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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 67

Accident Relief. Increased Allowances for Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 9

The Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Willis) said that the Cabinet committee which had been inquiring into the question of increasing…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Water for Mines Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 4

The Minister for Education has stated that approval has been given for the department to pay the Kearsley Shire Council the actual cost of…

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Broken Hill. Closing Junction Mine. Manager's Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 11

A message from Broken Hill states that the manager of the Sulphide Corporation confirmed, yesterday's cable message to the effect that the…

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Morwell Coal. Tests in England. London, Sept. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 2

Tests will shortly be carried out at the L. and N. Coal Distillation Company's experimental plant at Barnsley with 40 tons of Morwell brown…

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Mining Disputes. Maitland District Troubles Adjustments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 4

Mr. A. Tecce,district treasure of the Miners' Federation stated that the executive had, during yesterday, received an intimation that the…

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Oil From Coal. Mr. Baddeley's Report. Speech at Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 14

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, visited Cessnock on Sunday, and in the afternoon addressed a largely attended meeting in the…

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Gloomy Prospects. Closing of Two Barrier Mines. Anxiety on Field

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 11

The decisions of the directorates to cense operations at the Proprietary ana Block 14 mines, Broken Hill, because of falling metal prices…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 8

Work at the collieries in the northern district during the fortnight was affected by the slackness in the industry. Only a few of the mines…

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State Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

Mr. A. J. Brown, Nationalist candidate for Bathurst, told the electors that at the State Colliery, Lithgow, the output was only 2.7 tons per employee per…

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Distilled Coal. Petrol Possibilities

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

Dealing with the petrol possibilities in coal, Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Mines, pointed out that experiments with coal were being curried out abroad…

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Broken Hill Mines Close Searoe for Jobs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 2

Depression was felt throuthout Broken Hill, on Saturday when, in accordance with previous announcements by the mine managements,…

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Idle Mines. Workers Destitute. Hard Times at Barrier

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

Men who have been out of work since the closing of the Pinnacles mines at Broken Hill are reaching straitened circumstances. On Friday one man, the…

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More Regular Employment for Greta Maim Miners. Additional Contract Secures

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 6

Recently the Kearsley Shire Council received a letter from J. M. Bad deley (Minister for Mines), stating that, in accordance with…

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State Coal Mine. a Question of Output

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 8

Many statements have been made during the compaign by Nationalist candidates which are intended to mislead the public," said Mr. Badde…

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Hebburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 2

An inspection of the Hebburn colliery was made on Monday by Messrs. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association;…

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Colliery Troubles Unemployed at Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 2

A special Session of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation was commenced in Sydney on Tuesday, the principal business being…

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Bakers' Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 4

Mr. T. -.Hoare, miners' president, stated that Bakers' Colliery, situ-ated at East Maitland, which had been idle for six weeks, would…

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Dead in Bed. Bellbird Colliery Employee. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 4

Isane Jackson, 57. an old employee of Bellbird Colliery, was found dead in his hed at Eddon-street, Bellbird, this morning…

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Fight in Mine. Remarkable Police Court Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 2

A sensational story was told in the Bendigo Police Court, when Edward Thomas Yates was fined £2 for having assaulted his brother, John Yates, ' two…

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A Record. Output at State Mine. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 5

A record has been established at the State coal mine, Lithgow, by the output of 2029 tons in one day, The coal was hauled in [?] hours. '…

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