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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

1,666 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 84

Coal Carter Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 6

George Burrell, aged 19, a coal carter, residing at the Great Northern-road, Rutherford, sustained a probable fracture of the right…

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A Bonus on Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

The fact that the Commonwealth 6 per cent. conversion and redemption loan, which closed at the week-end, was, in the words of the Federal…

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Coal Conference Breaks Down Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

The-Coal conference between the owners and miners to-day, broke down after a sitting of only 15 minutes…

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Abortive the Coal Conference Lasted Only Fifteen Minutes. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, to-day opened the coal conference between the owners' and miners' representatives. He urged…

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(Published by Special Arrangement.) Fetters of Gold (Copyright.) Chapter XIII.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 3

"He is leaving England," Mollie put in quietly, "and he gave me a message for you, that he forgave you your treatment of him, and spared…

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Muswellbrook Colliery. Another Record

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Colliery has had another busy fortnight, the output constituting a record for the period…

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Owned the World's Best Colliery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

He made Richmond Main the most up-to-date colliery in the world, and he knew every inch of it. This meant an enormous outlay. A…

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The Coal Deadlock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 4

Whatever may be the real nature of the wheels that have been working within the outside wheels governing the attitude of the miners'…

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Mining Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 4

Several important meetings relating to the mining industry are to be held this week. Delegates from miniers' lodgers on the Newcastle and…

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Coal Conference Breaks Down SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 5

The Coal Conference between the owners and miners to-day, broke down after a sitting of only 15 minutes…

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Allowed to Land Special Mine Workers From America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Arthur Blackley) stated that the nine miners who arrived from the United States by the Sonoma…

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Coal Deadlock. Failure of Conference. Disappointment at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 5

The public are very much disappointed that the coal conference proved abortive and are eagerly awaiting probable action by the…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

Sir Dudley started. An angry look came into his eyes. "But Gwyneth" he exclaimed, "think of the scandal and my position…

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Damage to Roads. Heavy Coal Traffic. Test Case Adjourned. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 5

A further adjournment to April 1 was granted at Cessnock Police Court to-day in the test case in which Kearsley Shire Council is charging…

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Latest Cables. Mining Disaster in South Africa. Capetown

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

A. cage descending the "Crow" mine ran away and fell 1600 feet. Twenty-eight natives were killed. The rope violently swayed and, wrenched…

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Hopes Crash Again Coal Conference Proves Abortive. Unyielding Attitude on Both Sides

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

All hopes that the coal conference held in Sydney yesterday might be productive of some good have crashed…

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Damage to Shire Roads Kearsley Shire's Legal Action Against Coal Lorry Drivers Test Case at Cessnock Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

The adjourned case in which the Kearsley Shire Council proceeded against Albert E. Antony on a charge of having run a coal lorry carrying…

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Coal Position Owners' Representatives Meet. More Mines May Open

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 2

There is a strong belief in some quarters that the next move in the coal dispute will be the opening of one or more mines on compromise…

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Coal Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 4

The appearance of the Maitland goods-yard this morning was strangely incosistent with the supposed lack of coal, as at 11 o'clock over 20…

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Government Meets First Defeat Amendment of Coal Mines Bill. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 2

The Government to-day met with its first defeat. The Conservative amendment on the Coal Mines Bill was carried by 282 to…

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