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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Elrington, Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

Sinking operations on one shaft at the Elrington Colliery, between two and three miles to the south of the Hebburn property, on the South…

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Injured Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

The three injured miners from Whitburn Colliery, who were admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon, following a fall of…

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Avrfield Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

The monthly meeting of Ayrheld Miners' Lodge will be held at the park gates, West Maitland, on Monday morning, Feb, 2, at 10 o'clock…

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Fireman Burnt. Accident at Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 9

William Summers, a fireman, employed at Aberdare Colliery, while stoking on 22nd inst. was caught by the back draught, and burnt about…

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Unusual Strike. Kandos Colliery Thrown Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 6

An unusual circumstance has laid the colliery of the Kandos Cement Co, idle for several days. The trouble is a domestic one, and…

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Local and General. New Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

Fifty employees of New Greta Colliery, Greta, Including 30 miners, have been, served with 14 days' notice. The rule of "last to come first…

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Miners' Strike. a Wages Claim

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 9

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

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Bathurst Gold. Increased Output

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 16

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

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Gold Reef. Discovery Near Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 7

A party of four or five have discover what is considered to be a payable reef at Kilwarrick, on the Bo Bo, near Wingham. Years ago gold was found…

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British Miners. Strike Threat. London. Jan. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 13

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

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Three Injured. at Whitburn Colliery. Fall Of Stone and Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 6

Three miners, residents of Greta, and employed at Whitburn Colliery, Greta, were injured on Friday afternoon. The victims were:…

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Gold for Australia. London, Jan. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 13

Sterling exchange rate in New York touched 4.80½ dollars to £1 today compared with 4.79 7-8 on Thursday…

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Safety in Mines. Conference of Delegates. Rescue Stations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 14

At the Newcastle Trades Hall, on Saturday, a conference of delegates of the various organisations associated with the coal mining in…

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Gold for Australia Cargoes From U.s.a

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 8

New York, Wednesday.—An amount of £600,000 in gold will be sent to Australia by the National City Bank within a fortnight, according to a bank…

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Gold for Australia. From United States. New York, Jan. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 2

The National City Bank announces that it will ship gold to the value of 3,000.000 dollars to Australia during the…

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More Gold Shipped to Australia. From U.S.A. LONDON, Jan. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 5

Further consignments of gold to Australia are announced by banking institutions. The international Acceptance…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

Many of the collieries in the northern district have been affected by the seamen's dispute, as is indicated by the return for the fortnight. Ten days…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle last month for places beyond the State was 251,821 tons, of which, 219,924 tons represented…

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Work at the Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

Many of the collieries in the northern district have been affected by the seamen's dispute, as is indicated by the return for the…

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A Colliery Story

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6

There are some bright spots and amusing diversions in the life of miners engaged in the arduous work of extracting the "black diamonds"…

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