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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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LOCAL & GENERAL Glen Ayr Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 4

Work will be resumed at Glen Ayr Colliery to-morrow (Thursday)…

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Queensland Miners. Stoppage Threatened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

A meeting of the executive of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union yesterday endorsed the new log of claims served on owners…

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State Mines. Queensland's Loss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

The annual report of the supervisor of the State coalmines in Queensland (Mr. J. Skeford) for the, financial year ended June 30 shows that…

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Broken Hill Employees at Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

There were 5101 men employed an the mines in December—58' fewer than in November. The total was made up as follows:—Amalgamated…

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Haulage of Coal. Seamen's Attitude

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

The Newcastle branch of the Seamen's Union is considering what attitude it will take up if members are asked to participate in the handling of…

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Precautional Measure. Search of Miners' Homes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said yesterday that the searching of miners' homes in the Rothbury district was simply a precautionary…

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Coal Commission the Beeby Award. High Court Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

In the High Court, before Mr. Justice Rich, evidence concerning the events leading up to the operation of the Rothbury mine by the State, and economic conditions on the coalfields was given…

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Picketing the Colliery. Railway Operations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

Picketing operations were not so complete yesterday as usual, as the holiday was observed at the colliery, but they will be fully resumed…

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More Trouble Non-union" Labour at View of Miners' Secretary. Evidence at Coal Case. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

The hearing of the coal case was resumed before Mr. Justice Rich to-day. It was indicated in the opening…

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Rothbury Volunteers. None Left Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

The Minister for Minos (Mr. Weaver) stated last night that a report had been circulated to the effect that a number of disgruntled…

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Rich Gold Find. in New Guinea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

News of another rich gold find in New Guinea was brought to Sydney by one of the lucky discoverers, Mr. G. R. Palmer, who returned, from…

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The Mines. Dispute May be Prolonged. Extension Threatened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

That the mining trouble may last for several more months is the opinion of a number of miners on the Northern field…

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Miners' Lodges. Conference at Cessnock, Discussion of Situation. Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Lodge representatives from the South Maitland coalfields met in conference at Cossnook to-day, to discuss matters pertaining to the…

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Coal Production. Output of British Mines. London, Jan. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

For the week ending December 21, Britain's coal mines produced 5,6457,200 tons of coal, an amount which exceeds any week's output…

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Beeby Award. High Court Case Miners' Secretary's Warning "General Coal Strike."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, and other witnesses in the High Court yesterday, gave warning that if the…

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Southern Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

It is possible that work will be resumed at all southern miners on Monday. Mr. Lowden (president of the…

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Another Boycott. Decision of Western Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

At a mass meeting of Western miners, held at Lithgow, it was urged that the union should boycott business premises which supply goods…

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Rich Gold Find. in New Guinea

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

News of another rich gold find in Guinea was brought to Sydney by one of the lucky discoverers, Mr. G. R. Palmer, who returned from Rabaul by…

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The Coal Case Directed to Full Court. Judgment Expected on January 13th. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

The sitting of the High Court this morning was very brief. His Honor Justice Rich said: “I propose to direct the whole matter,…

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Detonator in Coal. Explosion in Firebox

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

An explosion occurred in the fire box of a train proceeding from Jcparit to Rainbow on Friday morning The driver F. Seed and Driver G…

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