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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

1,092 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 55

Toe Severed Colliery, Electrician's Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 5

A painful accident, which happened in a peculiar way, befell Erio Biggors, 28, it Aberdars Extended Colliery yesterday…

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About the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 4

pelton Colliery has 8¾ days in for the pay. This is a great pay for Pelton men, as the mine has worked very badly for a couple of years. It…

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Good Gold Substitute

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 7

Successful demonstrations have been made at Sheffield (Eng.) in the casting of a rustless alloy of aluminium and copper that has the appearance…

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Board of Management as Decides Full Time Secretary for Kurri Hospital. Miners' Lodge and Public Objections Flouted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 6

Waiving aside all objections from miners' lodges and public requisition meetings, Kurri Kurri District Hospital Board of Management, at a meeting on Sunday, decided by eight votes to five to appoint a full-time secretary to the institution…

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Off the Gold Standard Simple Explanation. Does it Presage End of Depression? (Specially contributed to the "Chronicle" by "Who's for Australia Press Service.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 8

The sensation of the recent days has been the abandonment by Britain of the gold standard, and incidentally a great trade revival throughout the United Kingdom, and no less spectacular movement in the markets of the Commonwealth…

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Miners' Notices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 7

Employees of the Old Bulli Colliery, numbering 180, have received notice that their services will not be required after 14 days. It is…

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Coal Export Newcastle Shipments NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 7

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 23,760 tons, of which…

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The Mines Work For Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 4

Particulars of the work at the collieries in the Northern district during the last fortnight, as furnished by shipping against in Newcastle on Saturday,…

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Rich Gold Gloucester Reef Latest Find Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 1

Messrs. Rudkin, Webbeck Brothers and party have discovered an excellent gold-bearing reef five miles…

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Gold Mining. Promising New Field Located

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 5

A new gold find on Lame Cow Creek, about five or six miles from Copeland, and about the same distance from Rawdon Vale, was made…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 1

Maitland Main and Neath were the only collieries in the Northern district to work full-time during the past fortnight…

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WESTON Hebburn Miners Sharing Work Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 5

A largely attended meeting of Hebburn Minoru' Lodge was hold in the Weston School of Arts last night Mr. G. Bonner presided…

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Five Killed Explosion in Mine BERLIN October l9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 1

Five persons were killed and 18 injured in a five-damp explosion at the Mt. Cenis Cenis Bochum…

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Gold Ban Canadian Action OTTAWA, Oct, 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 5

Canada has taken official action to prohibit the export of gold, except under [?]cence. It will become off[?]tive to-day and…

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Oil From Coal Lyons Brothers' Plant at Wallsend

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 6

Mr. James asked in the House Representatives, in view of the statement made by Senator Daly when he visited Wallsend to inspect the oil…

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Coal Exports Newcastle Figures Higher Total Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 7

Exports if coal from the port of Newcastle during the nine months ended September 30 totalled 1,479,573 tons, according to made available…

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Old King Coal Quaint Monument Nteresting Facts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 8

With the Newcastle coal centenary celebrations still on the horizon, it is yet perhaps not too late to draw attention to a…

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Coal Exports

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 2

Export from the port of Newcastle during the nine months ended September 30 totalled 1,479,573 tons, according to figures supplied by the Newcastle…

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"BLACK" Shortland Colliery Position Explained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 12

Shortland Colliery, one of the smallest of the Newcastle field mines, included in the Northern Collieries Association, has been…

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Liner's Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 4

Another attempt to salvage £l,000,000 in gold in being made by the Admiralty salvage steamer Estey, which is quietly working where the…

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