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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

952 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 48

Dole Refused to Miners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 6

Gunnedah police on Friday refused the dole to miners wlio will start work when the Black Jack mine opens. The police contend that the miners were…

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Hill End Mine Department Watching

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 2

The Under Secretary for Mines has advised Mr. J. M. Baddoley, Member for Cessnock, that the department will keep in constant touch…

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Millfield Colliery to Close? Men Receive Their Notices

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 2

Employees of Millfield Colliery received an out-size in shocks yesterday when a notice appeared on the notice board at the pit-head…

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Bunker Coal. Duty Opposed Tariff Board Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 6

"It is of the utmost importance that each Australian industry should exploit every available avenue for improving its position before seeking assistance…

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Back to Work District Proposal Opening Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 4

The Maitland Back to Work Committee is taking up the question of the reopening of the mines near Maitland…

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Hopeful Note Trade With East Coal Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 6

That trade at Abermain and Stanford Main Collieries would be improved during the coming year, was an assertion made by…

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Mine Idle Mt. Kembla Dispute Rationing Port Kembla

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 1

Following upon the decision of the company operating the MOunt Kembla Celllery to discontinue rationing, and dismiss about 140 men, a dispute…

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Govt. Criticised Hill End Mine Menace Smoke-fumes Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 5

There was some strong erlticlam of the Government at the Cessnock Council last night in reference to Hill End Colliery…

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Legs Amputated Struck by Coal Train Waratah Accident Newcasle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 2

While cressiner the railway line near Warateh late yesterday. afternoon, Horbert George Williams (42) a gardener, residing…

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The Price of Coal

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 4

Mr C. M. McDonald, Chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, replying to the assertion of the Tariff Board that "unduly high rates of Profit" were a…

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Land Settlement Absorb Surplus Miners Hexham Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 2

Land settlement as a means for absorbing surplus miners was advocated at the Local Government Conference which was…

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Gold Resources £600,000,000 Unwon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 5

With only half of australia's gold discovered, the lot of Australia's uncompleted should be bright. This opinion was expressed by the…

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Millfield Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 5

Millfield Colliery is still idle. Officials of the miners' lodge approached the Manager yesterday. He told them that he could do nothing, but…

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Seniority Rule. Miners' Quandary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

Muswellbrook miners are in a quandary over the seniority rule. As only four pairs of miners are to be kept on at the Muswellbrook…

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Miners' Notices SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

The South Clifton Colliery employees' notices expired to-day. The men turned down the proposals of the…

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Mining Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 2

The Federated Mining Mochanles' Association applied for a Variation of the northern award by the insertion of a new clause riving higher "height"…

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Legs Amputated. Struck by Coal Train

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 6

While crossing the railway line near Waratah late on Tuesday afternoon, Herbert George Williams, 42, gardener, residing at Waratah, was struck by a…

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Gold Bounty Government Defeated in Senate. Canberra

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 4

The defeat.of the Government on an amendment, to the gold bounty clauses of the Financial Emergency Bill in the Senate this morning…

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Charges on Coal Deputation to Premier Newcasle Move Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

At the meeting of the Council of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, reference was again made to the heavy charges with which coal is…

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Hill End Menace Fumes Becoming Unbearable Dilatory Altitude of Mines Department

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

At last Tuesday night's meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, the Mayor (Ald. Shakespeare) reported that representatives of the Council…

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