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Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 67

LOCAL & GENERAL Glen Ayr Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the Glen Ayr Miners' Lodge will be held on Monday next, September 12, at 10.30 a.m. An executive officer will be in…

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Coal Export. Stopping the Decline. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 3

The Council of the Chamber of Commerce met this morning and had before it a letter from the Northern Collieries' Association asking…

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Cessnock Hospital. Miners Providing New Cot. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

Elrington Miners' Lodge has taken the initial step in endowing a cot in the new ward at Cessnock district Hospital at a cost of £25…

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Mining Act. Meaning of Clauses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 1

In order to arrive at a clearer understanding of the meaning of the clauses embodied in the recently-amended Mining Act, a conference…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 13

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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Coal Shipments. Activity at Port Kembla. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

During the past fortnight, shipments of coal from Port Kembla have been almost double those of a few weeks ago…

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The Miners. Not Wealthy Men. an Erroneous Impression. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

The Newcastle miners' secretary, Mr. McNelll, said to-day that many people outside the industry have the impression that the miners are…

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Chamber of Commerce Meeting in Newcastle. Decline in Coal Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 2

A meeting of the Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, in the Chamber rooms, Watt Street, Mr. G. E. Alexander…

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'Worse Than Ever.' British Mining Conditions. Pessimistic Address. London, Sept. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 2

Mr. G. Hicks, in his presidential address to the Trades Union Congress at Edinburgh, assailed the Trades Union bill as a futile attempt…

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[?] Mines Resume

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 4

Stanford Merthyr No. 1 and Abermain Nos. 1 and 3, which were idle, the former on Friday and Saturday, and the latter on Saturday, owing to…

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Mining Classes. at Kurri Technical College. Better Facilities Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 2

A strong and representative deputation, comprising students in the Kurri Kurri Technical College, in coal raining and mine surveying…

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Railway Coal Contracts Big Orders for Local Collieries. 160,000 TONS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

THE prospects in the coal mining industry here for the next year are very bright. The local collieries will have a busy time in fulfilling railway orders and private trade. The Railway Department has…

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Nugget of Gold

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

A message from Edie Crook states that last "Wednesdny Mr John Wood, late of the staff of the Administration, found a nugget weighing 377 ounces…

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Broken Hill Mines Three Closing Down

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

It was announced at Broken Hill on Saturday that the Proprietary Mine and Block 14 would suspend operations as from about September 24, owing to…

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Coal Research. Testing for By-products

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 6

The combined progress association, At a meeting held at Cessnock on Saturday, raised the question of the establishment of a coal research…

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Coal Research Station Cessnock's Latest Request

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 8

At a meeting of the Combined Progress Association, held yesterday, it was resolved to interview Mr. J. M. Baddeley (Minister for Mines),…

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Minister for Mines. Mr. Baddeley's Investigations Abroad

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 3

The Minister of Mines (Mr. Badeley), who has been visiting Britain, Europe, Canada, and the United States, is a through passenger on…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Royal Commission Suggested. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 5

That a Royal Commission for the nationalisation of mines, from the point of production to the consumer, would reveal many employees of the…

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'Death Sentence' End of Silver City. Mining Unprofitable.SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 5

The "Sydney Sun" to-day says that Broken Hill. Silver City, is sentenced to death. It's silver and lead mines have…

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Opal Mining. Industry at Whitecliefs. Extensive Areas Untouched. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 5

A deputation which interviewed Mr. Horsington, Minister for Lands at Whitecli[?]s, asked for a prospecting grant to test new grounds…

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