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Mining & the mines, 1925

1,542 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 78 of 78

Loss of Coal. Present Working Methods. Grave Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 2

At the Coal Commission, Mr. Justice Edmunds was presented with a draft of evidence proposed to be given by Mr. Joshua Jeffries, former…

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Mining Grievances. Tribunal Wanted for the North

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 4

Holding the opinion that one tribunal is unable to deal with the grievances of the whole of the Commonwealth the Miners' Federation proposes to try to…

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The Last Dollar Of Skeleton Gulch How the miners discovered that a very little money can be made to go n considerable distance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 December 1925 · page 2

The complete cash asset of Skeleton Gulch was exactly one lonesome little silver dollar and in that same dollar rested the salvation and future hopes of…

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Miners Phthisis. Cases in West Australia. Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1925 · page 5

A Perth medical examination of the miners on the goldfields has disclosed the fact that about three percent. are affected by miners' phthisis…

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Useless Coal Heaps. What Lancashire Coal-owners Are Doing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1925 · page 3

It was a philosopher of Brobdingnag who observed that "whoever could make two blades of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot…

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Christmas Bonus. to Cessnock Miners. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1925 · page 2

The dividends of the Cessnock Cooperative Society for a period of eighteen weeks was made available for the Xmas, season, and its distribution…

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Trouble Threatens. Brisbane Coal Loading Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1925 · page 3

More industrial trouble is threatened for the Brisbane Tug Company, as the coal workers and lightermen of the port intend to make a demand…

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