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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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Aberdare Shaft Move to Have Colliery Re-opened. Deputation to Company

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 1

A conference, the subject matter of which was a request, on behalf of the employees of the mine, that Aberdare Colliery be re-opened, was held…

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Xmas Cheer Fund Donation by Cavilled Out Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 3

At a meeting yesterday Cessnock cavilled-out miners donated £20 in goods, mostly, foodstuffs, to the Miners' Federation and Citizens' Relief…

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MONEY and DEPRESSION Gold Standard Crippling Industry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 5

The Board of Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have sent to the Prime Minister of England a memorandum on the gold…

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Hebburn Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 2

Hebeeurn No. 2 is working to day, but Hebburn No. 1 idle, owing to slackness of trade. The cavills will be drawn at…

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Xmas Cheer for Cavilied-out Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 4

Aberdare extended and Paxton Miners' Lodges have decided that men have had the misfortune to be eavilled out…

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Rees Wins Miners' President Opponent Nowhere Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 7

Mr, D, Ross, General President of the Minors' Federation since 1922, was reelected to that position at tho annual ballot of tho federation…

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Rothbury Mine Minister Alleges Loss of £44,262 Mr. Weaver's Vehement Denial

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Minister for Mines, Labour, and Industry (Mr Baddeley) said that the total cost of working the Rothbury mine during the coal mining dispute was £44,262. This statement was subsequently vehemently denied by…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 7

Hebbura No, 2 working to-day Hebburn No. 1 is idle owing to slackness of trade. The management of Hebburn…

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Rothbury Mine Weaver's Questions Minister Challenged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly to-day further references to Rethbury were made by Mr. Weaver and Mr. Booth, but the…

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Miners' Pay Was It Confiscated V Booth's Question SYDNEy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 1

The Minister for Justice, in reply to Mr, Booth (Labour) in the Legislative Assembly to-day, said he would have enquiries made Into the allegations: that the management of…

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Miners Pilgrimage Greta Tuesday Brown Memorial Unveiling Ceremony Richmond Maim Decision Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 10

Richmond Main Miners' Lodge, at a special meeting last night in the School of Arts,, discussed the proposed journey to Bran xton to be present at the unveiling ceremony of the monument to the memory…

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Coal Orders. Pooling Plan for Mines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 8

The Minister for Mines is endeavouring to bring about the opening of Aberdare mine. It is stated that Cabinet may…

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Australianities. Jumping a Mine

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 5

Mine-jumping was a great enterprise in the days when gold mining constituted one of our important industries. How many a row started over…

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Good Week at Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Colliery, which has been experiencing a good deal of broken time of late, owing to the slackness of trade, worked five shifts…

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The Mine. Better Fortnight

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 2

The Muswellbrook colliery will work full time this week, making 8½ shifts for the fortnight, the best for some months…

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Slackness of Trade Aberdare Central Colliery Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 5

Aberdare Central Colliery was idle to-day, owing to slackness of trade. Arrangement are also being made to withdraw the horses to-morrow…

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Miners' Ballots Abermain and Bellbird

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 4

The hall-yearly ballot for the election of officers of Abermain No. 2 Miners Lodge resulted as follows: President F. Griffen 2063 R. Haddon…

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No News Miners' Council Sits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 4

For the third day in succession, the Central Council of the Miners Federation rose on Thursday afternoon without making any statement…

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Kindly Thought Appreciated Xmas Cheer for Cavilled Out Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 2

In view of the fact that Aberdare Extended and Paxton Miners' Lodges have agreed to strike levies to provide Xmas cheer for their cavilled…

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Rothbury Mine. Minister Alleges Loss of £44,262. Mr. Weaver's Vehement Denial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday the Minister for Mines, Labor, and Industry (Mr. Baddeley) said that the total cost of working the Rothbury…

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