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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 67

Paying Men Off. Slackness in Coal Trade. Serious Position at Cessnock. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 5

The serious falling off in the coal trade is having an effect of reducing employment. The men at Aberdare South…

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Slack Coal Trade. Idle Collieries. Long Stoppage Anticipated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 1

The slackness in the coal trade was emphasised at Newcastle on Saturday, when horses were brought to the surface from the Aberdare and the…

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Coal-mining Sensation Men Receive Their Notices at Aberdare South

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 5

Some alarm was felt in industrial circles on Saturday when it was learned that the horses were brought to the surface from both the…

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Glen Ayr Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 4

The Glen Ayr Miners' Lodge notifies members that work will be resumed to-morrow. By order of the executive, a conference has been…

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Rich Gold Find

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 1

It is reported that a mine near Edie Crook (New Guinea) is yielding 20 ounced of gold to the ton…

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Colliery Mechanics Move Against Association. Circular Letter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, in a report to the delegate board of his association, pointed out…

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Gold in New Guinea Fine Grazing Country

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

Senator M'Laughlin's statements a few days ago that there were probably many more Kalgoorlies and Broken Hills yet to be discovered in this part…

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A Deal in Coal-bearing Properties. Proposed to Manufacture Oil

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 8

For many years it has been known that the Warner Estates, north of Wyong, included much country for which it was persistently claimed…

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Glen Avr Miners' Lodee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the Glen Ayr Miners' Lodge will be held at the usual place at 10.30 to-morrow (Thursday). The district officer will be in attendance…

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LOCAL & GENERAL South Greta Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the South Greta Miners' Lodge will be hold tomorrow (Thursday), November 3, at 10.30 a.m. The business is important…

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The Collieries Slackness of Trade

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 3

As further, indications of the slackness in the coal trade, no less than 24 collicrics in the Newcastle and Maitland districts were idle on…

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Colliery Mechanics Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 8

Mr. T. R. Pondicbury presided, at the Delegate Hoard meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, held at West Maitland. Delegate Kay…

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New Guinea Gold

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 1

Seventeen thousand ounces of sold, the richest shipment yet brought from Eadie Creek and neighbouring fields, arrived in Sydney, by the Montoro…

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New Guinea Gold Federal Taxation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 2

Is future, for the purposes of Federal taxation, the whole of the gross proceeds of gold sold sin Australia from New Guinea fields is to be considered…

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Record Pay. at Muswellbrook Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 2

The pay at the Muswellbrook coal mine for the fortnight ended Friday, 28th. ult., was a record, the amount distributed in wages and salaries being…

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Mining Engineers. Rival Organisations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 7

Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, in a report to the delegate board of his association, pointed out that…

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Mine to Close. Aberdare South. 400 Dismissals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 10

Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., has decided to close down the Aberdare South Colliery. A start has been made with the serving of notices of…

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Fight for Mine. Colorado Coal Troubles. Strikers' Victory. Montreal, October 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 12

A message from Trinidad Colorado, says that cheering members of the I.W.W., led by a girl aged seventeen, fought the mine guards at Delaguan…

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Miners Injured. Buried by Fall of Stone

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 9

A miner, Isaiah Hurst (61), was partly buried by a fall of stone, which occurred while he was at work in Stockton Borehole colliery…

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Mining Officials. Voting at Aberdare Extended

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 9

The voting for General President and General Secretary of the Miners' Federation at Aberdare Extended Lodge is as follows:—…

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