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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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South Greta Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

A special meeting of South Greta Miners' Lodge will be held at the Pit Top to-morrow at 10 o'clock to consider the recommendation of the…

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Broken Hill Mine. No General Slackening of Hands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 6

The falling water supply has not greatly affected the mines yet, the only dismissals so far being nine men from the South mine engaged in…

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Hebburn No. 2. Resumed To-day. Other Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

As predicted, the meeting of Hoburn No. 2 Miners' Lodge yesterday decided to endorse the proposals recommended by Tuesday's conference…

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Kurri Hospital. Big Increases Fob 1925. Generous Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. H. W. Bowe, hon. secretary of the Kurri District Hospital, supplies us with the following figures for 1925, and some comparisons with…

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Is Copeland To Be Rebuilt? the Mother Gold Reef Located in a Few Hours

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

Recently an expert mineral detector left Gloucester for Copeland. On arrival at Copeland he very quickly located an enormous gold…

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Permitted Explosives Use in Coal Mines. "Gazette" Notice

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 14

The "Government Gazette" contains a notice signed by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, stating that in pursuance of the provisions of the…

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Kurri Mines. Stanford Idle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

Mine employees at Richmond Main and Pelaw Main, who "trudged unwillingly" Monday pitwards, were not over-glowing in the task of facing…

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Richmond-main. Half Colliery Idle. Drastic Resolution

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 16

Richmond-Main Miners' Lodge yesterday morning passed a resolution which must have salutary and potent effect upon continuity of…

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Buried Alive. Two Miners Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 5

At Briseis mines (Tasmania) two miners, John Bastick and James Allen, who were working in a dump hole, were buried alive, and although every…

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Broken Hill Mines. Poor Water Supply

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

The water shortage has already begun to affect the Broken Hill mining industry, and men have been paid off at South Mine…

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Increased Wages. New Log by Western Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 7

Claims for increases in wages and alterations of conditions of work have been served by the western miners on the whole of the colliery…

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British Coal. Forecast of Commission. London, Jan. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 2

The Labour correspondent of the "Morning Post" gives an authoritative forecast of the proposals the coalowners are presenting to the Coal…

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Mining Tenements. a Pelaw-main Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 6

Before Mr. Justice Ferguson in Chambers yesterday a matter of considerable interest to residents of the coalfields came up…

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Coal Mining State Control Issue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 4

The "Sunday Express" (London) says that the State-acquisition of the country's mining rights is almost certain to form the basis of the Coal…

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Inclined Seam Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

The delegates representing the inclined seam, collieries met at West Maitland on Saturday morning to communicate the decisions from the…

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The Gold Passes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 5

Mr. Ball wanted to know whether the gold passes for the Upper House members would be for life or whether the period of time for…

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Fall of Coal Miner Killed At Aberdare

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 5

A fall of coal, unfortunately attended with fatal results, occurred about 10.30 this morning in the Aberdare Colliery, the victim being…

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Upper House. Caucus Approves of Abolition Bill. Retention of Gold Passes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 3

At the meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Caucus yesterday the draft bills dealing with the abolition of the Upper House were agreed to…

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Aberdare Colliery. Idle To-day. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 4

Aberdare colliery was idle to-day owing to the death of Albert Colgate who was killed yesterday by a fall of coal…

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Price of Coal. Reported Increase. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 5

[?] asked the Premier whether he was aware that an increase of 1/6 per ton in the prices of coal was recently announced. Was the Premier…

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