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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

1,666 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 83 of 84

Miner Killed John Darling Colliery Mate Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

John McGuinness (50), a miner of Belmont, was killed while at work in John Darling Colliery this morning. His mate Albert Berwick (57), also…

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Thrills Assured! Gold Cup Trophy Maitland Speedway

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

Thrills are assured on Maitland Speedway on Saturday night, when the first series of handicap races begin for the Maitland Gold Cup. This…

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Stanford Merthyr Miners' Death Evidence at To-day's lnquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 8

The circumstances which brought about the death of Richard Thomas Jenkins, a miner at the Stanford Merthyr No. 1 Colliery, after he had…

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Accidents at Newcastle Mines Two Killed, Two Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 6

Two men were killed and two injured in accidents at Newcastle district mines to-day. John M.' Guinness, aged 50, a shiftman,…

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Cleopatra's Jewels. Expedition to Search for Mines. Risky Travel in Desert Wastes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 7

Cleopatra's emeralds, or at least the mines where her black Numidian slaves dug them from the desert soil, will be laid bare to the twentieth…

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Critical Times at Broken Hill Plight of Mining Companies

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

"Since the companies made the 1925 agreement with the unions, the average price of lead has fallen from £40/10/2 a ton in January,…

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The Mines Hebburn No. 2 Idle WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 December 1930 · page 1

Hebburn No. 1 Colliery is working, but No. 2 is idle owing to slackness of trade…

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The Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 10

Both Hebburn No. 1 and 2 are working to-day. The management of Hebburn Colliery has decided to pay the men a…

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ABERMAIN Miners' Lodge Meets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 7

At the monthly meeting of the Abermain No. 1 Miners' Lodge, he president (Mr. E. Sanlaville) read and explained a financial statement…

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India's Hoard of Gold

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 1

For centuries Indians, high and low, have observed their wealth by melting down gold and silver coins and transforming them into bracelets, nose…

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The Mines Xmas Holiday Period Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 4

None of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts will work after Wednesday next until the 20th instant, and the cranes will he…

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Coal Trouble Temporary Settlement London, Dec. 32

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 1

The threst of a coal stoppage has been removed by the Lancashire miners' acceptance of the spreadover hours…

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Miners Accept LONDON. Dec. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 1

The Miners' Federation announced to-night that by a small majority the districts have accepted the…

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Trains Collide Smash in Colliery Siding Many Trucks Derailed WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 5

A collision between a full coal train and a train shunting. empties in Hebburn. No, 1 Colliery yard this afternoon caused…

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Telling Miners Why. 1/- in the £ Tax Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 9

The Minister for Mines (Mr, J. M. Baddeley), and Mr. J. M. Connelly, M.L.A., representing Labor members for the Northern coalfields State…

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Billiards Gold Cup Lindrum Draws a Bye London, Dec. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1930 · page 7

Walter Lindrum has drawn a bye in the play-off for the Gold Cup. He will meet the winner of the Newman Davis match on February 2…

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Injured by Fall of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 4

Mr. J. Foster, residing at 7th street, Western, employed at Hebburn No.2, as a miner, received abrasions to the head and a broken arm while…

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The Mines Board of Control Wanted Federation's Aim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1930 · page 4

Strenuous efforts will be made by the Miners' Federation in the new year to induce the State Government to establish a board of control in the…

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Gangster's Gold Coffin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1930 · page 4

Amazing scenes were witnessed at the funeral in New York a few weeks ago of Benny Galle, an Italian, who, having abandoned a successful…

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Coal Export Shipments from N'castle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1930 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State was 13,695 tons, of which…

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