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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold Bars Disappear Taken From Air Liner. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 1

Gold bars valued at £4000, which were being sent from Central Africa to London mysteriously disappeared from an Imperial Airways liner…

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Hebburn Collieries Dispute (Contributed)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 9

The current misrepresentation of the facts of the dispute at the Hebburn Collieries, which looks like bringing about more industrial…

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Burwood Colliery Machines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 7

The Vice-president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Kellock) said yesterday that he had arranged for a conference with the…

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Bellbird Colliery Question of Timbering

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 8

At a meeting of the Bellbird Miners' Lodge, held this week, the District Check Inspector (Mr. J. Connell) submitted a report on the joint…

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Wonthaggi Mine Resumed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 7

Operation were resumed yesterday at Wonthaggi State coal[?], after five months idleness. Little deterioration was noticed in the mine, in…

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Industrial Commission Intervenes Hebburn Colliery Dispute

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 9

Intervention by the New South Wales Industrial Commission prevented the cessation of work at the northern mines yesterday. The [?]…

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Mines and Pay Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 7

Richmond Main, Pelaw Main and Stanford Main collieries all worked to-day. It was the fortnightly pay day, and again good pays were…

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WESTON Pay Day at Mines WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 7

It was pay day on the [?] to-day, Hobburn No. 1 miners hadworked 11 days, which allows two lots of men seven days each, and the other…

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Old Mine Shaft Collapse of Road NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 2

While relief workers were engaged on formation work in Chinchin-street, North Lambton, yesterday, the road fell in, opening a hole many feet deep…

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Mine Workings Ayrfield Subsidence Surface Fall Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 7

Ayrflold-Colliery, where a dispute has existed for three weeks, was the scene of a subsidence of some magnitude yesterday morning…

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Mining Ambulance Class Successful Social

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 4

Cessnock District Mining Ambulance Class conducted a very successful social and dance at Davis's Chambers last Saturday night…

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Grants of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 5

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) has agreed to double the Government coal grant to necessitous persons in the Newcastle district. The amount…

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Artery Severed Miner Struck by Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 12

Joseph Carr, 50, of Wallsend, was seriously injured when struck on the head by a piece of coal in Seaham No. 2 Colliery yesterday afternoon…

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Coal Export Newcastle Figures NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1934 · page 10

The settlement of the dispute at the Wonthaggl Colliery, Vic., and the re-opening of the mine had a noticeable effect on the volume of the…

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Mines Industry Cost of Explosive Lodges Confer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 2

The question of the coat of mine explosives was considered at a conference of lodge representatives at Newcastle Trades Hall on Saturday, at…

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Rich Gold Old Prospector's Find £2000 for Option

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 3

An old prospector named John Reld and his wife are reported to have struck a rich find south of Coolgardie (W.A.), and a mile west of the old…

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Gold Mining

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 3

The following reports have been received from the manager of the undermentioned mines, dated 23rd July:—…

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Colliery Mechanics Award

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 3

Application was made to Mr. Justice Browne, President of the Industrial Commission, on Friday last, by Mr. T. O'Mara, Counsel, and Mr. C…

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New Greta Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 3

Two additional pairs of miners have been engaged at New Grata Colliery, which was re-opened last week. During the next few days it is…

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New Greta Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 10

Two additional pairs of minors have been engaged at New Greta Colliery, which was re-opened last week, it is probable that six more pairs of…

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