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Mining & the mines, 1931

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

Hebburn No. 2 is again working to-day. No. 1 is idle owing to slackness of trade…

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Coal Mining Control Proposals Board to Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 4

A new bill formulated by the State. Cabinet for presentation to the Parliament shortly makes vital changes in the control of…

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Hill End Mine Labour Conditions Suspension Sought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 5

Giving evidence in a case at the Warden's Court. East Maitland to-day. Oscar William Gillam, chairman of directors of…

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Cavilled Out Miners

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

At a meeting of the cavilled-out miners of Cessnock the following motion was carried, "That this meeting of cavilled-out miners is not…

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Support of Miners

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

The A.W.U. is likely to be supported by the Miners' Federation now that an amalgamation, of the two bodies is in prospect. The Miners' Central Council…

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The Coal Mining Industry Vital Changes Probable State Cabinet Preparing Bill

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Vital changes in the control of the, coal-mining industry are provided for in a bill formulated by the State Cabinet for presentation…

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Coal Trade Improved

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

There were two shipments of coal from Newcastle for the East this week. The rate of exchange favors dealing with N.S. Wales in coal…

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Mine Merger Officials Appointed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 2

The first meeting of the board of the new merged company, J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries, Ltd., was held in Sydney, and…

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Coal Exports. Revival Expected. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 2

Because of the exchange rate position, the coal export trade is likely to have a profitable revival. Two cargoes totalling 20,000 tons were…

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Gold Maker Turns Stone Breaker Tausend Gaoled Munich. Feb. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

Taisend, who styled himself as the "goldmaker," was to-day found guilty of fraud, and sentenced to 44 months' hard…

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Vital Changes Proposed Conduct and Control of Coal Industry. State Cabinets Scheme

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 1

The State Cabinet has prepared a bill calculated to make vital changes in the conduct and control of the coalmining industry…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 7

Both Hebbrun No. 1 and 2 Collieries were idle to-day, owing to slackness of trade. Hebbrun No. 2 has worked five shifts for the…

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Teacher's Luck Gold Discovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 2

A school teacher, son of Mr. R. G. Moore, of Kalgoorlle (W.A.), wishing to visit the Larkinville field for experience, threw in his lot with…

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Guilty of Theft Miners' Union Funds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 9

Before Judge Thomson, at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, Samuel John Martin pleaded guilty to having at Lithgow between July 3, 1929…

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Hill End Mine Labour Conditions Suspension Sought

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 6

Givine evidence in a case at the Warden's Court. East Maitland on Thursday Oscar William Gillam, chairman of directors of…

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Tragic Scene Eighty Fatherless Mine Fatality London, Jan. 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 11

Terrible scenes were witnessed to-night at the scene of yesterday's tragic explosion at the Haig Pit. Whitehaven in which…

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Found Death Search for Gold CAIRN'S (Qld.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 10

While two prospectors named Olson and Reid were crossing the Russell River, near here Olsen was washed off his root and was not seen again…

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A.W.U.—MINERS Merger Hitch SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 5

It is reported to-day that a hitch tween occurred in the negotiations between the A. W. U. and a Miners' Federation as regards the proposed…

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Northern Collieries Days Worked During Past Fast Fortnight

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 1

Stanford-Merthyr No. 1 Colliery topped the list for the numbers of days worked by the various mines in the Northern district during the…

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CENSURED Minister for Mines CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 5

At a well-attended meeting of Paxton unemployed, a motion of censure was passed on Mr. J. M. Badeley, Minister for Mines and…

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