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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 47

Coal Thefts Three Men Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 1

Mere cases arising out of coal thefts were heard in the police court to-day. William Thorloy (20), labourer,…

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Miners Denounce Lang Scathing Criticism

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 1

Members of the council of the Miners Federation, at their meeting yesterday, condemned the leader of the Opposition, Mr Lang, for his attack on Mr A. C. Willis and th e leaders of the miners during his recent tour of the coalfields…

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Miners' Ballot Affiliation with A.L.P. KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 7

The miners who were working yesterday took the ballot to decided whether they would withdraw their affliation with the A.L.P…

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MAITLAND A.L.P. Oil from Coal Discussed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 2

The question of the production of oil from coal was discussed at a meeting of the Maitland branch of the A.L.P. held last night…

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Mine Worker Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 2

Caught between two skips, while at work in Cessnock No. 2 Colliery to-day, Reginald Leighton, 20, of Main-road, Neath, suffered injuries…

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Miners Condemn Lang

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 3

Members of the Council of the Miners' Federation, at their meeting condemned the lender of the opposition, Mr. Lang, for his attack on Mr. Willis and the leaders of the…

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Lutine's Gold Attempt to Salvage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 6

Equipment for salvaging the gold of the historic English frigate Lutinc, whose bell is known through out the world as the "Lutine's Bell"…

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CASWELL Thrown From Cycle Nundah Mine Caswell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Norman Wentworth Noble, railway night officer at Nundah railway station, while riding his motor…

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Labour Split Miners' Withdrawal Big Majority Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 2

sIt was announced last night that the Southern miners by an over-whelming majority, had decided to withdraw their affiliation with…

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Miners' Breakaway Alarms Lang Party Leaders New Move Unity Efforts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 1

It was learned to-day that, as a result of the breakaway from the party of the Southern miners, and the…

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Oil from Coal. Effect on Miners' Unemployment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 2

The northern vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Kellock) claims that, if Australia's supplies of fuel oil wore derived from treatment…

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Shale Oil. Committee's Views Miners Reply Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 2

An a sequel to a number of conferences and interviews during recent months the Newnes Investing Committee has…

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Coal By-product Works Kearsley Council's Request to Federal Government

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 3

On the motion or Cr. Christianson, Kearsley Shire Council last night decided to ask the Federal Government to make a definite move in the…

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Coal Export Newcastle Shipments NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 8

Shipments of coal from Newcastle for places beyond the State for the week totalled 29,885 tons, compared with 22,352 tons for the…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 6

Returns furnished in Newcastle on Saturday showed that the fortnight was one of the slackest experienced by the Northern collieries this year,…

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Where Gold Was Found

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 5

"We reached Kalgoorlie three days afterwards. The other parties had gone straight in the direction of the reported discovery, only to find that…

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Railway Coal Contracts. Closing This Month

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 1

We learn that the annual contracts for the supply of coal to the Railway Department close on the 17th. inst. Muswellbrook people…

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Work at the Mines a Slack Fortnight

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 1

The fortnight which ended on Saturday last was one of the slackest periods experienced by the nor them collieries this year. Only two…

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Romance of Gold. Kalgoorlie's Fortunes. Fortieth Anniversary. Paddy Hannan's Great Find

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 5

The famous gold district of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, celebrated on June 15 the fortieth anniversary of the discovery of the precious metal…

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SENSATION! Support for Mr. Lang Miners' Leaders Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1933 · page 7

A statement by the General President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. Roes, M.L.C., and the General Secretary, Mr. A. Teece,…

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