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Mining & the mines, 1931

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To Pay Hospital £600 a Year Colliery Proprietors' Undertaking

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 5

As a result of a conference held in Newcastle yesterday between' Cessnock Hospital Board representatives and the various colliery companies,…

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Rich Gold Strike. At Craven Creek

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 1
Also in The Scone Advocate

Messrs. Mark and Bill Bartlett were in Gloucester yesterday with a bagful of wonderful specimens of quartz taken from a new find near the head…

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Coal Thefts Two Hours' Gaol NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 1

Yesterday in Newcastle, police Court Mr. Stevenson, S.M. after commenting on the prevalence of Coal, thefts from railways admonish…

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Among the Boy Scouts. a Trip Down the Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 3

Lust Wednesday, I believe, was the most interesting day of my life. A dozen other scouts and myself gathered first at the Scout Hall and then…

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Our Hopes. Shale Oil and Gold. Minister's Views

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 1

According to the assistant Minister for [?]clopment, Senator Daly, the establishment of the shale oil industry and a revival of the gold mining…

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News in Brief Rothbury Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 4

Rothbury Colliery employees had five shifts to draw to-day. The colliery has not worked so far for next pay…

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The Mines Proposed Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 8

representative of the Northern Colliories' Association and the Coast miners Federation conferred in Sydney yesterday in connection with the…

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Search for Gold Central Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 8

The exepedition organlsed by the Central Australian Gold Exploration Co. Ltd. Perth, to Locate the gold…

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Rothbury Colliery

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 1

Rothbury colliery employees had five shifts to draw on Friday. The colliery has not worked so far for next pay…

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Boy Settler Prospecting for Gold " Better Than the Dole."

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 1

"Better than the dole," is the expression used by a British toysettler who has lost his job on a farm and has turned his attention…

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£30,000 Fire Damage at Pelaw Main Colliery Last Night's Terrific Blaze Mine Will Have to Close Down

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

One of the most disastrous fires ever known in the history of the coalfields occurred at the Pelaw Main Colliery lost night, when damage authoritively estimated at between £20,000 and £80,000, was caused to the pit top workings. Practically the whole…

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GLOUCESTER. Gold Find

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 2

There have been no further developments in connection with the recent gold find on Craven Creek, north west of Gloucester. The news attracted a…

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Miners' Secretary Counting the Ballot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 5

Mr. J. M. Walker, General Returning Officers, for the Miners Federation, has made available the progress return on primary votes, as taken…

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Search for Gold. Central Australia

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 1

The expedition organised by the Central Australian Gold Exploration Co., Ltd., Perth, to locate the gold find of the late L. H. Lassetter, will be…

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New Seam St. Helier's Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 2

Development work which has been going on for some time at the St. Hellers Colliery, Muswellbrook, has resulted in the opening up of a new…

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Big Lead Miners' Secretary SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 8

Mr. Arthur Tooce maintains the big lead established in the first count of votes for the position of Grand secretary of the Miners'…

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To Chase Planes Flying Mines Now

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 2

A bomb that could chase an aeroplane in the air and could destroy it is the amazing war weapon proposed by an inventor…

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Gold Find Rush Not Warranted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 8

"Further systematic prospecting appears to be justified, but a rush of prospectors is not warranted at the present stage," states Mr. A. C…

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Gold Chalice for St Patrick's Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 2

As the outcome of offerings of gold by parishioners, a beautiful chalice has been made for use in St. Patrick's Church. It was on view on the altar,…

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