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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Fatal Colliery Accidents Claims for Compensation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 3

In the Maitland District Court yesterday, before Judge White, Georgrina Lavino Cornish applied under the Workmen's Compensation Act, for the…

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Bellbird Colliery. Completing Stoppings. Bellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 5

Operations continue uniaterru[?] at colliery, and satistactory progress is being made. The first of the four large…

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Local and General. Hebburn Colliery Dispute

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 6

A peculiar position is reported to have arisen on an alleged departure from the terms of an agreement arranged between the management and…

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Medical Inspection of Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 8

Mr. Shinwell, the British Minister for Mines, has decided to appoint a medical inspector. Applications were called for the position just before the…

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"Coal Mystery" Circular Repudiated

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 4

The meeting of the Federal Council of the Miners' Federation, which concluded on Saturday, had under consideration a circular headed…

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Whitburn Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 4

The following have been elected officers of whitburm Miners, Lodge:— President. Mr. F. Houston : treasurer Mr. B. Murray: Mr…

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Bellbird Mine. Consolidation Continues. Bellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 5

Operations at Bellbird Colliery were continued to-day, when further consolidation work was carried further The second of the four large concrete…

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Gold Find Near Adelong "An Extensive Reef."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 2

Messrs Denning, Watson, Tobin, and Walls claim to have found a rich gold reef, four feet wide, on their lease at Calafat, four miles north of the old…

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Gold Find. in Upper Waitaka Valley. Weelington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 5

A prospector, who has arrived at Oamaru declares that he has discovered a 30-feet reef, showing good gold values, in the Upper Waitaki…

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Mine Rescue Stations Cessnock Housing Conditions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 12

In the course of the debate on the censure motion in the Legislative Assembley Mr. Baddeley urged the introduction of rescue stations in…

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Fall of Coal Miner Killed Instantly

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a miner named Archibald Jones, residing at Kurri Kurri, met with instantanious death while working in Stanford…

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Rich Gold Reef Ten Ounces a Ton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

A sensation has been created in mining circles by the discovery of a rich gold reef 4ft wide on the Denning-Watson-Tobin-Wall's leases at…

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Coal Resources Seven Million Million Tons. World Supplies

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

Under the auspices of the W.E.A. a lecture was given in the West Martland School of Arts by Mr. F. R. E. Mauldon, concerning the coal…

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Rathluba Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 4

It is notified that the Rathiuba Colliery has been re-opened under the management, of Messrs Beatly Bros., Lawesst., East Maitland…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 13

Ten days constituted full time at the collieries in the northern district for the fortnight. The dispute over the dismissal of a wheeler was…

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Shorter Hours. Miners Seek Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 14

During the sitting in Sydney of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation, leagthy consideration was Riven to the Question of the hours and wages…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 7

The quality of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for place beyond the state was 86, 080 tons, of which 63,240tons represented…

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Co-operation. Support From Miners' Federation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 14

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which concluded a meeting on Saturday afternoon, which lasted over several days, decided to invest…

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Gold Returns. for West Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 9

The West Australian gold yield for [?]ne was 47,170 fine ounces valued at £200,366 This is an increase of 6746oz on Many and 2506oz on June 1923…

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District News Letters Muswellbrook. Coal Development

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 6

The output of the St. Heller's Colliery which is about 3 miles from Muswellbrook has greatly increased during the past week or two and the…

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