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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

1,671 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 84

Miners Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

Two machine miners were yesterday ordered to pay £5 each by Abermain No. 1 Miners' Lodge for being concerned in the violation of lodge rules…

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Redhead Colliery Officials Fined

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

Arising out of the report presented to the Minister for Mines by Mr Warden James, on the cause of the Redhead colliery disaster on January 22,…

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Coal Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 3

The amount of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 23,840 tons, of which 11,005 tons represented…

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Colliery Mechanics. Objections to Registration

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

Before Mr. H. D. Woods, Deputy Registrar of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, the hearing was continued of objections to the registration…

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Colliery Mechanics. Registration Objected To

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

The hearing of objections to the application by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River district, New South Wales…

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South Greta Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

A meeting of members of South Greta Miners' Lodge was held yesterday. The position in which some found themselves in consequence of…

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Abermain Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

Mr. M. Manion has been elected president of Abermain No. 1 miners' Lodge, Mr. W. P. John secretary. Mr. H. Hanks treasurer, and Mr. Arthur…

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A Decrease Queensland Gold Yield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 7

The gold yield of Queensland has fallen off considerably due chielly to the closing down of Mount Morgan mine…

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Gold Rush Sea Uncovers Rich Sand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 10

There has been a rush to peg out claims on the West. Conch Deach (N.Z.), as a result of the sea having uncovered patches of black sand,…

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Will Miners Act? the Enginedrivers' Dispute. Settlement Desired

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 6

The enginedrivers' strike has thrown more than 30,000 men out of employment in New South Wales and Victoria. The council of the Miners'…

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Mild Gold Rush. Finds in the Grampians

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 16

In a view mild form a gold rush is beginning at Mount Victory, in the Gramplans (Vic.) Several men who have been…

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Coal Hold Up Question of Intervention. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 6

There were no fresh developments this morning in regard to the coal hold up. Mr Baddeley's effort as mediator…

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Tightening Up. New Move by Enginedrivers. Decide Not to Shift Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 8

That no coal will be moved from any colliery that does not agree to the union claims was the decision of a meeting of the Maitland district…

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Goldfields Murder. Government Offers Reward of £1000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 3

The West Australian Government has offered £1000 reward for information leading to a conviction of the murderers of Inspector Walsh and…

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Goldfields Murder Tracking Party Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

The tracking party, which set out in an endeavour to follow the wheel tracks loading from the mine in which the bodies of the two…

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Mining Settlement Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 5

The Mines Department announces the Government's proposals for the settlement of the mining industry dispute, on the lines of the Royal…

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Engine-drivers. Teralba Mine to Work, Union Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 3

Mr. H. Gibson, general secretary of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association, announced during the week-end that the strike…

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Coal Mines Examination

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 1

By direction of the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, ap examination of candidates for certficates of competency as manager,…

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Mine Managers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

The successful candidates for mine managers' competency certificates at examinations at Sydney and Broken Hill in April, were:—D. Wilson, R…

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Gas Companies' Coal Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 6

A meeting of the Gas Emergency Board was held in Sydney yesterday to consider the position arising out of the dislocation of the coal trade…

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