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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

1,092 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 55

After Gold 26 Men Leave Vic. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

Under the scheme inaugurated by the victorian mines Department for relieving unemployment among men with a knowledge of gold finding…

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Gold-finding Victorian Scheme for Unemployed. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 2

Under a scheme inaugurated by the Victorian Mines Department for the relief of unemployment, 26 men, all experienced prospectors,…

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Coal at 3000 Feet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 5

A seam of coal four feet wide was found last November more than 3000 fet below the surface in the chief colliery at the Kentish (Eng.) town of…

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General Strike! Northern Miners' Decision

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 3

Aggregate meetings of miners on the coalfields endorsed the general strike policy as a protest against a roduction in wages…

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Mine Merger Shareholders' Meeting Big Interests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 2

At an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the East Greta Coalmining Company, which will be held on March 18, share…

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The Quest for Gold. Alluvial Prospecting

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 4

The immediate hope of thousands of unemployed men in this State undoubtedly lies in the, winning of alluvial gold. Very little knowledge is…

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Wonderful Gold Romance Story of "Bayley's Reward."

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

Imagine two poor men after a hard day's work with nothing to reward them for their toil, and little to sustain them but the hope that springs…

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Coal Board Bill May Be Dropped SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 1

It was stated in Sydney to-day that the Coal Bill, drafted by the Minister for labour and Industry, Mr. Baddoley, to place…

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Decision at Kurri General Strike and Councils of Action. Miners' General Secretary Explains

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 5

The aggregate meeting held at the Kurri Kurri School of Arts on Sunday afternoon, turned down the proposals from the Board of…

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Cessnock Miners Endorse General Strike Policy Aggregate Meeting Gives Unanimous Vote Addresses by Messrs. Hoare and Kellock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 5

After listening to the addresses by Mr. "Bondy" Hoare (District President), and Mr. J. Kellock (Vice-President), an aggregate meeting of Cessnock miners, held at the Regent Theatre on Sunday morning, adopted the following resolutions covering a general strike policy:—…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, March 3, 1931. Coal and Shale By-products. Possibilities of the Future. To-night's Lecture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1931 · page 2

An interesting lecture on coal and shale by-products will be delivered at 8 o'clock tonight in the Masonic Hall by…

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Free Coal Taxed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 6

Mr. R. Cameron, M.L.A., has been informed by the Commissioner of Taxation, that after careful…

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Coal Bill May Be Dropped Not Constitutional

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 2

The Coal Bill drafted by the Minister for Labour and Mines (Mr Baddeley) to place the regulation of coalmining under a board may be dropped…

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Coal Board Charlton at Head? Latest Rumour Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 1

The Coal Board; which the Government intends to establish to control the Industry In N:S.W., is likely to be under the chairmanship of Mr.,…

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The Collieries Hebburn No. 1 Idle WESTON. Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

Hebburn No, 1 is again idle, owing to slackness of trade, Hebburn No. 3 is working, The quarterly cavils were drawn last Wednesday, and…

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Prospecting for Gold. a Timely Publication

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 7

"Prospecting for Gold," or "From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant," is the title of a book recently published by Ion L. Idriss, with introduction by…

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Gold Prospecting Perth Tramwaymen Evolve Novel Scheme

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 5

Twenty-four tramwaymen have left Perth for the eastern goldilclds in company with the traffic superintendent (Mr Shillington), who has organised a…

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Prospectors Unearth Reef Excited Township. Prospects of Payable Gold

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

The township of Naradhan is in a fever of excitement following the claim of a party of prospectors, that, they have unearthed a reef, 10ft wide, that…

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Ribley's Reward. a Tale of the Goldfields. Chapter III

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

Ribley lost no time in writing to the Education Department with reference to the need of a teacher to officiate in the queer little slab-and-bark building…

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Mt. Isa Goldfields Directors Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 8

Frederick Oertel, aged 42, and Clive Ashley Cooper, aged 43, company managers, were committed for trial from the Central Police Court on Wednesday,…

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