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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Colliery Mechanics. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6

Mr. J. E. Pendlebury presided at a meting of the delegate, board of the colliery Mechanics Association at West Maitland, on Monday…

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Two Mines Closed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

A dispute between the miners and the management over the quality of explosives was responsible for the closing of Ayrfield No. 1 and No. 2 collieries…

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Accident at Whitburn Colliery Three Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

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

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More Gold for Australia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

A cable from New York reports three further shipments of gold to Australia, amounting in all to 5,900,000 dollars. With 5,500,000…

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Bonus Refused. by Broken Hill Miners

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

Although a meeting of the workers' industrial Union unanimously decided to reject the company's offer made to the delegated in Melbourne,…

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Improved Coal Orders But Trucks Are Short

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

The Muswellbrook and St Heliers' collieries have lately received increased coal' orders on a daily basis for one week. The fly in the ointment,…

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Miners' Council. Deals with "Labour Daily" Dispute. Dismissal of Journalists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6

The Control Council of the Miners Federation. which at the present time is sitting in sydney, devoted considerable tune to the dispute that occurred…

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Gold on the Upper Manning. Old Workings Continued

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

If is claimed that a good reef has been discovered at Kiwarrick Mountain, on the Bo Be, near Wingham (writes our Wingham correspondent)…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, February 3, 1925. Coal Freights Queensland and N.S.W.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

Speaking before the members of the Chamber of Manufacturers, Mr W. M. Hughes urged the establishment of secondary industries in the country…

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Coal Tribunal. Dispute at Wallsend Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 3

A sitting of the Coal Tribunal was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association, to further consider certain claims made by…

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Bellbird Colliery. Miners Delegate Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

Mr.J. Connell, relieving district check inspector, submitted a report to a meeting of the miners' group delegates, held at Newcastle, dealing with…

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Hebburn Colliery. Compensation for Hard Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 7

There was no work at Hebburn No. 1 colliery on Tuesday and Wednesday, following a dispute about rates in one section…

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Local and General Miners Safety

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. Connell, secretary to the Miners safety Propaganda Committee stated that the delegates would meet in conference at the Newcastle…

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Coal Industry. Record in Production

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

The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, has received a statement from the Under-Secretary, Mr, F. S. Mance, which shows that the forecast…

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Reported Discovery of Gold Eight Miles From Wingham

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 3

The reported discovery of gold at the foot of Kiwarrick Mountain, eight miles from Wingham, is causing great excitement, and the field is pegged out for…

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Miner Killed. Fall of Coal at Killingworth Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

A miner named Jack Evans, about 40, Was filling coal at Killingworth Colliery this morning, when a quantity came away suddenly from the…

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Colliery Stoppages

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

Work was resumed yesterday at Hebburn Colliery, where trouble had been in existence. A stoppage also occurred at Richmond Main…

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Central Colliery

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

Aberdare Central miners had only three days' pay to draw to-day, that being the total time the colliery has worked during the fortnight. It was…

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Colliery Mechanics. Wonga Willy Colliery Dispute

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

Messrs. J. E. Pendlebury, president, H. O. Morton, general secretary, and Mr. T. Moron, of the delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics' Association,…

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Colliery Medical Adviseer

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

At the resumed meeting of the miners' group representatives at Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday a motion of which notice had been…

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