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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Copper Mine Fire. Outbreak in New Guinea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 3

A radio message from the mine was received at the office of the New Guinea Copper Mines, Ltd., in Melbourne, stating that the furnace had…

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News From Germany. Coal and Reparations. the Poor Kaiser

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 5

A message from Paris states that, according to the Cologne "Mining Journal." the Stinnes mining group is offering to the Portuguese…

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German Coal for Portugal Below British Quotation. (Reuter Cable.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 2

The Cologne Mining Journal declares the Stinnes mining group is offering the Portuguese Government large quantities of coal at a price much below the…

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Hebburn Colliery. Grievances Considered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 7

A conference in regard to the grievances of Hebburn Colliery was held at the office of the company in Newcastle. The calliery has been idle a…

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Cessnock Colliery. Work Resumed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 4

After several days idleness Cossnock colliery resumed this morning. A conference was held yesterday between the manager and lodge…

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Bellbird Colliery. End of Proto Work. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

With the sealing off of No. 6 West section, the use of the Proto apparatus will be practicaly discontinued at Hellbird with the exception of small…

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Coal Lumpers' Award Bight to Appeal Granted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

The award for the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union made by Mr. Justice Edmunds and gazetted on October bodies concerned and the right to…

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Mine Inspectors. an Assembly Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Murray. asked Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, if he was aware that many new mines were being…

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Mine Inspectors Cessnock Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Murray asked Mr. Fitzpatrick, the minister for Mines, if he was aware that many new mines were being…

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Mine Rescue Stations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Friday night, Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, gave notice of his intention to move for the introduction…

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Central Mine Unsettled Conditions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 3

The Central mine has been working on and off since the fortnight's notice was given to 163 workmen. There is a certain amount of…

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Coal Resources Immense Supplies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 2

The immensity of the heritage that Australia, and especially New South Wales, possesses in her coal supplies is perhaps not sufficiently…

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Restoring the Gold Standard

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 7

No more convincing proof of the stabilising influence of recent changes on the political horizon of Europe could be wished for than the sharp…

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Mine Estimates Parliamentary Debate The Bellbird Disaster

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 6

In the discussion on the estimates for the Mines Department Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A. in the course of a speech said:…

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Mining Bills. Providing for Rescue Stations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly last evening on the motion of the Minister for Mines, the bill to provide for rescue operations in coal and shale…

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Coal is Out-of-Date. Oil Not Wanted. German Invention. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 8

The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a company is being formed to apply the principle of Anton Flettner's…

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Hebburn Colliery. Grievances Considered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 3

A conference in regard to the grievances of Hebburn Colliery was held at the office of the company in Newcastle. The colliery has been idle a…

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Colliery Mechanics. Secretary Has Busy Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 3

Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association was at Lithgow on Tuesday Association with the matter of contract to deal…

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Mine Inspectors. an Assembly Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Murray asked Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, if he was aware that many new mines were being…

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Bellbird Colliery. End of Proto Work. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 3

With the sealing off of No. 6 West section, the use of the Proto apparatus will be practically discontinued at Bellbird, with the exception of small…

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