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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Management's Terms Accepted Hebburn Colliery Dispute

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

The dispute between the management of Hebburn Collieries Limited and the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was adjusted…

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Miners-a.w.u. Amalgamation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

The final phase of preparing the [?] for the amalgamation of the [?] Workers' Union and the [?] Federation was entered upon…

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AMALGAMATION Miners and A.W.U.

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

The final phase of preparing the draft for the amalgamation of the Australian Workers' Union and the Miners' Federation, have beens…

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News From Cessnock Mine Manager Charged Alleged Breach Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 4

At Cessnock Police Court to-day, George Mason Hindmarch appeared to answer a charge that on October 28 last, near at Kearsley, then being…

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Pit Top Levies Miners Object High Price Op Powder Cessnock

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

Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed by miners in the Cessnock district at the charges to which their wages are subject…

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Gold Making German Frauds Plumber's Trick Munich, Jan. 19

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

The trial has commenced of an emulator of Henrich Kurschildgen, who was sentenced to 18 months for fraud, regarding…

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Cook Loses Leg Mining Accident LONDON. Jann. 10

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

A. J. Cook, the secretary of the Miners' Federation, had a leg amputated to-day. The amputation is the result of the accident in a coalmine…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

Hebburn No. 1 is idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. No. 2 is working, this being the first shift this week…

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Western Coal Miners Object Garden's Allegations Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

In a letter to the City Council, which was read at yesterday's council meeting the secretary of the Lithgow Valley…

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DISMISSED Coal Dust Case John Darling Mine Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

The hearing was continued in Newcastle Police Court to-day of the case in which Andrew Steel was charged with a breach of the…

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Cage Mishap Elrington Colliery Six Injured Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The electric winding engine at Elrington, which was the subject of a test case at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday,…

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May Resume Abermain No. 2 Colliery NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

It was stated on good authority last night that there is a possibility that Aberman No. 2 Colliery, which has been idle for some time, may resume…

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Coal Pilfering Railways' Loss Three. Men Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

At the West Maitland Court to-day, Roy Bennett, 36 Edward Coatees, 38, and George Hyde, 24, were charged with stealing…

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To Combine Miners and A.W.U. SYDNEY

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

The new constitution drafted for the amalgamation of the Miners' Federation and the Australian Workers' Union, was further…

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Gold Search Encouraged Government Scheme. £10,000 Made Available

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 10

The Government has made available £10,000 for encouragement of gold-mining. Within a week 900 applications…

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Rafferty Rules in Collecting the Wages Tax Miners' Protest Methods Condemned Peculiar Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

The methods employed to collect the 1 / in the £ 1 wages tax are causing a great deal of criticism among the miners…

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Gold Search £10,000 Grant SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

The Government has made available £10,000 for encouragement of gold-mining. Within a week 900 applications…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Hebburn No. 1 is idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. No. 2 is working. These two lodges intend holding…

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Idle Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

Abermain No. 2 Colliery, which has not worked since before Xmas, still remains idle. Bellbird, which has been idle for…

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Bad Time for Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

No work at the Bellbird Colliery this week means that in eight weeks the colliery has worked on 11 days. Aberdare mine, now closed down…

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