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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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Miners and Motors (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 5

Sir,—Kindly grant me a little space in your paper. I have read lately a few Interesting letters in various papers. All these letters have been…

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Mining Trouble. Enginedrivers Give Notice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 4

At an aggregate meeting at Bulli the colliery engine-drivers and firemen of Holensburgh, Searborough, and Wollongong…

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Coal for Railways New Zealand Problem Use of Newcastle Goal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 7

Early last year the New Zealand Government Get up a board of inquiry to investigate the possibility of utilising. Dominion coal on the…

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Southern Italians. Miners' Objection

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 3

Arising out of the stabbing incident at the foot of the haulage line, near Queenstown (Tas.), on Thursday afternoon, when, it is…

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Mines Commission. Enginedrivers Want Representation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 3

Mr. R. Pinkerton, a southern councillor of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association, sated on Tuesday it was proposed to ask…

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W.a. Gold Yield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 10

The Western Australian gold yield for March shows a further decline. It amounted to 30,628oz, valued at £130.100. and was 4056os short of…

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British Mining Trouble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 6

(Reuter, Message.) London, Thursday Night. It is understood that the executive of the Miners' Federation has decided…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 9

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last month for places beyond the State was 321,164 tons, of which 228,688 tons…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 14

The coal shipments at Newcastle last week for places beyond the State were 61,242 tons, of which 55,025 tons represented shipments for…

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Naked Lights. Use in Mines Condemned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 5

Strong condemnation of the use of naked lights in mines was made by Mr. H. R. Jones (southern miners), in an address to the Coal Commission…

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Gold Imports. Into United States

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 6

Gold imported into the United States in 1925 totalled 128,000,000 dollars, of which 49,000,000 dollars was from England, 33,000,000 dollars from…

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Osmiridium. Mining in Tasmania

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 9

Good quantities of osmiridium continue to be won at the Adams River field, midway between the South of Tasmania and the west…

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Mine Engine Drivers. Men's Letter to Proprietors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 14

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, has received the following letter, signed by Messrs. W. T…

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The Mines. Abolition of Saturday Work Refused

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 11

Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunul, refused to grant the claims of the Miners' Federation for the abolition of Saturday…

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Coal Heap Slipped. Railway Inspector Killed. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 8

A middle-aged man named William Bennet was killed in the railway yard at Port Waratah this morning. Bennett, who was a sub-inspector in…

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Mining Warden's Court. Held at Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 14

In the following cases authority to enter was granted for 12 months on payment of 6d per acre for agricultural land and 3d per acre for…

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Panama Gold. Diggers' Equatorial Elysium. London, April 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle,' commenting upon the reported gold discovery in Panama, says:—If the new reef realises the promoters' hopes that "it is…

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British Miners Proposed Wage Reduction. Men Protest LONDON, April 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 12

The miners' executive has decided to call a national delegate conference of the Miners' Federation in London on April 9 to consider the written…

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British Mining an Ominous Rejection. Coalowners' Proposal. LONDON, April 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 5

It is understood that the executive of the Miners' Federation has decided to reject the coalowners' proposals, which to a large extent expressed…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 2

Three days were lost to all the collieries in the northern district during the fortnight. Two of these were the regular holidays at Easter…

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