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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

1,666 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 82 of 84

Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 2

Hobburn Nc. 1 and 2 collieries have worked five shifts, each for the Christmas pay Hebburn No. 1 will start their new cavills on Monday…

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Big Merger Coal Intersts Decision Soon Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 1

A meeting of shareholders of the Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., will be held on December 30, at which a…

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Mine Employee Succumbs Crushed Between Skips Clipper's Death Unemployed Demonstrations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 4

Thomas Jenkins, a clipper, residing in Coronation-street, Kurri Kurri, died at 8.40 o'clock this morning from injuries received yesterday while following his occupation in Stanford Merthyr Colliery…

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Branxton Rothbury Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

The members of Rothbury Miners' Lodge have arranged to meet at a certain locally on Tuesday next, when final arrangements will be…

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Gas in Mine Charge Against Manager Adjourned Hearing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

Joseph Paterson Alexander appeared at the Maitland Police ' Court this morning charged with not haying provided sufficient…

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Relief to Miners Deputation to Mr. Bellmore Intermittent Work Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

A deputation From this miners lodges met Mr. C. J. Bellemore, of the Department of Labour and Industry, at Cessnock yesterday morning, and…

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Kurri Mine Railway Men Meet Tuesday a Holiday Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 4

The enginedrivers, firemen and mechanics employed on the Richmond Main railway have decided to fall into line with members of the C.E.F. and observe Tuesday as a holiday…

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Merging of Coal Interests New Company with Capital of £4,000.000

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 4

A meeting of shareholders of the Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd. will be held on December 30. at which a proposal will be…

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Coal Sales at Colliery Possum Befriends Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

A rather humorous incident occurred at the Muswellbrook colliery on Tuesday last the officials in charge of the scales were perplexed at…

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Gold Mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 8

Gold' mining is progressing at Copeland and Upper Bowman, The proprietors of the Federation Mine at Upper Bowman are now…

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Central Colliery No Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 4

The Aberdare Central Colliery will be idle to-morrow (Wednesday) owning to trade shortage. The probability is that the mine…

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Trade Slackness Continues Work at the Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

Slackness continue to manifest itself in the coal trade, and as a consequence work, at most of the mines, was of, an intermittent character…

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Unemployed Miners. Estimated at 10,000

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

According to Mr. McNeill, secretary of tlio Northern Miners' Association, there arc 10,000 unemployed miners in Australia, while men working are…

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Kurri Miners at Rothbury Unveiling Memorial Kukri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

The wheels of indusry are silent to-day, all the pits being idle. Judging by the look of the stroets…

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Distribution of Relief Case of Intermittent Mine Workers. Deputation to Mr. Bellemore

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

During the week-end, at Cessnock a deputation from the miners lodges met Mr. "C. J. Bellemore, of the Department of Labour and Industry,…

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Gold Bonus "A Way to Salvation." Me. Forde's Hopes. Canberra

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 4

"In past crises gold has proved our salvation, and to-day we look again to gold to extricate us from the economic debacle," said the Acting Minister for…

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The Mines Hebburn No. 2 Working Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

Hebburn No. 2 is working to-day Hobburn NO. 1 is idle owing to slackness of trade. d-yiew, tembers…

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Maitland Speedway Gold Cup Meeting BLAKE v DEAN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

Last Saturday night at Maitlana Speedway was not without its record breaking. Paddy Dean chopped one second off Eric Whittle's three lap…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 7

[?] No. 1 Colliery is again idle to-day owing to slackness of trade, No. 2 is working…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 5

Hebburn No 1 and 2 are both working to-day…

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