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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Crisis Imminent in the Coal Industry. Sir Arthur Duckham's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 8

Sir Arthur "Duckham and Mr. Dougal Orme Malcolm, members of the British Economic Mission, returned to Sydney from Newcastle and…

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£3,000,000 Project Revival in Coal Industry. Proposed By-products Works at Ellalong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 2

Albert Andrew Holland, an agent, made application at a sitting of the Warden's Court at E. Maitland Courthouse this morning, before the…

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Bad Year Mining Industry. Coal Trade Depressed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 2

The mining industry in New South Wales during the past year has been a very unfavourable one, according to a report issued on…

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Mine Ambulance Classes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 6

A meeting of representatives of an mine ambulance classes on tho Maitland coalfield,, was held at the Abermain School at Arts, for the purpose…

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Mine Subsidence Bill. Insurance Districts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 8

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Chaffey, in moving the escond reading of the Mine Subsidence Bill, explained that the object of the…

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Colliery Staffs Annual Holidays Proviso

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 16

The Colliery Staff Employees (State) Conciliation Committee, with Mr. W. E. Read as Chairman, met in Sydney to deal with in ab[?]tion by the…

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Colliery Mechanics Election of Assessors

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 13

The election of two assessors to represent the Colliery Mechanics' Association on the Mechanics' Coal Industry Tribunal was completed on…

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To Close. Mt. Bischoff Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 16

Mr. T. G. Traynor, manager of the Mt. Bischoff Tin Mining Co., Tas., stated on Monday that in consequence of the legislation recently passed…

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Arm Amputated Caught in Coal Conveyor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 16

To have one of his arms drawn full length into a coal conveyor and to have to wait in this plight while three doctors performed a rush…

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Notices Withdrawn. at Aberdare Colliery. Men Accept Terms. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 7

Dismissal notices served on 27 employees of Aberdare Colliery have been withdrawn following a decision of the men to work a section of…

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New Guinea Gold Namie Creek Discovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 3

Reports regarding the value of the gold discovery at Namie Creek have been received by the Home Affairs department from the mining warden…

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Coal By-products Significant Move in Cessnock District

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 8

Mr Holland, who has coal loases in the Ellalong district, has during the past fortnight acquired options over 11,000 acres of this land. His action…

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Crisis Imminent in the Coal Industry. Sir Arthur Duckham's Views

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 5

Sir Arthur Duckham and Mr. Dougal Orme Malcolm, members of the British Economic Mission, returned to Sydney from Newcastle and…

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£3,000,000 Project Revival in Coal Industry. Proposed By-products Works at Ellalong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1928 · page 5

Albert Andrew Holland, an agent, made application at a sitting of the Warden's Court at E. Maitland Courthouse on Thursday, before the…

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Worked 72 Years in Mine

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1928 · page 4

Who holds the record for the longest period of service in the mines? This is claimed on behalf of Mr Daniel Mander, of Pontypridd, who recently…

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Killed in Mine Sorrow for Aged Mother

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1928 · page 7

William Woodburn, a deputy employed at Lighgow Valley Colliery, was killed on Saturday by a fall of stone. He had intended leaving for Sydney the…

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Explosives. Use in Collieries. Coal Mines Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1928 · page 6

In pursuance of the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912, section 3, as amended by the Coal Mines Regulation (Amendment) Act,…

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Predicament of the Coal Industry

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

Among the articles in the December number of the "Morpeth Review," is one by Mr. F. R. E. Mauldon, Senior Lecturer in Economics, at the…

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Miners' Earnings Good Pays at Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1928 · page 3

That the South Maitland coalfield is not the only district in which miners can earn big wages with a full fortnight of eleven days, is…

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Gold Yield. Production at Bendigo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1928 · page 3

The yield of 18,619oz of gold was obtained in Bendigo for the year, and was due largely to the increased production form Now Red White and…

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