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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

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Poor Gas Supply. Inferior Coal and Too Much Air

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 6

A number of complaints were read at Thursday evening's meeting of the council regarding gas accounts, and certain residents gave details of their…

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Oakes Wins Mines Will Wow Work Arbitrator to Settle Dispute

The Daily Express · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 1

The coal dispute has been finally settled. Mr. John Brown, It is stated, was out of Newcastle and therefore…

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Pelaw Main Colliery Dispute. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 2

General relief is feit in the New castle district that the Pelaw Main trouble will not prevent a resumption of work at the mines…

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Colliery Explosion. Eight Deaths. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 1

Eight were killed and two seriously injured in a big explosion at Garthsore colliery, near Kilysth…

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Twenty-eight Killed. Fatal Mine Explosion. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 2

It is reported that 28 miners were killed by an explosion in the Maltby Main colliery, near Rotherham. There were 120 in the mine at the time of the…

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Colliery Disaster Many Men Entombed No Hope of Rescus London, July 28

The Daily Express · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 2

A terrible colliery disaster has occurred at Maltby Main near Rotherham where the management and the miners have for several weeks been…

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow. Mining Dispute. Sick Judge Makes a Suggestion. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 1

Representatives of the mine owners and coal miners met at the chambers of Mr. Justice Edmonds this morning for inquiry into the working…

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Another Colliery Disaster. Eight Men Killed. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

Eight men were kilted and two seriously injured by an explosion al the Garthshore colliery, near Kilsyth-Twelve men were at work in the pit…

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Block Ten. a Costly Mine. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 1

Mr. H. Thomas, general manager of Miller and Co., leaves Sydney to-day for Samari to superintend the dismantling of the plant of the mine…

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Coal Trouble Pelaw Main Case Arbitrator Ill Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 1

Owing to Indisposition Mr. Justice Edmunds was unable to open his Inquiry into the dispute at Pelaw Main colliery in connection with which he…

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Mining Disaster. Another Explosion. London, July 29

The Daily Express · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 1

While bricking in a large section of the Greatshore Colliery, Kilsyth, a gang of eight men who were working with naked lights were all killed by…

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Coal Difficulty a Tentative Agreement. Work to Start To-morrow. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 2

Representatives of the wine owners and coal miners met at the chambers of Mr. Justice Edmunds this morning for the inquiry into the working conditions…

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Colliery Disasters. Maltby Main and Kilsyth. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 2

In the House of Commons. Mr. Lane Fox said there was no room for hope of saving the 26 men entombed in the Maltby Main colliery…

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Platinum Mining Revival

The Daily Express · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 2

With water supplies sufficient to last for many months there has been a revival in platinum mining in the F[?]fleld district. The present price…

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Pelaw Main Miners Satisfied East Maitland

The Daily Express · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 1

A meeting of the Pelew Main Miners’ Lodge was held to-day, when a resolution was carried approving of the action of the Miners’ Executive…

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Costly Mining. the Block [?] Failure. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 1

Mr. H. Thomas, general manager of Miller and Coy., leaves Sydney to-day for Samarai to superintend the dismantling of the plant at the…

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Coal Miners Resume Fresh Trouble Arises. No Work at Aberdare or Hebburn. West Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 3

There was a resumption of work at nearly all the collieries to-day. Fresh trouble, however, has arisen at Hebburn over the employment of a man…

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Colliery Situation. Newcastle

The Daily Express · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 4

The mining situation is unchanged. Aberdare South and Habburn No. 1 are expected to resume at an early date. The lodges are meeting to-day…

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Vacuum Cleaning for Mines

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

The vacuum cleaning of coal mines is a new idea for preventing risk from dust, to which explosions are often due. An electrical firm has…

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Gold From River. Daring New Zealand Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 2

To dam a lake, cut off a river, and open up a bad of gold is the scheme of an enterprising band of New Zealand investors…

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