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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Old Mudgee Goldfields Episode. "Mudgee Guardian" re-publishes the following: Pipe Clay Diggings

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 November 1932 · page 4

Mudgee newspaper, October 26, 1853. A few days ago there occurred here a row between the Europeans and Celestials which nearly ended in bloodshed…

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Pillars Dispute Bellbird Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1932 · page 7

The Northern vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Kullock) stated that a conference respecting the dispute over the working of…

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Output Falls Russian Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1932 · page 9

The sharp decline in the coal output in the Donetz Basin, the principal Soviet coal-producing regain, is underlined by the Soviet Press…

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Colliery Visit Sir Philip Game Scout Camp Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1932 · page 2

The Governor (Sir Philip Game), who is in camp with the Scours at Glenrock Lagoon, was conducted over Old Lambton mine by the…

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CESSNOCK No. 2 MINE Resumption Likely CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1932 · page 7

Following a meeting of Cessnock Nr. 2 Miners' Lodge, which was addressed by Mr. Hoare, Northern President, yesterday, there is every…

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Coal Export Newcastle Shipments 48,065 Tons Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 November 1932 · page 5

During the week. 48,065 tons of coal were shipped from Newcastle to placed beyond the State during the week compared with 46,375 last year…

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Still Idle Ceaanock No. 2 Mine "Darg Dispute Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 November 1932 · page 5

Cessnock No.2 Colliery did not resume to-day, as the terms for a resumption set out by the management were not acceptable to…

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How the Mines Worked

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 1

Taken all round, northern collieries worked very well during the fortnight ended on Saturday last. True, only one colliery—Maitland Main—worked…

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Search for Gold

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 5

Under the leadership of an experienced prospector, a number of unemployed left Sydney on Saturday to prospect for gold in the Oberon…

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Suggested Sharing of Work Aberdare Extended and Central Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 3

At a conference to Newcastle yesterday afternoon the sharing of work at the Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Central Collieries was suggested…

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MORPETH Council Meeting Shipping Coal Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Morpeth Municipal Council was hold last evening. There were present Aldermen Clyde…

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Australian Coal. Exports to the East Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 2

There has been a satisfactory increase in the export of coal from Australia to the East for the first nine months of the current year compared with the…

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Shale Oilfields. Muswellbrook, Baerami, Newnes. Plea for Development Miners' Deputation Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 1

A deputation representing the Miners' Federation was introduced by Mr. R. James, M.H.R., to the Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council,…

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Newnes Shale Oil Works Miners' Deputation Urges Re-opening. SENATOR McLACHLAN'S REPLY

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 November 1932 · page 3

Replying to a deputation from the Miners' Federation which waited upon him in Sydney yesterday with a request that sufficient money be made…

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More Notices Lithgow Miners Questions in House Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 November 1932 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Knight (Labour) asked the Minister for Mines if he were aware that when it was decided to reduce…

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Coal and Shale Authority Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 6

Joseph Paterson Alexander sought at the Maitland Warden's Court to-day permission to enter and search for coal and shale on 485 acres,…

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Search for Gold Authority Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 6

With a view to discovering gold and antimony, Henry Herbert Pencil applied to the Warden's Court for authority to enter 25 acres,…

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S.m.'s Threat Heavier Penalty Coal Thefts Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 7

police and railway officials on watch neat the railway at Waratah at 7.30. to-day saw some men carrying coal, which they planted in…

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Aged Mans Story of Brutal Assault Tied to Bed Gold Taken No Trace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.S.W.), Thurs. A remarkable story of a hold-up is reported to the police by George Hynea, an…

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State Coal Mine Mr. Baddeley's Statements in Legislative Assembly

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 December 1932 · page 7

Commenting on the position in regard to the State coal mine at [?]gow, and also the move that is being made to bring about a resumption of…

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