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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Miners Injured. Three From Abermain. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

Three miners were admitted to Kurri District Hospital yesterday afternoon. George Turner, aged 29, of…

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The Mines. Stanford-merthyr Resumes. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 5

Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, whore there was trouble and no work yesterday, over wheeling, resumed to-day…

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Mining Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 4

The executive of the Miners' Federation has been informed that the conference between the colliery owners and the representatives of the…

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Colliery Manager. Mr. Kirk's Retirement. Cebssnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Kirk, who for the past seventeen years had occupied the managerial, position at Aberdare Extended Colliery was farewelled on…

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Stanford-merthyr Idle. Shiftman Wants Coal. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1927 · page 4

It is unusual for Stanford Merthyr colliery to be idle one-day, resume the next and not be working on the third day; but this has happened…

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Cessnock Collieries. Motor and Char-a-banc, Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and a char-a-bane occurred near Kemp's corner, Vincent-street, about 5.30 p.m. yesterday…

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Aberdare South. Colliery Again Idle. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

Aberdare South Colliery, idle yesterday through a dispute between he management and sidlers, is again idle to-day, the disagreement still…

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Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

A profit of £31, 250 is disclosed in the report of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company for the year. That is absorbed, as in the previous year, by…

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Malicious Rumors. Alleged Mine Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 11

On Thursday a rumor, evuiently spread by someone with malicious intent, got abroad that a serious accident had occurred at St. Heliers' Colliery,…

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British Miners Federation's Report. On General Strike. T.U.C. Council Condemned. London, Jan. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 5

"If we are deserted and forced to fight a lone fight, it will not be by the workers that We will be aban-doned." This sentence, at the outset,…

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Mine Manager's Retirement After Fifty Years' Association with Industry. Farewell and Presentation to Mr. A. E. KIRK

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Kirk, who has, been identified with the mining industry for over half a century, and recently retired from the position of…

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Goal Mines Act. Charge Against Colliery Manager. Use of Naked Lights

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 13

Joseph H. Roes, manager of East Greta Coliery, Was charged at the West Maitland Court on Monday with having allowed naked lights to be…

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Nationalising Coal Mines Lloyd George's Prophecy. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 6

Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the Liberal dinner, said that present British coal stoppage had cost the country four times us much as the Boer…

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Colliery Manager. Mr. Kirk's Retirement. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 5

Mr. A. 12. Kirk, who for the past seventeen years had occupied the managerial position at Aberdare Extended Colliery, was farewelled on…

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Coal Trade. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 11

The coal shipments at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State totalled 92,890 tons of which those for Commonwealth and…

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One Killed. Accident at Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 15

The Commissioner of Police received a telegram from Emmaville to-day, statins that in an accident at the Loch Sloy mine, one man had…

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Distilling Oil. From Victorian Coal. London, Jan. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 13

In continuance of investigations carried out in 1923 by Engineer-Commander Brand regarding the use of powdered fuel for the Australian…

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Killed Instantly. Explosion in Mine. Probable Gas Ignition. Burnie (Tasmania)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 7

Aa a result of an explosion in the Mount Bischoff mine, Waratah, George Berryman, miner, was killed Instantly, bis body being frightfully…

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Accident in Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 4

William Miller, 37, of East Greta, employed as a wheeler in East Greta Colliery, slipped in a jig this morning, and fell on a dummy…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, January 25th, 1927. Miners' Secretary Honored. Presentation to Ms. T. SUMMERVILLE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

The members of St. Heliers' Lodge held a successful social evening at the Strand Theatre on Friday night, for the purpose of making a presentation…

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