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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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

Miners' Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 3

The following have been elected officers of Abermain No. 1 Miners' Lodge; President, Mr. J. B. Halpin; treasurer, Mr. J. Pitchford; secretary,…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 5

Richmond Main, Pelaw Main and Stanford Main Collieries were working to-day. All the collieries will…

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Broken Shift Aberdare Extended Colliery Grooms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 5

The broken shift recently brought into operation at Aberdare Extended Colliery to be worked by tho grooms and the…

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Deputies Secretary Injured Hurt in Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Robbins, Secretary of the Maitland Deputies Association, who is employed as a deputy in No. 3 section of Abermain No. 1 colliery…

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Struck in Mine Union Official Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 2

While engaged at his work as a deputy in Abermain No. 1 Colliery, Thomas Robins, secretary of the Maitland Deputies' Association, was…

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The Miners' Federation (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 1

Sir,-The time has arrived when the rank and file of the Miners' Organisation Should analyse the actions of those leaders who having held a…

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Miners' Secretary. Mr. Teece Defeated by Mr. Ore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 3

Final figures in the ballot for the election of general secretary of the Miners' Federation indicate that the preesent secretary (Mr. A. Teece) has…

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Wages Cut Mount lea Mine 1d. an Honr Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 2

The industrial Court [?]as granton a reduction in wages at Mt. Isa of a penny an hour, equal to 3/8 a week. The Mt. Isa Company had applied…

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Coal Export Newcastle Shipments 51,435 Tons Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1933 · page 9

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 51,435 tons, of which 6782…

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Links with Early Days Extracts From "Mercury" Files Hunter Valley History Fatal Clash Between Blacks and Squatters on the Barwon River—New Malting Business—Money scarcer in Maitland—District Councils Condemned by the Press—Colliery Opened n ear Newcastle Blacks on the Barwon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1933 · page 2

Intelligence has been received in town during the week of a serious affray between the squatters and the blacks on the Barwon River, which…

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Gold Yield Queensland Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 2

The Queensland gold yield for the first 11 months of 1033 was 70,204 fine ounces, of a standard value of £336,461, an increase of 63,578 fine…

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British Miners Conference Decisions Wage Question London, December 38

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 1

The Miners Conference to-day carried a resolution regretting that the Government had not brought pressure to bear on the coal owners to…

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Coal Export Newcastle Trade NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 1

The amount of coal including bunkers shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 26,326 tons, of which 3809 tons…

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Miners' Leader Defeat Not a Surprise KUKRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 6

The result of the ballot for the position of president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation did not cause much surprise in this…

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