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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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Imported Coal Costly

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

If the present cou[?] crisis has been generally cursed by all who have experienced its evil influence, it has enlightened the public in the matter…

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Mning Unions. Control Committee Meets. the Collieries' Staff Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 6

The first meeting of the Northern Control Committee, appointed by the Combined Unions' Committee, in Sydney, to supervise operations on…

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British Coal Orders from Victoria

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 3

Owing to a threatened shortage of coal the Victorian Railway Commissioners have decided to place orders for coal worth £100,000…

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Coal Commission Representative in the District

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 6

An accountant representing the Coal Commission was in the South Maitland district this, week, going into figures relative to the…

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Held Gold Pass For 28 Years SIR D. LEVY

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

Had Parliament been sitting on Tuesday. Sir Daniel Levy would have been given a unanimous message of congratulation (says the…

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Not Near End the Mining Trouble. Owners Sitting Back NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

The trouble in the coal industry, which has entered in its fifth month, appears to have readied a position of stalemate…

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Grafton Gold Cup

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 7

The Gold Cup meeting conducted by the Clarence River Jockey Club, Grafton, will be held on July 17 and 18. Entries for the minor events…

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Neck Broken Engineer Killed. at Richmond Main Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 7

Mr. Albert Sanlaville, chief engineer at Richmond Main Colliery, and one of the best-known engineers in the North, was killed at…

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British Coal Orders From Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 7

Owing to a threatened shortage of coal the Victorian Railway Commissioners have decided to place orders for British coal worth £100,000…

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Fall in Mine Shift Boss Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

Frank Regan, aged 80 years, a shift boss, was killed in the Lyell Comstock mine, Victoria, on Saturday. He was struck down by…

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Polo. Harden Retains Gold Cup

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 15

Light and heavy rain and biting winds prevailed at Kensington on Saturday, but the pole, tournament went on. It was however with…

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East Greta Mine Federation Action. Ultimatum to Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 10

Ten members of the Colliery Employees Federation are still employed at East Greta Colliery, in dismantling and other work, but officers of the…

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Short of Coal Makambo's Exciting Voyage. Fittings Used

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 9

The steamer makambo arrived at Sydney on 29th ult. after an exciting voyage from the New Hebrides…

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Miners Rescued Trapped by Fall of Earth. Heroism of Voluteers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 9

Twelve men were trapped iu Jumbuuna coal mine at Korumbin, Gippsland, on 27th ult., by a heavy fall of earth…

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Coal Supplies. British Price Rises. South Australian Premier's Decision. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 3

The Premier of South Australia, Mr. Bulter, who arrived at Melbourne to-day, said his Government had dismissed the idea of obtaining…

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Coal Policy of British Government Awaited In Industrial Circles. LONDON July 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph's" jobbyist says that industrial circles are cagerly awaiting in Government's coal policy…

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Gold Export. to Germany and America. Bank of England Withdrawals, London, June 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 12

A further £2,804,000 in gold was exported from the Bank of England to-day to Germany and America. These withdrawls caused some…

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Avrfield Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 4

An important special meeting of Ayrfield Miners' Lodge will be held at Heddon Racecourse to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Trouble has…

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Coal By-products Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 4

Disquieting facts, revealing a marked falling off experienced in recent years of the coal trade of the Northern fields have given rise to a…

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Coal Dispute a Suggested Conference

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 2

The members of the Coal Commission were in the Newcastle district again on Saturday. They left later for Sydney…

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