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Mining & the mines, 1926

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The Laurentic's Gold. a Seven Years' Struggle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 8

When the Laurentic was sunk by a German submarine in 1917, and went down off Lough Swilly, with a loss of 300 lives, she took with her…

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Mexico's Vanished Treasures. Gold, Silver, and Old Masters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 3

To w[?] through the great doorway, the Door of Pardons, between the twin, [?] capped towers of the Cathedral of the Assumption in…

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Miner Killed. Fall of Coal at Redhead. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 December 1926 · page 9

Androw Jarvie, of Brown-road, Broadmeadow, was killed: John Butterworth, Railway-street, Glebe, and Thomas Taylor, of Charisetown,…

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Miners' District Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 4

Mr. T. Hoare (229) heads the list in votes for the presidency of Northern district lodges in the ballot of Hebburn No. 1 members, with…

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Good Time at Mines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 2

For the past three weeks the local mines have been working without interruption. NEW BOILER FOR ST. HELIERS…

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Industrial Mission. Miners Desire Representation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 6

The possibility that the delegation, which the Federal Governihent proposes to send to the United States to investigate, industrial contitions, may not…

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Colliery Doctor. Attitude of Miners' Lodges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 10

A week ago, Richmond-Main Miners' Lodge passed a resolution that mine patients do not submit themselves for examination to the colliery…

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Colliery Idle. Clipper Cause Trouble. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 7

Abermain No. 3 Colliery has been idle yesterday and to-day through the notion ol the clippers in holding a pit-top meeting prior to the…

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Miners' Federation. Election of Officers. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 7

Mr. T. Hoare, with a total of 4592 votes was elected president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation; Mr. W. Brennan, 4853 votes…

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Lithgow Miners. Indignant [?] Coal Proprietors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 2

At a mass meeting of the Lithgow miners for the purpose of hearing the report of delegates to the tribunal indigantion was expressed at the re[?]sal…

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Delegation to America Miners' Representative Wanted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 6

The Central Council of the Minors' Federation,last week sent a message to the Acting Prime Minister,.asking him to take immediate steps to have…

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Ambulance Man. at Pelaw Main Colliery. Assembly Question. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Skelton asked the. Minister for Mines whether it was a fact that, at Pelaw Main Colliery Reseue…

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Everything Quiet. New Guinea Gold Fields. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 5

Passengers, who arrived in Sydney, to-day from New Guinea by the steamer Montore, stated that everything was quiet on Edie Creek…

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Mining Industry. Figures for 1926. a Satisfactory Showing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 8

Mr. F. S. Mance, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a statement to the Minister, Mr. J. M.. Baddeley, with regard to the…

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Aeroplane Service. Goldfields to Coast. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 5

R. L. Clark, who returned to Sydney by the Montoto to-day, after a trip to Now Guinea, where he was making arrangement for the…

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Dissatisfied. New Guinea Gold Miners. Immediate Inquiry Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

A concise report on the condition at present existing on the Eadie Creek goldfield has been received by Mr. R. H. Braddon, of Sydney,…

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A Famous City of Gold. Story of Johannesburg. £915,000,000 Won From Mines

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 4

Johannesburg, a city that is built upon the richest gold fields in the world, celebrated its fortieth anniversary in September. Chorus…

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Result of Miners' Ballot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

The executive officers of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation have been re-elected for 1927. The result of the ballot, as announced, by the…

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Colliery Deputies. New Awards by Conciliation Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 8

An award issue covering wages and conditions of colliery deputies on the South Maitland coalfields within the jurisdiction of the…

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Show Embargo. Action by Wollongong Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

Recently the miners' delegate board declared the Wollongong show "black," because the admission charge was raised from 1/6 to 2/-. The…

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