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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Good News. Coal for New Zealand. Signs of Reviving Trade. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

It is reported in shipping circles that the steamers Iron Monarch and Iron Crown have been chartered to load 60,000 tons of coal for New Zealand…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

At a meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, it was reported the ballots for the following matters had resulted…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. A. Teece, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, has received a communication from Mr. N. J. Clark, superintendent of the…

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Miners' Ballots

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

A commencement was made on Tuesday with the tailing of the ballots for the positions of president, treasurer, and secretary, three check…

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Coal Conference To, Be Resumed To-morrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 10

The Minister for Labour (Mr. Farrar) will preside at the conference of coalowners and mining employees which will be resumed at the…

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Lithgow Mines. Fear of Flooding. Water Pouring Into Cobal Tunnel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 2

Water from Farmers Creek Lithgow, which has been pouring into Cobar Tunnel colliery since Sunday through, a fissure created in the roof…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting. Sitting Concludes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 7

The northern miners' delegate board met again at the Newcastle Trades Hall. Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the…

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Colliery Mechanics' Levy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

In a report to the delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, tho general secretary (Mr. H. O. Morton), said he had decided to…

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Bathing Facilities at Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern miners, stated that the executive had considered a resolution that was adopted unanimously at…

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Coal Supplies. for Sydney City Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 8

The Chief City Commissioner (Mr. Fleming) announced on Wednesday afternoon that the Commission had accepted two tenders for the supply…

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Abermain Colliery. Alleged Offer for Picnic Fund. Mr. Teece's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

The district treasurer of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Teece) stated that towards the end of last year he was conferring with Mr. Greenaway…

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Water in Mines Anxiety on Maitland Field

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

The seepage of water into the mines has, since the recent continuous rain, caused considerable anxiety to colliery owners…

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Coal By-products. Deputation to Minister for Mines

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 3

Replying to a deputation from the Combined Progress Association when in Cessnock last week-end, the Hon. F. Chaffey. M.L.A. (Minister for…

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Coal Conference Owners Meet Miners Recovery of Lost Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 6

At a conference convened by the Minister for Labour. Mr. Farrar, representatives of coal-mine owners of New South…

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Breach of Mine Regulations

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 3

On a charge of having taken matches into a mine in contravention to the Coal Mines Regulations. William Allen, an employee of Aberdare…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

Mr. Booth, M.L.A. has made strong representations to Mr. B. Stevens, Assistant Colonial Treasurer, with regard to additional allowances to the…

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New Uses for Coal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

An interesting and hopeful review of the possibilities of the coal industry in Britain is made in a contribution to the Times by Mr. Frank Hodges,…

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Carbonisation of Coal. Past and Present

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

C.P. submits the following interesting and informative review of the coal industry in the last issue of the Cessnock "Eagle":—…

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Future of Coal. Scientific Advance. Oil and Residual Fuel

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 6

“We are really on the threshold of a new era. We are beyond the experimental stage in obtaining oil from coal and next year will reveal progress in…

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