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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Coal Export. Shipments From Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 11

The amount of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the state was 62,527 tons of which 42,675 tons represented…

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Coal Trade. Newcastle Loses Another Customer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 6

The steamer Protous, which left Newcastle this week for Hongkong via. Tohio (New Caledonia), carried the last consignment of coal taken…

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Mine Accident. Twelve Men Killed. London. March 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 12

A report from Berlin says that an Astonishing mining accident occurred in WestPhalia, resulting in 12 men being killed and 95 seriously injured…

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Mines Starve While Horses Are Fed, Mr. Hoare's Allegations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 9

When the Coal Conference was resumed in Sydney, Mr. Hoare remarked: "The horses working in the mines are sure of being bedded and fed…

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Kurri Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

All the collieries on the Kurri Kurri field were world to-day…

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The Collieries. Work for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

Returns of the number of wroking days for the collicries of the Newcastle and South Maitland fields for the fortnight ended on Friday last disclosed…

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Soviet Gold. Attached in Law Case. News York, March 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 8

The 5,000 dollars in gold recently sent from Russia to banking agents of Russia in the United States has been attached in a suit…

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Abermain Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

A full meeting of the Abermain No. 1 Miners' Lodge was held in the Star Picture Theatre on Monday. Mr. A. Eade presided, and explained…

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East Greta Colliery

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 2

Owing to the danger of the East Greta colliery being flooded and over 200 men being added to the ranks of the unemployed, a conference of the…

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Queensland Gold. an Increased Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 3

The gold yield in Queensland for the first two months of the year amounted to 4792 fine ounces, valued at £20,354, compared with 766 fine…

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Gothic Scratched. Son O' Mine Also Out. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

Gothic was scratched for the Doncaster Handicap at 10.1 a.m. to-day. At the same time Son o' Mine was…

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Natives for Mines. Recruiting in South Africa. Divergence in Labour Party. Capetown, March 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Defense, Colonel Creswell, D.S.O., took advantage of a debate on past appropriations by the Assembly to reiterate the white…

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Safety in Mines. Four Employees Charged. Alleged Breach at Stan Ford No. 2 CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

Considerable interest was shown in a case at Cessnock Police Court to-day in which four employees of Stanford Mcrthyr No. 2 Colliery…

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Flooded Mine. East Greta Colliery Danger; Deputation to Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 2

That the East Creta Colliery was in danger of being flooded by water from South Greia-which has been abandoned-thereby throwing a large…

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Miners' Federation. the Central Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1928 · page 3

The following nominations have been received by Mr. L. Halliday, returning-officer of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation,…

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Interesting Union Case. State Mine Employee Sued for Union Fees. Federation to Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1928 · page 8

It is the intention of the Miner's Federation to appeal against the decision at Lithgow last week of Mr. Nott, P.M., who held that a…

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Central Council Northern Miners' Nominations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. L. Halliday, returning officer of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, has received the following nominations in connection…

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Coal Contracts. to Relieve Unemployment, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 5

In order to relieve unemployment, the State Cabinet agreed to the Railway Commissioners entering into contracts with…

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Coal Industry. Conference in Sydney. Minimum Wage Proposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 3

Representatives of the employers and miners in the coal mining industry met in Sydney on Thursday, and conferred on a number of…

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Flooded Mine. East Greta Colliery Danger, Deputation to Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 2

That the East Grate Colliery was in danger of being flooded by water from south Greta—which has been abandoned—there by throwing a large…

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