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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

1,666 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 84

The Mines Many Old Hands Apply. Mr. McDonald's Statement SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 5

The chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association. Mr. c. McDonald, commenting to-day on the statement by a member…

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Bits About the Coal Trouble

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Bellbird tunnels were unsealed on Saturday and cleaning up work is proceeding. The company appears to be waiting for a settlement of…

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No News Yet The Coal Position

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Mr. Davies, secretary of the Miners' Federation, denied this afternoon that there was to be any immediate conference with the mine owners…

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The Mines. Terms for Resumption. Leaders Confer with Federal Ministers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

The Federal Treasurer (Mr, Theodore), and the assistant Minister for Labour (Mr. J. Beasley) attended the Miners' Convention in…

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The Mines Men Are Wavering Feeling at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

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

A few applications for work in the collieries are still coming to hand. Coal will be produced at a…

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Threatening Works Charge Mining Partners at Variance Information Dismissed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

At the Cessnock Police Court to-day Joseph Taylor proceeded against John Flarty on a charge of threatening words…

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Latest Telegrams. Thugs Seriously Injure Man. Deputie's and Mechanics Return to Mines. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 2

Murderously attacked by two thugs in Lane Cove Road late last nignr, Jack Roberts, 28, was knocked, unconscious and robbed of £7. The…

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Accident at Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 4

Albert Lindsley, of Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, a miner employed at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery, received extensive injuries to his head…

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Coal Dispute an Unexpected Development. Miners Reaffirm "No Compromise" Policy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 2

There was an unexpected development in the coal dispute yesterday, when the miners convention rejected the proposals of their officials…

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Elrington Colliery. Enginedrivers Start Work. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 4

Work was started by the engine-drivers at Elrington Colliery last night. Their first duty is pumping, as the mine, for some months, has…

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Southern and Western Miners Oppose. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 2

It was pointed out by mining industry unions that the "no compromise" attitude was principally designed to bring pressure to, bear upon the…

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Miners and the Dole. Question in Assembly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. H. Connell asked the Premier if his attention had been drawn to the fact that men who went for relief to the…

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Men to Decide. Resumption at the Mines. Aggregate Meeting to Be Held. Convention Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 2

Steps are to be taken to call aggregate meetings on the coalfields, so that the whole position may be placed before the men. At the convention in Sydney a motion submitted by the…

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"No Compromise." Mining Conference Decision. Influenced by South and West. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 5

It was pointed out by mining [?]ndusery unionists to-day that the "no compromise" attitude of the conference was partly designed to bring…

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Miners' Wages

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 3

Mr. Weaver says that at Bothbury mine a dozen miners have averaged £9/5/5 per week for the last six weeks, one miner having earned £92 for that time, another £65…

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Coal Commission Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 4

In answer to Mr. Davies, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Minos, Mr. R. W. D. Weaver, sold that the report of the…

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Attack on Coroner. Hillside Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 3

Replying in the Legislative Assembly to Mr. Baddeley, who alleged that the coroner who inquired into the death of a miner at the Hllidale…

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"Private Nature." Minister's Advice to Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 2

Replying to Mr. Roland Green (Richmond), in the House of Representatives, the Assistant Minister for Industry (Mr. Beasley) stated that…

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Not Accepted. the November Compromise. Miners Secretary's Denial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 5

Representatives of the Northern Collieries Association will confer with the miners delegates in Sydney on Saturday morning…

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Miners' Earnings Rothbury Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Booth, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) if he had been correctly reported as…

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