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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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Coal Leases. Legal Opinion

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 11

In the Legislative Assembly the Premier (Mr. Bavin) tabled papers relating to coalmining leases affected by the coal dispute…

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Gold Shipment. London, Oct, 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 7

The steamer [?] has a shipment of £1,000,000 in sovereigns for the Dank of England…

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Coal Crisis Conference Suggested Premier To Preside. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 5

The President of the Combined Mines Unions, Mr. Reeves, stated this morning that in the interview with the Premier, Mr…

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Coal on Fire Outbreak on Port Nicholson. Perim, Sent. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 13

About two hundred tons of bunker coal caught alight on the steamer Port Nicholson. The blare, however, is under control…

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Coal on Fee. Terrible Experience at Sea Heavy Explosions. Capetown, Oct. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1929 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Rhmmey, which loaded coal at Hull for Melbourne, told the court of his terrible experience when ninety…

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Millfield-greta. Colliery Resumes Operations Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 5

Millfield-Greta Colliery employed its full complement of men to-day and it is expected that the output will now average 400 tons daily…

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Letter to the Editor Miners V Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 3

Sir.—On Tuesday, September 30, Mr. H.G. Raiston of Hinton, occupied much valuable space in your esteemed journal on the miners and…

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Coal Mines. Tree Labor Threat. Union Perturbed. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 7

The possibility of action being taken to re-open the mines has caused perturbation in union circles. Leaders of the mining unions on…

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Coal Mining Industry More Money From New Zealand

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 1

Mr. J. M. Baddeley and Mr. Hamilton Knight M's.L.A., are in receipt, of a communication from Mr. J. Roberts, Secretary of the Alliance of Labour in…

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Coal Commission Sittings Resumed Miners' Unions Not Represented. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 5

The Miners' Unions were not represented at the Coal Comsion, which resumed its sittings at Darlinghurst to-day…

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Coal Crisis Mr. Bavin's Appeal Miners' Unions Meet SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 5

The full committee of the Miners' Unions met in Sydney to-day to consider the appeal made by the Premier, Mr. Bavin,…

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Greta Mine Resumes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 7

The Milfred Greta, colliery, an unassociated mine, resumed yesterday with a full complement of men. It is expected that the best output…

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Coal Lorry Crashed Into Culvert

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 4

There as an exciting incident on the Cessnock-Branxton road last night, when a fully loaded coal lorry ran into a culvert opposite…

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Life in Mining Areas

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 2

Amazing statements about life in some of the mining areas on the west coast of the South Island (N.Z.) were made by the Rev. H. G…

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Cut Up Roads Coal Lorries Do Damage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 8

After a week of coal carting the lorries running to and from Rutherford have made a mess of pails of the road. Culverts have come in for a…

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Terrific Crash. Runaway Coal Hoppers Smash Into Fruit Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 7

On Monday afternoon, with a terrific impact, a number of runaway coal hoppers and other waggons crashed into several stationary fruit…

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Coal Inquiry. Absence of Miners' Counsel. Premier Explains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 2

When the Coal Commission there was no appearance of representatives of the Miners' federation, or of counsel on behalf…

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Mining Warden's Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 8

Robert A. Dungog, Police Magistrate and Mining Warden at Clermont, said he was Mining Warden at Chillagoe when Reid applied in…

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Heavy Loss. Reduced Coal Exports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 3

The tremendous financial loss involved in the long drawn-out coal dispute is furnished by returns showing exports of coal from the port of…

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Coal Inquiry Technical Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 5

When the Coal Commission commenced to-day, Mr. Hindmarsh, Chief Inspector of Colliers, brought forward a mass of technical evidence…

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