newspaper statement to the effect that…

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Miners' Claims. Delay in Hearing. Prime Minister to Be Approached. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 5

In the Assembly, Mr. Booth asked the Minister for Mines whether he was aware that there was grave dissatisfaction in the mining districts as…

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'Safety First.' Permitted Mine Explosives. Lecture at Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 8

Mr. Creswick, of the Department of Mines, delivered a most interesting lecture on Sunday night in the Royual Theatre, Kurri, on…

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South Maitland Field. Coal Tribunal and Claims. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. G. Booth, Newcastle, asked the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A.), whether he was aware…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 4

A combined conference of the Colliery Mechanles and the Colliery Workmen's Association was held at the Neweastie Trades Hall last…

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