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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 67

Collieries Idle. Wheelers' Protest.cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 4

Aberdare Extended Colliery is again idle today. When the men assembled for work the wheelers again held a meeting…

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Students Visit Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 2

Mr. P. Jack, of the Mining Department, conducted a party of students through Ayrfield Colliery on Tuesday morning and Bellbird…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery Idle Again To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 9

Aberdare Extended Lodge held a further meeting yesterday, when it was decided to permit the exchange of the miner and machine man for…

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Cessnock Miners’ Hall Permission Granted

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 5

Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., had a further interview with the Hon, M. Gosling (Chief Secretary) regarding permission to build a proposed Miners’…

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Mr. Baddeley. To Address Combined Miners

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 3

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, now en route from America, will address a meeting of miners in Cessnock on Sunday, September 18…

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Injuries That Proved Fatal. Mine Employee Crushed by Skips. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 4

At the Cessnock Court House yesterday, the District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown) held an inquest touching the death of James Scroggie, 25, water…

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Miners' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 4

A conference of delegates from the mines on the South Maitland and Greta district fields was held in the Church-street Hall, West Maitland…

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South Greta Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Heara. M.L.A., yesterday addressed South Greta Lodge regarding the working of the colliery and coal contracts. He…

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Colliery Idle. Miner Dies Rom Injuries. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 15

Aberdare Colliery was idle to-day as a mark of respect to Jack Johnson, a miner, who died last night from injuries received while…

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 13

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond, the State was £75,582 tons, of which 64,560 tons represented…

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Fast Sinking. Shaft Mine at Lithgow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 11

Sinking on behalf of Hoskins Iron and Steel Co., of the firm's second shaft in Lithgow, near the State mine, represents a remarkable place…

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Youth Missing. Miners Join in Search. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 6

Two hundred miners from Seaham Nos. 1 and 2 collieries did not work to-day, but went out in parties searching the bush in the region of…

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The Mines. Machine Men's Rates. Conference at Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 September 1927 · page 6

At the conference of representatives of all miners lodges interested in the machine-men's rates was held in Maitland on Saturday, the whole…

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East Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 4

East Greta Colliery was idle yesterday. The employees went out to work in the morning, but early in the day trouble occurred over a…

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Mines Affected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 8

'A message from Ipswich states that the mining industry is already affected by the strike, and owing to the inability to get trucks for coal,…

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Cessnock Miners' Hall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 7

Mr. George Booth, M.L.A. had a further interview with the Hon. M. Gosling, Chief Secretary, realtive to the permission to build a proposed Miners'…

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Gold Output

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

Queensland's gold output for the year was valued at £43,914, a decrease when compared with that of the preceding year, of £153,204. The…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery £5000 Lost in Wages

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 2

The Abordare Extended colliery was idle last week, entailing a loss of approximately £5000 in wages to the employees…

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Coal Stealing Solicitor's Novel Defence

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 4

A rather novel viewpoint was presented by a solicitor for the defence in two cases of alleged coal stealing, at Newcastle Police Court…

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Miners' Secretary Mr. McNEILL, ELECTED

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 8

Mr. D. McNeil, of the Seaham No. 1 Lodge, has been elected to the position of secretary to tho northern branch of the Minors' Federation…

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