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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

1,666 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 84

Rothbury Colliery Mr. Weaver's Statement State's Profit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 3

The Minister for Minos, Mr. Weaver, said that he noticed that Mr. Davies, the secretary of the Miners Federation, had stated that the camp…

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Coal Exports Newcastle Shippings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 2

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 48,015 tons, of which 36,930 tons…

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Wallsend Subsidence Mining Operations Blamed Person Responsible Held Liable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 2

Wallsend Council, at its meeting, decided that the person responsible for the recent operations beneath Abel-street…

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Ellalong Mining Leases Further Suspension Asked For Application by A. A. HOLLAND

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 6

Applications for the suspension of the labour conditions on leases in the parishes of Ellalong, Mulbring, Congewal, and Quarrybylong, have…

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Seniority Rule Dispute at Stanford Merthyr Mine Idle Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 1

The employees of Stanford Merthyr No. 1 returned home this morning, a dispute having arisen concerning the much-debated seniority question…

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Work to Commence at Flooded Mines Good News Ayrfield and Glen Greta To Resume Pumps Win Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 1

Both the Aryfield pits and Glen Greta are expected to resume operations shortly. The flood at the end of June…

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Around The Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 1

It seems as if it is not the intention to keep the Aberdare Colliery closed for long. The workmen are engaged installing an electric shaker for the…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery Work Resumed To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 5

Aberdare Extended Colliery was idle yesterday owing to a grievance on the part of the wheelers, who contended that there had been an…

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Coal By-products Advocates

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 4

There are many advocates of coal by-product works in the Cessnock coalfields who regard the return of the Labor Party to power as the hope…

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Unemployed Miners Concert at Strand

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 2

Next Monday night a first-class entertainment; in aid of the cavillved-out miners, will be staged at the strand The acre, Cessnock, The entertainment…

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Serious Charge Miners' Accountant Against Premier Report Withheld Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 5

Addressing a political meeting Mr. E. S. Miller, who appeared for the Miners' Federation as accountant before the Coal…

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Peiaw-main Colliery Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 5

Pelaw-Main Colliery was idle to-day, a dispute having arisen concerning the borers' shifts work agreement. The matter has been amicably…

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Collieries Flooded in June Resumption Expected Shortly

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 4

The two Ayrfield pits and Glen Greta are expected to resume operations shortly. The flood at the end of June broke…

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£100,000 GRANT Relief For Miners Unions to Meet Mr. Fenton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 4

Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, has received a communication from the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fenton…

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Maitland Main Mine Rumours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 7

Rumours have been free in Cessnock during the past few days, that Maitland Main Colliery was to close down…

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Gold Bonus Mr. Fenton's Opinion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 9

The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton), while not commiting himself by endorsing the resolution of the Federal executive of the…

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Bellbird, Colliery Section May be Seated

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 5

There is a possibility that a section of the Bellbird Colliery, where there is a quantity of dirty coal, will be sealed off…

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Cavilled Out Miners Concert at Strand

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 4

The concert tp be held in aid of the cavilled out miners at the Strand Theatre on Monday night promises to be something "out of the box."…

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The Gold Position Government Adviser Reports

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 7

Mr H. W. Gepp, the Federal Government's development adviser, who was chairman of the Development and Migration Commission, returned to…

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Coal By-products Would Open Door of Opportunity For Australia's Young Generation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 1

Both the Labour and Nationalist politicians are making coal by-product works a plank of their platform. Let us hope that, no matter which…

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