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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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Goods in Custody Colliery Employee Fined £5

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 5

At the Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Michael McCart, a miner, of Melbourne Street, Aberdare, was charged…

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Work at Small Collieries. Making Hay While the Sun Shines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 1

Almost every week improvements are being made to the plants at the small collieries in the Cessnock district, where work is progressing to…

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Our Coal and Oil Resources

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 6

Lecturing before members of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the president (Mr. Andrews) said that of the known coal…

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Mine Horses Wintered Badly. Many Brought Home

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 1

When the cessations of work took place at the local collieries the pit horses were turned out to grass. The winter has been a hard one…

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Fumes in Mine. Second Shift at Awaba Idle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 5

Mr. I. Hoare, check inspector of the Miners Federation, reported to-day that the second shift at Awaba colliery was not allowed to start…

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Police Raid Old Mine Workings. Fourteen Names Taken Court Proceedings Will Follow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 4

A cessation of work has been caused at Kurri Kurri's "free mine" following a police raid on Friday evening last, when the names of 14…

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Gold Shipments. Effect on Money Market, lONDON, Aug. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 4

The financial editor of the "Morning Post" says: "In view of th report that more gold may be shipped from Australia, the present position…

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METALLIFEROUS MINING.s Causes of Decline

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 6

Lecturing on "The Decline of Metalliferous Mining, in New South Wales," to the members of the Lane Cove branch of the National…

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Old Mine Workings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 4

Seventeen informations under the Crimes Act were laid at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon, on behalf of the East Greta…

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The Coal Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 5

A prominent Welsh mine owner points out that Italy's undertaking to buy a million tons of British coal yearly, means regular employment for…

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Miners' Camp. for Single Men at Lake Macquarie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 6

A combined meeting of the three Aberdare miners' lodges was held at Cessnock, when the opportunity was taken to explain a proposal to form…

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Unsealing a Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 9

When war was declared by the colliery owners upon the miners' conditions, the Cessnock Colliery was sealed up. This week the work…

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Coal Costs (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

Sir,—Our manufactures now give give work to 485,000 persons. Coal —referred to even in our nursery rhymes as "King Coal"—has, though…

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Coal Crisis. Union Representatives See Premier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 6

On Thursday afternoon, representatives of the Combined Mining Unions' Committee, which met in Sydney, saw Mr. Bavin, the Premier, No…

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Over in a Fortnight? Coal Trouble

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 1

A message received in Muswellbraak yesterday was to tlie effect that the coal trouble was likely to be over in a fortnight's time…

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Further Names Taken Trespassing on Old Mine Workings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

The police at Kurri Kurri, on Tuesday, took the names of three other persons, for trespassing on the old mine…

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There Will Be Lights at Weston. Power is Declared "White" Miners' Meeting Decides

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

After being plunged into a state of darkness for a considerable period, during which time the electric lights in the town…

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Bellbird Disaster Anniversary Terrible Explosion Recalled. Sunday next, September 1st, is the sixth anniversary of the disastrous explosion at Bellbird Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 1

Twenty-one lives were lost in the greatest disaster that ever took place on the Maitland Coalfields. The explosion occurred on a…

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Gold Pen FOr M. JASPAR

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 7

At the conclusion of the singing of the protocol deal in the commission of conciliation settlement, Mr. Henderson handed M. Jaspar a gold…

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Miners' Camp. for Single Men at Lake Macquarie

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 8

A combined meeting of the three Aberdarn miners' lodges was held at Cessnock, when the opportunity was taken to explain a proposal to form…

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