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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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British Coal Strike Men Resuming Work. Mr. Cook Still Bellicose. LONDON, Nov. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1926 · page 12

The miners delegate conference met to-day to consider district settlements but adjourned without fixing a date for meeting again…

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Kurri Mines. a General Resumption Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1926 · page 2

There was a general resumption of Writ at the 10 mines in the Kurri Police Patrol—Ayrfield 1 and 2 to Neath to-day. the empty waggons…

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Ninth Victim New Zealand Mine Narrow Escape Of Sealing Gang. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1926 · page 5

Eric Ashton, who was rescued from the Dobson mine after the tragic explosion, died during the week-end. This means that no evidence will…

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New Zealand Mine Disaster Mine Sealed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 4

Christchurch (N.Z.), Friday.— Pronounced beyond hope, the five men still entombed in the Dobson coal mine were adjudged dead early this afternoon…

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Kurri Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 4

Hebburn No. 1 and Stanford Merthyr No. 1 were the only mines idle from Heddon Greta to Neath to-day. Hebburn No. 2 (idle three week all…

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Alleged False Pretence. Shares in a Coal Mine. Accused Committed for Trial

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 5

At the Cessnock Police Court this morning Albeit Edward Thompson, or Albert Andrew Thompson, on remand, was charged that at…

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Work Resumed. Aberdare Central Colliery. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 5

Aberdare Central Colliery, which has been idle since November 8, through the inter-union dispute between the deputies and the miners,…

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Coal Officials Re-elected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 4

Mr. D. ("Di") Rees, of Richmond Main, has been re-elected general president, and Mr. D. J. ("Di") Davies general secretary of the Coal…

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Wheat and Coal Carriers Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 5

The ships in the ice Jam are carrying between them 15 million bushels of wheat, and many hundreds of thousands tons of coal. The…

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Mine Disaster. Three Men Dead. Five Others Entombed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 5

Three men have died us a result of an explosion in the Dobaon Colliery (Greymouth, N.Z.) Five others arc entombed, "and there is very little hope…

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Aberdare Miner's Death Killed by Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 5

Aberdare Colliery was the scene of a tragic happening yesterday, when Ernest Vaisey, a miner, was killed by a fall of coal. The fall…

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Miner Killed. Terribly Crushed by Fall of Coal. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 5

Ernest Henry Vaisey, 55, a miner employed at Aberdare Colliery and residing at Rawson street, Aberdare, was killed whilst at work about…

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Thrilling Experience. New Zealand Mine Disaster. Further Explosions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 6

Men who were erecting a pump at the mouth of the air shaft of the Dobson Mine (N.Z.), where three men were killed and six entombed,…

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New Goldfields. Position in New Guinea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 6

A radio message received by the Home and Territories Department from the Administrator in New Guinea says that the deputy sent to…

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Miners' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 4

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation, stated that the executive had been officially notified by Mr…

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Muswellbrook Coal Company

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 2

Owing to the shortage of railway trucks, and the colliery being so frequently thrown idle in consequence, the Muswellbrook Coal Co., Ltd., has…

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Raid on Defaulters Cessnock Miners Fined

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 2

Several miners in Cessnock have been proceeded against for not furnishing income tax returns Before Mr. Lang makes a raid on the Main Roods Fund,…

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New Zealand Disaster Flooding the Mine

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 3

Men who were creating a pump at the mouth of the air shaft of the Dobson mine, near Greymouth, N.Z., where three men were killed and six entombed,…

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Fall of Coal. Kurri Miner Injured. Kurri, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 4

An employee of Stanford Merthyr Colliery named Madge, sustained a severe sealp wound this afternoon while working in the mine, He was…

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New Guinea Gold. Jug Shipment to Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 5

Six thousand ounces of gold, valued at [?] won on the New Guinea fields, has been landed in Sydney during the present week. It…

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