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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

1,034 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 52

St. Heliers' Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 December 1922 · page 2

We learn from Mr. W. V. Parkinson, acting secretary, that applications for shares in the St. Heliers' Coal Company are already coming;…

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LOCAL & General News Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 December 1922 · page 4

An aggregate meeting of members of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association will be held at Cessnock on Sunday, to discuss…

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Coal Train Smash

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 December 1922 · page 11

Early this morning—just after midnight—a coal train, which had left Abermain Colliery, divided, through the coupling parting…

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Gold Miners. Weekly Wage Retained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 7

Mr. Justice Powers delivered judgement in Melbourne respecting an application to vary the award in the case of the Australian Workers…

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Mine Fire. Prompt Help by Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 16

A fire occurred in the Blackall mine at Westland (N.Z.). One Hundred men who were working in the mine were withdrawn safely. The…

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Colliery Mechanics Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 4

Summonses have been served on nineteen employees of Kalingo Colliery who absented themselves from work in connection with the dispute…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 16

During the fortnight ended on Saturday last full time was worked at thirteen collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields…

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Coal Train Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 4

A trainload of Bellbird coal trucks' was on its way to Port Waratah, on Friday morning, at 1 o'clock, when a peculiar collision occurred. By…

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Theft of Gold. Valuable Parcels Missed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 13

In regard to the theft of two and a half bars of gold, weighing 1100oz, from the strongroom of the Perseverance mine, Kalgoorlie, it appears that…

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Coal in Queensland. Equal to Newcastle's Best

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 11

Mr. Jones, Minister for Mines (Q.) who met with a hostile reception at an open-air meeting at Cairns, during the course of his speech said coal…

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Mining Disaster. Eighty-four Deaths. Residue's Marvellous Escape. Vancouver, Nov. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1922 · page 12

In the great industrial area of Birmingham, Alabama, an explosion in the coal-mine of the Woodward Iron Company entombed 250 miners…

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Colliery Mechanics. Cessnock Aggregate Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1922 · page 6

An aggregate meeting of the members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association in the Cessnock district was held in the Strand Theatre…

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Ambulance Class. Gathering of Colliery Members

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 December 1922 · page 6

On Saturday evening a smoke concert was held in the Central Hall, Kurri Kairrl, by the members of Peaw-Main and Stanford-Merthyr…

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Miners' Hardships. No Government Relief. London, December 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1922 · page 5

The Miners' Federation deputation which called on Mr. Lloyd George on October 19, only to be told that he had resigned, to-day waited on Mr…

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Coal Leases. Broken Hill Company's Purchase

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1922 · page 3

A contract for the sale of Mr. A. A. Holland's coal, lenses in the parishes of Stanford and Mulbring to the Broken Hill Proprietary…

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Absent From Work. Miners Heavily Fined. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1922 · page 5

John Button, Reuben Smith, George Rutherford Thomas Parsons, William Howard, and John Pullan were each fined [?] and…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the Aberdare colliery members of the Colliery: Mechanics' Association was held on Wednesday, when consideration was…

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Special Mining Warden

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 4

In view of the heavy mining work in the district, and the congestion of further applications throughout the Maitland, Cessnock, Singleton and…

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New Mining Venture

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 6

The Broken Hill Proprietory Co., who run the steel works at Newcastle, have purchased an extensive mining property in the Mt. Vincent district…

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Gold Miners. Weekly Wage Retained

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 16

Mr. Justice Powers delivered judgment in Melbourne respiting an application to vary the award in the case of Australian Workers'…

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