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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Obnoxious Fumes Hill End Colliery Subsidences Cessnock, Monday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1932 · page 5

Hill End Coiltery is again a source of annoyance to people residing in the neighbourhood. Further subsidences have occurred,…

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Rock Slide Trapped in Mine Grave Fears

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1932 · page 1

MOWEAQUA (illnois), Doc, 2-1, Fifty-two minors were trapped by a shalo and rock side in the Co operative Mine to-day…

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W.a. Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 8

An official estimate of the gold production in West Australia for 1932 is 604,710 fine ounces, as against [?]052 fine ounces last year. The value this…

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Mine Disaster Many Bodies Recovered New York, Dec. 87

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

So far 30 bodion have [?] removed from the Mawosqua mine in [?] where 54 miners were impri[?] after an expionion had filled the mine…

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Foggy and Gold Holidays in London Empire Broadcast London, Dec. 27

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

Early promise of fine weather for the holiday was not wholly fulfilled, Christmas day, Boxing day, and today, which is extra' bank…

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State Gold Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 7

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) states that a report received by him dedicates that [?] November, 1953 [?] of native…

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Off Gold South Africa Crisis Near Capetown, Dec. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 1

The Minister for Finance (Mr. V. C. Havenga) said to-day that the meaning of the Government notice was that South Africa was virtually…

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Mine Fumes Hill End Colliery Dept.'s Letter Sydney

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

Mr. Baddeley has made representations to the Mines Department relative to the fire that his broken out at the End Colltery…

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Pay Day Cessnock Collieries CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 5

Bellbird Colliery recorded four days for the pay to-day. The management allowed the employees advances on Friday last and…

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Pay Day at Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 5

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries paid to-day. Richmond Main had five days to draw and Pelaw Main ten…

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Mine Fumes Flooding Suggested Hill End Menace Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 5

Threats' are being made by recidents in the Hill End mine area that unless speedy relief is accorded them they intend to take…

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Off Gold African Crisis Trade Chaos [?] CAPETOWN.Dec. 29

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

Utter chaos prevailed today in banking and commercial circles when the Reserve Bank cancelled all exchange…

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Coal Treatment Lyons Bros.' Process Govt. Grant Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 December 1932 · page 2

Tho recommendation of the committee which investigated the coal treatment process of Messrs. Lyon Bros. of Wallsend that funds be…

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