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Mining & the mines, 1927

1,322 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 67

Colliery Accidents Miners Injured

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

Richard Johnson, miner employed at Richmond Main Colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri District Hospital on Wednesday, suffering…

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Coal Trade Depression

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

Hundreds of miners throughout tho South Maitland district are experiencing slacknees of work as a result of the depression in the coal…

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Mining Conference

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

An important conference was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Thursday, the deliberations occupying the whole of the day. This had…

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Blue and Gold Pierrots

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 2

The "Blue iind Gold Pierots" will present a costume concert on 14th. December. The show will be quite an innovation for Musellbrook. Box plan…

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Our Falling Coal Trade Staggering Figures

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

From time to time we have drawn attention to the falling coal-trade. The subject has been dealt with in a broad-minded way. No blame has…

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Gas Company's Coal Stocks. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 5

The secretary of the Australian Gas Light Company stated to-day that his company was in a very good position, as it had a good many weeks' supply…

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Oil Versus Coal "Eagle's" Predictions Possible. Latest Developments

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

Covering a period of years, the "Eagle" has, from time to time, published o series' of articles on the above subject, viz oil v. coal. These…

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Munificent Bequest by West Australian Gold. Fields Pioneer

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

Under the will of the late Mr. R. J. Geldden, one of the pioneers of the Western Australian goldfields, the University of Western Australia will…

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Muswellbrook Coal Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 3

The town is fortunate in the fact that operations continue to be brisk at the local collieries, the last fortnight's output from the Muswellbrook mine,…

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New Guinea Miners. Gold Not to Be Taxed

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

Commonwealth officials are unable to understand the decision of a meeting of New Guinea gold miners at Salamon not to ship their gold to…

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The Collieries. Intermittency of Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 3

Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to Mr. Chaffey, Minister of Mines, and urged that some orders to be given to Rothbury and…

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Miners Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 7

The waterside workers' strike has assumed grave proportions in the northern districts, and to-day it was estimated 10,000 miners were out of…

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Declared 'Black' Mines in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 3

The Sunbeam and Austral coal mines, in the Korumburra district, Victoria, and all the mines controlled by Messrs. Wallace and Wimpney,…

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Safety in Mines Mr. Booth's Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Booth asked Mr. Chaffey, the Minister for Mines and Forests, if he was aware that certain coalowners were…

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Gas Companies. Good Supplies of Coal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 4

The secretary of the Australian Gaslight Company stated to-day that his company was in a very good position, as they had a good many weeks…

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Barrier Miners New Log to Be Served

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 16

A largely attended special meeting of workers of the Industrial Union of Australia was held in the quadrangle at Broken Hill, to…

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Oil From Coal. German and Australian Plans. London, Nov. 25

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

In a lecture at Berlin, Dr. Bruechmann, a director of the Mineral Oil and Coal Utilisation Company, said that an expenditure of between…

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Miners' March Another Big Meeting. Death in Street Accident. LONDON, Nov. 27

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

Excluding a hundred who returned to Tonypandy yesterday conveying a red-draped, lamp-covered coffin containing their mate, Howe, who was…

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East Greta Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1927 · page 5

A special meeting of the East Greta Miners' Lodge will be conducted in Coulton's Hall, to-morrow (Tuesday), at 10.30 a.m., In the…

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Outlook Black. Whole of Cessnock Mines Idle. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1927 · page 5

All collieries in Cessnock district are idle to-day. The outlook is very black and many predict a long period of idleness ahead…

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