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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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Gold Club Presentation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 9

Prior to their departure from Muswellbrook Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tapsell were entertained at supper by the members and associates of the Golf…

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Ail Out Policy. Western Miners Against. Lithgow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 8

The Western miners, at a secret ballot, overwhelmingly decided against the all-out policy…

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Twelve Millions. Last Year's Mineral Output. Decrease Due to Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 4

Value of the mineral production of Now South Wales for lst year shows a decrease of about output £2,500,000. The actural output has not been…

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Fetters of Gold (Pubished by Special Arrangement.) (Copyright.) Chapter VIII.—Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 3

"It is unfortunate she is already engaged to be married," Mollie remarked after a pause, otherwise you might have had a chance of winning…

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Dastardly and Fiendish Outrages at Ashtonfields Colliery S.m's Comment. Sixty-eight Men Convicted. Three Sent to Goal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 4

The cases against the pickets alleged to have been concerned in the outrages at Ashtonfields Colliery on January 10, were concluded at the Wallsend Court late on Friday afternoon. "It was an assembly which resulted in dastardly, cowardly…

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Fetters of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement.) (Copyright.) Chapter Ix

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 3

Mollio parted with her father with genuine regret; Sir Dudley, with relief. The latter had never I forgiven Albert Toller for having…

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Record Coal Output. Local Collieries Busy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 1

For the fortnight ended Saturday last the Muswellbrook Coal Coy's output was 7071 tons of coal, which is a record for any similar…

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Coal Commission's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 4

The time for receipt, of the report of the Coal Commission has been extended to March 31st. This is during the illness of Mr. Justice Davidson…

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Miners to to Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 4

Six of the nine men who were convicted at the Kurri Kurri Police Court a fortnight ago on charges of having continued in an unlawful…

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Free Speech. Demanded by Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 3

The action taken by the police at Weston in preventing Norman Jeffrey from addressing an open-air meeting was discussed at a combined…

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Term Extended. Coal Industry Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 8

The Premier (Mr. Bavin) announced that owing to the ill-health of Mr. Justice Davidson, Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Coal…

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Relief of Mining Distress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 4

The Canberra fund for the relief of distress on the northern coalfield has now reached nearly £100. At the week-end collectors were busy…

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The Coal Trouble. Government's Offer Withdrawn

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 2

Cabinet yesterday considered the question of the continuance of the dispute on the northern coalfields in its relation to the general condition of…

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Ban on Beer. Disciplining This Miners. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 3

With the re-affirmation of the black ban on hotels by Maitland rank and file conference, it is understood that a discipline is to be imposed on…

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"All Out" Policy Rejected Solid Vote by Western Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 1

By 1746 votes to 334, the western district miners, in a secret ballot on Saturday, voted against the "all-out" policy in regard to the northern…

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A.c.t.u. Congress Problem of Unemployment. Miners Well Represented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 8

A full attendance of delegates gathered at the Melbourne Trades Hall when the All-Australia Trades Union Congress commenced. Every…

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Coal Crisis Premier Calling Conference. Effort To Settle Trouble. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 5

The State Premier, Mr. Bavin, said to-day that the conference he had proposed between the owners and the miners would be…

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Outrages at Ashtonfields Colliery. S.M.'s Strong Comment. Sixty-eight Men Convicted. Three Sent to Gaol

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 2

The cases against the pickets alleged to have been concerned. in the outrages at Ashtonfields Colliery on 10th January, were concluded at the…

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Mineral Production Coal's Huge Drop. £2,311,009 Less Than in 1928

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 2

Coal production in New South Wales for 1929 was the lowest, in 20 years, due to cessation of work in the Associated Northern Collieries…

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Modern Machinery in Mines Wider Use Advocated Overseas Owner's Opinion Cannock Chase Plant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 5

That the wider use in coalmining of the best modern machinery was one of the main methods to bring back the coal industry to more…

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