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Mining & the mines, 1933

933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 47

Coal Export Shipments at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped from Newcastle during the week was 39,455 tons, of which 30,720 tons represented cargoes for interstate ports…

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Collie Coal Dispute Unsettled SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 8

A message from Perth states that although it was expected that progress towards a settlement of the Collie coal dispute would be made, it…

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Better Times Work at the Mines Maitland Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

Returns furnished by the shipping agents showed that at a number of the larger collieries there had been improvement in the working…

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Consols Firm Setback to Gold Shares SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 5

Australian Consols were mostly firm on the Sydney Stook Exchange to-day, and bank issues were fairly steady, Commercial of Sydney making…

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America's Gold Supply an Export Embargo. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Washington

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 2

Mr Roosevelt to-night proclaimed a national bank holiday until March 9th. in the meantime the United States Government will take absolute…

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Shortland Colliery Dispute Mine Still Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

Shortland Colliery, over which there has been a deal of difficulty this year, due to disputes between the management and men, is still idle…

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Bellbirrd Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

Bellbird Colliery was idle to-day owing to non-settlement of the dispute over the classification system recently put into operation at the…

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Oil From Coal Company to Investigate Possibilities. Vital Interest to Newcastle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 5

Announcements of vital interest to Newcastle and the Northern Coalfields, as well as the nation in general, are the formation of a…

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Large Coal Leases Application to Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 6

There are three application for a further suspension of labour condition on A. A Holland's coal leases at Ellalong, and one for six months,…

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Consols Firm Gold Shares Rise SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 7

Australian Consuls were firm on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. All issues ross on yesterday's rates. By far the greater number of sales listed,…

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Tongues of Flame Shoot From Old Hill End Colliery Dense Falls Position Gets Worse Many Falls Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 7

The position at Hill End is steadily becoming worse. Last night dense volumes of smoke and sulphurous fumes gave place…

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Mine Fires Homes Invaded by Fumes

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 4

Underground fires at Hill End colliery, near Cessnock, are causing considerable alarm. There was another subsidence yesterday…

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Gold-bearing Reef Reported Discovery at Limbri

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 4

Reports have been received, supported by samples, that a rich gold reef has been uncovered at Limbri, 18 miles from Tamworth. The claim…

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Hill End Colliery Fires Position Extremely Serious. Fires Bursting Out of New Craters. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 6

A message from Cessnock this morning states that another fire in the Hill End colliery had spread materially during the night, and the position was…

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Seniority Principle and Award Rates. Unemployed Demands For Relief Work Jobs. Kurri Kurri Miners Will Support

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 5

The Kurri Kurri unemployed, at a, large meeting at the Kurri Kurri School of Arts last night, received, the full tacking of the miners' lodges—Richmond Main, Pelaw. Main, and Stanford Main No. 1—in their fight for the observance of seniority and award…

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Striking Pavilion Display at Cessnock Show Society's Ninth Effort Splendid Mines Exhibit DAIRYING —- Agriculture Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 5

The varied attractions of the main pavilion constituted the principal feature of the ninth annual exhibition of the Cessnock District Agricultural Association, which opened on the spacious Cessnock Showgrounds to-day…

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Oil From Coal Mr. Baddeley Critical Show Luncheon Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 7

Criticism of the Government's procedure in regard to coal-bearing lands, and the lack of preparation on the part of colliery…

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American Citizens Hand in Their Gold Whipped! Theatre Manager Nazis' Reason Berlin, March 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

The Government of Sax-ony and Aden resigned, and von Killinger, on behalf of the Reich, placed the Nazis…

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Bellbird Colliery Resumes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 5

Bellbird Colliery, which was idle yesterday owing to slackness of trade, resumed work this morning…

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Big Mine for £12

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 1

The Union Reef (a gold-mining property of 80 acres) was auctioned at Darwin (N.A.) last month, when it was knocked down for £12, and the…

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