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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 67

Miners' Logic. "Seemingly Incomprehensible." Statement by Colliery Association's President. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 3

"With most people, it is obvious that black is black, and white is white, but not with coal miners, whose system of logic seems to be as…

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Dismissed. Colliery Officials' Appeal. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 1

The Deputy Industrial Commissioner, Mr. B. J. Kavanagh, to-day dismissed the appeal of the Colliery Officials' Association against the…

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Coal Trade. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 11

The coal shipments at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State amounted to 20,860 tons, of which 10,910 tons represented…

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Deputies and Miners Conference on

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 11

Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, stated that he had been informed by the Mines Department that Mr…

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Was Electric Light Black ? Miners Illogical

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 3

The chairman of the Northern Collieries Proprietors' Association (Mr C. M. M'Donald) accuses the officials of the Miners' Federation with being…

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Gallant Mine Rescue Overcome by Fumes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 6

Two miners in the British Mine, Broken Hill, had a narrow, oscape from death on Wednesday, when overcome by fumes, they fell back into four feet of…

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Dwindlinr Coal Tade. Steamers for Ocean Island

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 11

The Newcastle coal trade, is dwindling in an alarming manner, and the habit of striking, which has become chronic on the coalfields, is bastening…

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Mining Difficulties. New Guinea Hardships

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 3

Advices received by Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., from Salamoa, the port of the Bulolo and Edie Creek goldfields, state that lack of…

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Mines to Resume. Kurri and Stanford. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 7

It is expected in Kurri Kurri that a general resumption of work will take place on Tuesday next. Stanford Merthyr will definitely resume on…

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Strikes in America. Big Coal Upheaval. Montreal, April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 7

In Indianapolis, the general walkout of union minors has halted activity in the bituminous coal industry in the central competitive fields…

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Alluvial Mining at Edie Creek. Nearly Exhausted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 3

Mr. H. J. Hutchinson, who has returned to Sydney after spending eight months in prospecting at Edie Creek, in the Mandated Territory,…

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Miners Gassed. Two Rendered Unconscious. Rescued Under Difficulties. Broken Hili

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 4

Two men were overcome by gas at the British mine this morning in a winze on the 300ft level (Thompson's section). The winze is about 30 feet…

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Colliery Dispute Settled Resumption This Week

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

As the enginedrivers and firemen, at an aggregate meeting at Cossnock on Sunday afternoon, adopted the proposals submitted from Friday's conference, a…

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St. Heliers' Coal Co. Cement Manufacture

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

It is gecnrally known (says the Muswellbrook "Chronicle") that negotiations have been going on for some time with a view to St. Heliers' Coal…

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The Mines. Resumption To-morrow. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 4

Work will resume at the district mines to-morrow. This intimation was received at Cessnock last night. At the local collieries the dog-watch…

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Test Case. Miners Levy for "Labour Daily," Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

In the Equity Court to-day a commencement was made in the case in which Edward Thomas Wright, of Abermain No. 2 Colliery is testing the…

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"Gold Sickness." U.s.a. Investments Overseas, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

Sir Harold Beauchamp director of the Bank of New Zealand who arrived in Sydney to-day, expressed general approval of the action of the…

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Colliery Lighting. Electric Lamp Supersedes Oil

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 6

Much has boon hoard [?] of the conditions obtaining in coalmines in Britain and much ink has been spilled in arguments, without…

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Coal at Scone

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

A Scone syndicate has been formed for the purpose of testing the district for payable coal deposits. A shaft has been sunk at the northern end of…

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The Mines. Aberdare Extended Resumes Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 5

With the exception of one colliery, a general resumption of work was made in Cessnock district yesterday. At Aberdare Extended Colliery, the…

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