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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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"Back to Copeland" Day. (Continued). Copeland Gold Field the Official History

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 6

The Mines Department have furnished the following record of Copeland from their files. In it are mentioned the names of many of the…

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Bellbird Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 8

The question of Senicrlty at Bellbird Colliery was discussed at a conference held at Newcastle, The decision arrived at will he submitted to…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 10

Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, and Stanford Main collieries were all working to-day…

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Aberdare Gentral Colliery. Work on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

Aberdare Central Colliery which has been idle owing to slackness of trade, will resume work on Monday…

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Swallowed the Gold

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

We frequently have heard of wonderful feats accomplished by hard drinkers in the course of their alcoholic indulgence. I knew one man who was…

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Mining Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

Dates for examinations of candidates for certificates of competency under the Coal Mines Regulation Act will take place at the Ultime…

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Haul of Gold Coins

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

W. Reed, a Bendoc(Vic.) grazier, nearly lost the greater part of his hoard of 29 sovereigns, 177 half-sovereigns and five ounces of smelted…

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Bermain Youth's Tragic Death Fell From Coal Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 2

The Kurri Kurri District Coroner, Mr, A. W. Johns, conducted an inquest at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday, into circumstances of the…

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Valuable Gold Ore Ton Believed to Contain £5000

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 5

While Sydney's million slopt yesterday morning a lorry containing a ton of gold are, stated to be the richest consignment of gold which has arrived…

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Three Arrests Colliery Ambush Alleged Stealing Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 6

For a considerable time now the manager of the Aberdare Central Coillery has been concerned over the inability of his pit horses to carry out…

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Coal on Wheelbarrow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 5

Charles Henry Thompson (45), an ironworker, was fined 3, or six days, at Newcastle Court to-day on a charge of stealing coal from the…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 2

For the fortnightly pay to be drawn on Friday next, the Brown Abermain group of collieries worked uniformly good time…

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Miners' Tribute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

The funeral of the late Alex, Holmes, 18, treasurer of the Western Miners' Federation, was one of the largest at Lithgow for year. The…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 7

Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, and Stanford Main collieries were all, working to-day…

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Thigh Fractured Colliery Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 6

Struck by a fall of coal at Black Hill Coll cry. Minml, yesterday afternoon, Walter Allan (43), living at Minml, sustained a fracture right…

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Coal Trade Revival

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 3

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, and president of the Employers' Federation of New South Wales, said…

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Gold Rush Recalled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 6

Joseph Ewer, 87, who died on a visit to his son at Orange, had followed mining since he was 14 years of age, and took part in the gold rush…

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Stolen Chaff Three Men Fined Colliery's Loss Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 7

At Cessnock Police Court [?] morning before Mr. M. C. Nott, P.M., Henry John Oliver and Reed were charged with attempting to steal a quantity…

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Almost Severed Miner's Right Arm Fall of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 7

White at work at Ayrfield Colliery No, 1 last night, a fa of coal occurred, and the right forcurm of Alfred Whitehouse (47), water,…

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Coal Industry Signs of Improvement More at Work Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

That there was definite evidence of improvement in the position of the major industries of the State including the coal-mining industry was the…

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