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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Stoppage of Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 4

The continuous rain had the effect of causing loss of work to the mineworkers of Cessnock and Kurri districts. The washaways on the…

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Colliery Flooded

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 9

Through the subsidence in the Wallsend Soccer Football Club's ground, flood waters entered the Wallsend colliery, rising in one place…

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Cancellation Sought. Coal and Shale Employees

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

Before Judge Beeby ill the Federal Arbitration Court the Colliery Mechanics Mutual Protection Association, applied for cancellation of…

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Small Collieries. at Maitland and Greta. Deputation to Premier

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 1

Delegates representing the small collieries in the Maitland and Greta districts, met Mr. Lang, the Premier, in Sydney, to state the case for the…

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Pit Subsidence. Water in Wallsend Colliery Pit Idle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 16

A regrettable sequence to the big subsidence in the Soccer Football Club's ground is the fact that the working of the Wallsend Colliery…

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Gold From New Guinea

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 6

The Marsina, which arrived at Sydney from Samoa on Thursday, brought 14,000 ounces of gold from the New Guinea-fields. An estimate of the gold…

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Coal Export. Shipments at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 9

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 100.315 tons, of which 28,265 tons represented…

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Big Land Subsidence Closes Down Wallsend Mine

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 8

As a result of a huge subsidence) of land, which is above the workings, Wallsend colliery will be idle indefinitely. This will be particularly hard on…

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South Maitland Field 17 Mines Close Down

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 1

Weather conditions are normal again, but owing to the railway line being flooded, and out of action, 17 collieries on the South Maitland field are forced…

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Coal and Shale Federation. De-registration Refused

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 4

Before Judge Beeby in the Federal Arbitration Court, the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protection Association applied for cancellation of…

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Gold Shipment. From New Guinea Field. Warning to Prospectors. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

Fourteen thousand ounces of gold, estimated to be worth £35,000, were brought to-day to Sydney from the New Guinea goldfields by the…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 2

"Work at the collieries in the northern district was "restricted during the fortnight. The Easter holidays reduced the…

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Shortage of Coal Waggons

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A. met a deputation from the Baywater Colliery, near Singleton, yesterday complaining that they were unable…

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Wallsend Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 6

Sir. G. Booth, Mr. met the representatives of the Wallsend miners, who placed before him certain proposals for the relief of the men…

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Wallsend Colliery. Relief for Unemployed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

Mr, Booth, M.L.A., and Mr. Rees, president of the Miners' Federation, saw Mr. Bollemore, of the Department of Labour, and Industry, to-day…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Glen Ayr Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 4

It is intimated elsewhere that victimised pay will be paid out to Glen Ayr miners to-morvow (Wednesday), April 27, at noon, at the…

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Ministers Abroad. Mining Methods. Mr. Baddeley's Inquiries

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Minister for Labor and Industry in New South Wales, has spent a fortnight on the Continent, principally in Italy, where he…

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Mining Inquiries. Mr. Baddeley Busy. London, April 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

The Minister of Mines for New South Wales, Mr. Baddeley, has had a conference with the British Mines Department, which has deputed…

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Pioneer Colliery Employee. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 5

Mr. William Pickstock, 70, an old and highly esteemed resident of the coalfields, died in Kurri District Hospital yesterday afternoon…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 4

The directors of Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, in their annual report, state that they have given serious consideration to…

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