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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 67

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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The Mines. Work Again on

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

The collieries on the northern fields will reopen on Monday next. This decision was arrived at a meeting of the Northern Collieries'…

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Fire in Mine Outbreak at Glen Ayr

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 8

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

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Transvaal Gold. Record Yield Last Year

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 11

The yield of Transvaal sold last year was a record, 10,062,852 fine ounces, valued at £41,822,257 compared with 9,599,702 fine ounces in…

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Duties of Mine Deputy Judgment in Cessnock Case

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

In the Full Court application was made to make absolute a rule nisi granted by Mr. Justice Campbell in December to prohibit proceedings…

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Brown Coal. Company Registered. London, Feb. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 12

The Sensible Heat Distillation Company has been registered, with a capital of £250,000. Colonel J. T. C. Moore Brabazon, formerly…

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The Collieries Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 6

Most of the collieries in the northern district lost time through the strike, none of the associated pits working more than six days for the…

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Coal Sales

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1927 · page 4

Monday 23rd.—I received a letter overland from Newcastle, containling various accounts, reports, etc. I am happy to find that our monthly sale…

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Miners Go Home

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 March 1927 · page 4

Because a pit boy was dismissed for insolencc his mates at the Aberdare Central Colliery refused to work. This dislocated all employment at the mine,…

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Flood Relief Big Sports Meeting in April Enthusiasm Over Colliery Derby

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1927 · page 7

The Cessnock Flood Relief Committee met in the Shire Chambers last night, when matters appertaining to the big sports carnival to be…

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Mine Disaster. Death Roll of 75. Explosion at Ebbw Vale Colliery. Rescuers' Heroic Work. Pathetic Scenes. London. March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 5

Two simultaneous mine disasters occurred to-day, one in Monmouth, the other in, Nottinghamshire, and brought…

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Glen Ayr Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

Messrs. Booth and O'Hearn, Ms.L.A saw Mr. Baddeley in connection with the Glen Ayr, colliery. They pointed out that unless arrangements were…

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Unemployment at Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 2

Mr. W, F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., interviewed Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, Labour, and Industry, in connection with the unemployment at…

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Explosion in English Colliery Many Entombed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—An explosion at the marine colliery of Cwm Ebbwvale resulted in 135 miners being entombed. Fourteen bodies have been recovered…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Glen Ayr Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

A meeting of Glen Ayr Miners' Lodge will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, March4, at the usual place…

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Gasi in Mines. Delegate Board Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 5

The Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, again reviewed the position regarding the discovery of gas in Killingsworth and…

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Mine Disasters. Statement in Commons. London, March 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 2

The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister) announced in the House of Commons Hint in the Cwm disaster 26 men…

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Message of Condolence. British Mining Disasters, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 5

The Premier told Mr. Murray that the Government had sent a message of condalence to the relatives of those killed in the British mining disaster,…

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Mine Explosion. Cause Unknown. No Hope for Entombed Men. Grief Stricken Relatives. Night Vigil. London. March. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 4

Hope was definitely abandoned at nine o'clock this morning for any of the 45 miners entombed in the Cwm Colliery, Ebbw Vale, being…

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Sydney Council's Coal Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

Mr J. Johnstone,' manager of Richmond Main Colliery, South Maitland, has been selected by Sydney City Council to report on…

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