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Mining & the mines, 1933

933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 47

Miners Hurt Fall of Coal CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 7

Albert Wells (51), miner, of Loverstrete, Cessnock, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, had his right foot crushed when he was caught in…

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Mine Mechanics Executive Meeting Death Benefit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 6

Mr. T. G. Moran, president od the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, presided at a meeting of the executive, when lengthy…

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Mine Fire No Water Supply Dense Fumes Cobar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 9

With no water supply available nothing can be done to prevent the spread of the fire in the Great Cobar copper mine…

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Dental Work Pelaw Main Miners Mr. Booth's Request Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 7

On behalf of the Pelaw Main Ministers' Lodge. Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., has made strong representations urging that some assistance he given to…

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Miners' Foot Crushed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 3

Albert Wells, 51, miner, of Love-street, Cessnock, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with…

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Gold Price New Record Made

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 6

The present price of gold in Australia is the highest on record, and exceeds the previous highest price established a few weeks ago, by 2/8 per…

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Cessnock Miners' Claims for' Compensation. Decisions Reserved

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 3

Claims for compensation were launched by six northern mine employees before the Workers' Compensation Commission which sat at…

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Mining Mechanics Payment of Death Allowance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 5

A meeting of the executive of the Federated Mining Mechanics Association was held at West Maitland yesterday, and was presided over by…

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Coal Company Whitburn Colliery Labour Suspension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 10

Two applications from the Newcastle Coal Mining Company, Limited, for suspension of labour conditions will be heard before Warden A. N…

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Petrol From Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 8

Representatives of a company with a capital of £610,100 in London, which is contemplating establishing works on the west coast for distilling…

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Coal Export Newcastle

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

The quantity of coal including bunkers, shipped at NEwcastle during September for places beyond the State was 134,526 tons, of which…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

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

At the mines in the Northern district during the fortnight, trade was not particularly brisk, Many of the mines had no trade at all…

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Aberdare Central Colliery

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

Aberdare Central Colliery, which was idle yesterday and to-day, owing to slackness of trade, will re sume work to-morrow…

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How the Mines Worked

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

Although five collieries on the northern coalfields worked ten days during the fortnight ended on Saturday last, the majority of the pits…

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Gold Find Reported

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 2

A prospector, who passed through Brisbane, on the Maedhul, said that valuable gold and platinum deposits had been discovered at Milne Bay,…

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COURSING. Paddy Emmerson Wins Cup By a Head. Muswellbrook Trophy to Flying Queen. Rose Bank and Mate O' Mine Win Novice Stakes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 3

The local Coursing Club held its "tin" hare cup meeting on the Ascot enclosure on Saturday afternoon last. There was a fair attendance and…

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Oil From Coal Money for Experiments Premier's Letter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 4

The much-discussed question of the establishment of works in this district for the extraction of oil from coal, was again…

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Colliery Disputes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 2

In a joint statement in Sydney last night, the President and Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Messrs D. Rees and A. Teece) said that…

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Oil From Coal Statement By Mr. Baddeley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 1

In a statement regarding the hydrogenation treatment of coal, the Deputy-Leader of the State Labor Party, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, declared…

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Warden's Courts Labour Conditions Mining Leases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 7

Applications for the suspension of labour conditions on mining leases covering 32,000 acres in the Parishes of Mulbring, Ellalong,…

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