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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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The Mines. All But One at Work. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 5

All the principle collieries resumed work this morning with the exception of Hebburn No. 1, where a local dispute remains unsettled…

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Hebburn No.1 Miners No Work To-day Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 3

The School of Arts Cinema Hall was packed to the doors yesterday morning, when the claims for deficiency (in the case of first-class…

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Extended Colliery Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

The Extended Colliery was idle to-day. The men turned out to work, but when they got to the collery there were no [?] drivers…

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Liquefaction of Coal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 5

An engineering expert in Hamburg recently contributed an article to the London "Times" in which it was stated that the Bergius process for the…

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Kurri Mines. Hebburn and Stanford Idle. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 4

Hebburn No. 1 is still idle, owing to the men's demands not being complied with regarding deficiency claims…

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Three Years' Output Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 2

A statement disclosing interesting figures in connection with the output of coal and the number of days worked at Richmond Main and Peaw…

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Glen Ayr Colliery. Alleged Discovery of Gas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 2

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the Miners Federation, stated that, as a result of something gleaned by the executive…

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Stanford-merthyr. the Mine Still Idle. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 5

Stanford-Merthyr Colliery was again idle to-day. The men went to the colliery but returned home, the management still not finding it…

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Fire in Mine Outbreak at Glen Ayr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 2

Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, received a telephone message from the department's inspector at Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon,…

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Nugget of Gold. Unearthed at Sofala. Sofala

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 5

A rabbit trapper named Aubrey, while setting traps unearthed & nugget of gold worth £50,…

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Work For Small Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

In connection with the question recently asked by him in the Legislative Assembly, regarding the placing of orders for coal with small…

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No Trucks for Collieries

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 1

The miners had two idle days this week owing to no trucks being available. There was no work at the St. Heliers' colliery on Wednesday, and…

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Accident at Colliery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

H. Campion sustained injuries to the chest as a result of an accident at St Heliers' colliery yesterday. He was engaged in loading small coal into a…

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Kurri Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

Stanford Merthyr is still idle, for the fifth day. Hebburn No. 2, where work was resumed yesterday, is busy again to-day…

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Glen Ayr Colliery Presence of Gas

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 10

An inspection on Tuesday by District Cheek Inspector Hoare, of Glen Ayr Colliery (near East Greta Junction) resulted in a decision to notify…

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Kalingo Colliery. Approaching the Coal. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 14

Work has gone on space at Kalingo Colliery, a view mine a low miles west of Cesanock, and it is estimated that operations have reached within…

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Unemployed Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 6

Representatives of the Rothbury Miners' Lodge have interviewed Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., concerning unemployment. They pointed out…

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Glen Ayr Colliery. Alleged Discovery of Gas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 3

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, stated that, as a result of something gleaned by the executive,…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 9

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was only 17,653 tons, owing to the stoppage…

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Illawarra Miners. Royal Visit Declared "Black."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 3

Illawarra miners' delegates at a meeting carried the following motion. "That members of the association be asked to refrain from taking any part…

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