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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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Low Wool Prices. Gold Hoarding Blamed. Four Countries Hold Fifteen Hundred Millions

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1930 · page 4

Mr. Edmund Jowett, addressing growers at Kilmore (Victoria), blamed the hoarding of gold for the world's decreased purchasing power…

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Coal in Burragorang Valley Observant Clergyman Help for Distressed Miners

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 November 1930 · page 1

About 15 years ago, Mr J.C. Mathers, then a clergyman of the Methodist Church, was walking through the bush in Burragorang Valley, when he…

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Miners' Elections

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

The name of Mr. Tom Irving, chairman of Stanford Merthyr Miners' Lodge, was inadvertently omitted from the list of candidates for…

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Coal Shipments

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

Some years ago the East Greta Collieries were making shipments overseas of about 124,000 tons of coal. It would be interesting to…

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Grave Charges City Council Coal Ald. Garden's Bomb

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

Aid. "Jock" Garden; tirade several sensational charges at yesterday's meeting of the…

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Gold Quest Coolongolook Field Claims Pegged Forster

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

Though the results so far obtained do not warrant, a great rush of prospectors to the scone, there is reason to hope that the…

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Amusements 'Hold Everything." Staff and Star Op "Gold. Diggers."

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

In the light of pant performances "Hold Everything," the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, showing at the New Palace Theatre…

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Proposed Merger Big Coal Companies NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1930 · page 1

A proposal for the amalgamation of the colliery business of Messrs. J. and A. Brown and the interests of Abermam-Scanum Collieries, Ltd.,…

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Amusements 'Hold Everything." Staff and Star of "Gold Diggers."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1930 · page 6

"Hold Everything," the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, showing at the New Palace Theatre, West Maitland this evening and…

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Coal By-products Exhibit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 5

Cessnock Agricultural Society is hopeful of being able to stage a coal by-products exhibit at the forthcoming annual show to be held in March…

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Kurri Ayrfield Miners' Lodges No. 2 to Resume Kurri, Friday. Ayrfield Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 5

A meeting of me combined Ayrfield lodges was held on Thursday afternoon. Mr. J. Kellock, Northern district treasurer, attended, and Mr. J…

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Gold Standard MR. J. P. Abbott's Address

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 5

Speaking before members of the metropolitan division of the Country party on Monday night, Mr. J. P. Abbott, President of the Scone branch,…

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Big Coal Merger J. & A. Brown, and Abermalnseaham Interests

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 4

Representing one of the biggest business moves in the northern coalmining industry of recent years, a proposal for the amalgamation of the colliery…

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Gold Find at Coolongolook Good Quartz Reef. Assays Look Promising

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 3

A message from Poster states that though the results so far obtained do not warrant a great rush of prospectors to the seene, there is reason to hope…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 10

Both Hobburn No 1 and No 2 are idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. Hobburn No 1 has worked six shifts for the fortnight while No…

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GRETA When Will Collieries Open? Optimistic Feeling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 4

The question often asked here is, "Do you think the Greta Collieries will open again in the New Year?" The optimists are in the majority,…

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Hebburn No. 2 Miners' Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 10

The ballot for the executive positions at Hebburn No. 3 Lodge, resulted in the same officers being elected…

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Abermain Miners Election of Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 2

Mr. E. Sanlaville presided over a special meeting of Abermain No. 1 Miners Lodge. Messrs. E. H. Williams and J. Bell (lodge auditors)…

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Coal Export 47,309 Tons for Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 6

The quantity of coal, including bankers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 47,309 tons, of which…

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"Very Grave" Unrest on Mine Fields Strike Feared London, Nov. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1930 · page 7

The National Coal Board has issued an interim report, suggesting that the South Wales, Monmouthshire owners and miners immediately seek a…

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