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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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Coal Conference "Remedy must be Found." Mr. Hibble Emphatic

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 8

Mr. C. Hibble, in declaring open the compulsory conference between representatives of the colliery owners and the miners (called by the Federal Government, declared yesterday that the community expected a settlement of the Northern coal dispute. "A remedy can be found,"…

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Coal By- Product Works the Coalfield's Salvation (No. 1)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 1

[The salvation of the coalmining industry lies in the establishment of coal by-product works. Foreign oil is fast becoming the very…

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Rebuttal Demanded Mrs. Walsh's Evidence at Coal Commission. Decision of Cessnock Unemployed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 3

It was decided, at a meeting of the Cessnock Unemployed Union on Wednesday, to request the executives of the Miners Federation to…

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Miners Buried. by Fall of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 3

A big full of coal completely buried two miners, Paterson and Culbertson, who were working at Old Buill Colliery on Friday afternoon and they…

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Coal Crisis. Premier's Statement. Opening Three Mines. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 16

In answer to a question in the State Parliament to-day, the Premier, Mr. Bavin, denied that he had authorised a statement to the effect that…

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New Greta Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 16

For the pay to be drawn on Friday next. New Greta Colliery has worked full-time 11 days. The output from this colliery for the…

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Contract for Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 4

The management of the Bsyswater Colliery, Ravensworth, has just closed a contract with the Australian Gaslight Company to supply 100 tons…

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Damage to Roads Coal Carting Lorries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 14

Mr J. F. Shine, Engineer of the Kearsley Shire Council, reported at a meeting of the Council that the estimated damage done to…

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Coal Crisis. Compulsory Conference. Adjourned Until

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 8

The conference of the owners and mineworkers. representatives, convened by the Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, Mr. C. Hibbie sat for five…

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Will Bring Gold Back. London, Oct. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 12

The decision of the directors of the Bank of England to reduce the bank rate came as a welcome surprise to financial circles. One of the…

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At Variance. British Mine Owners. Views on Government Scheme. London, Nov. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 6

The "Daily Herald" says that differences of an aonte nature in policy have arisen among the mine-owners, a minority taking strong objection to…

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The Coal Tangle. Aggregate Meeting of Miners. What Leaders Say

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 2

At the aggregate meeting of miners, held at Kurri on Sunday and yesterday, a good deal of plain-speaking was indulged in by several of the leaders…

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Gold Lease Application Refused

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 6

From the Stock Branch a letter was read stating that the application of James Cook for a gold lease or C. & W. Reserve 43642 (Rocky…

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Extraction of Coal Mr. Baddeley Advocates Hydraulic Stowage. Minister's Reply

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 7

Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., has been active for some time with respect to the method that is adopted for the extraction of coal on the Maitland and…

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Coal Crisis Amicable Settlement Unlikely. Men Oppose Compromise SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 5

According to the statement of a prominent union official in Sydney this morning, it is considered improbable that the…

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Meeting of Miners Opinion of Kurri Lodges. United Front to Be Presented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 2

After deliberations extending over seven hours the combined meeting of the Mineworkers' Union was concluded at Kurri last evening, after…

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"Nothing to State Definitely." Minister's Non-Committal Reply. Suggested Opening of Certain Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly the other day, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A, asked the Minister for Mines if it was a fact that he had recently a…

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Can Federal Government Act In Coal Dispute? Union Leaders at Variance Many Matters Discussed at Kurd Two-Day Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 5

Among the many questions brought forward at the combined meeting of Miners' Lodges at Kurri Kurri, which extended over two days, and which leaders of the miners' organisations, and leaders of the craft unions attended in force, most important of all was whether, the newly…

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Coal Deadlock Three Mines May Be Worked. If Conference Fails. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 5

If the Compulsory Conference fails to-day to reach a satisfactory conclusion, and the Federal Government makes no move, it…

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Northern Miners Executive Nominations. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 4

Nominations for the Northern Miners' executive and other positions endorsed by Aberdare Central Miners' Lodge yesterday afternoon, were:—…

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