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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Miners' Federation. Nominations for General Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 4

Nominations for General President and General Secretary of the Minors' Federation have closed. The candidates are:…

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REJECTED. Mr. Bavin's Coal Proposals. Union's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 8

Representatives of unions engaged in the coal mining industry decided at the conference which was continued yesterday to…

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East Greta Mine. Danger of Flooding. Action by Mr. O'hearn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. O'Hearn (Maitland), moved the adjournment of the House to discuss a…

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Brown Coal Solving Difficult Problem Victorian Methods The Best. LONDON, Sept. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 7

Professor Ramzin, Professor of Geology at Moscow, speaking at the World Power Fuel Conference said that the Russian…

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Miners' Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

The central council of the Miners Federation continued its sitting in Sydney in camera. At the conclusion of the session Mr. D. J. Davies,…

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Closing Down. East Greta Colliery. Men Officially Notified

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 6

Owing to the flooding of the abandoned mine at South Greta and the gradual seepage into East Greta Colliery, together with the danger of the…

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Coal Proposals Rejected by Unions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

Representatives of unions engaged in the coal mining industry on Tuesday decided at a conference to reject the proposals of the Government for the…

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Coal Scheme. Owners Accept Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, announced last night that the colliery proprietors had agreed to accept…

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The Mines. Aberdare the Deputies' Shifts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

Answering Mr. Baddeloy in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bavin, the Premier, made a lengthy statement concerning the recent decision of the…

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East Greta Colliery. Mr. O'hearn's Motion. Premier's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 8

On the motion for the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly last night, the Premier, Mr. Bavin. made a statement regarding the motion for…

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Hunter Seat Miners' President Asked to Stand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

Representations have been made by the members of the Richmond M[?]ln and South Greta Miners' Lodge, to Mr. T. Hoare, president of the…

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Colossal Coal Extravagance

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 3

"Of all the extravagances of which Britain had been guilty," said Sir Robert Horne, "the worst is the waste of coal. The amount of wealth…

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REJECTED. Coal Proposals. Union's Decision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 9

Representatives of unions engaged in the coal mining industry decided at a conference to reject the proposals of the Government for the rehabilitation…

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Explosives in Mine Pelaw Main Man Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 10

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., A. Stanton and W. Wood were charged with having left…

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East Greta Colliery. Appeal to Premier. by Mr. O'hearn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 2

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., speaking on the motion for the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly last night, said that he ha[?]…

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Motor Spirit. Prom Brown Coal. Australian Industry. Fremantle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 2

Mr. B. Todhunter, director of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., which includes Nobel's (Australia), who arrived at Fremantle yesterday, said…

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King Coal. and Prince Petrol. World Fuel Problem. London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 3

The Marquis of Reading presided at the third world Conference on Fuel, which was opened at the Imperial Institute to-day, and was attended by…

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Coal Industry. Efforts to Stabilise. Premier to Confer with Unions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 4

Negotiations between the Premier (Mr. Bavin), and officials of the Miners' Federation, with a view to rehabilitating the mining industry, were…

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Water As Fuel [?]Razilian's Claim. Coal Out of Date. London, Sept. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 7

Walter Von Hohe[?] a Brazilian Scientist, informed the Fuel Power Conference that after 30 years' research, he had discovered a method…

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Bellbird's Beautiful Baths First and Finest in State. Miners' Appreciation; Water Board's Slip—and Another!

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 1

"The eagerness with which our men have availed themselves of the new baths is a source of the highest gratification to the directors and the manage, Mr. Mathieson," said Mr. P. A. J. Cook, chief mechanical and electrical engineer at the Hetton Coy.'s (Ltd.) big…

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