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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Fall of Coal at Aberdare Extended Miners' Narrow Escape

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 3

Herbert Richards, 43, a miner living Anstey-street, Cessnock, had a narrow escape from death yesterday while woring at Aberdare Extended…

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Coalfield's Salvation Oil From Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 2

With the wheels of industry grating like grinding stones on lumps of metal, the outlook is one that is not inspiring, unless we turn to some…

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Blue and Gold Ball Tuesday Next

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 3

On Tuesday next, 7th May, the annual ball sponsored by the Scone branch of the Country Women's Association will be held in the Olympia…

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Stolen Gold Conviction of Artist Aerodrome Theft London, April 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 1

Cecil Swanland, an artist, was convicted to-day of having been concerned in the stealing of gold worth £21,000 from the strongroom at Croydon…

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Seven Yeaks' Imprisonment. Theft of Gold From Aerodrome. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 2

Cecil Spanland, artist, convicted of having been concerned in the stealing of gold woth £21,000 from the strong-room of the Croydon…

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£8000 for Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 7

The Victorian Government has decided to pay £8000 to Wonrthaggi miners. this is in respect to short payment of employees of the State…

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Petrol From Coal

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 1

In the British Air estimates for 1935 issued recently it is stated that nine squadrons are already operating on petrol produced from British coal, and this…

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Australian Price of Gold

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 3

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended April 26, is at the rate of approximately…

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Blue and Gold Ball Tuesday Next

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 2

On Tuesday next, 7th May, 8th annual ball sponsored by the Scone branch of the Country Women's Association will be held in the Olympia…

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Small Mines Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 4

At a special meeting of the Cessnock Mine Workers' United Committee to-day, it was decided to request the northern executive to call…

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Coal Export Newcastle Figures NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 11

Coal exports from Newcastle during the week totalled 46,476 tons, of which 3741 tons represented overseas bunkers. for the corresponding period…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries worked to-day. Stanford Main remained idle…

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Mines Idle Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 7

0Aberdare Central and Aber[?] Extended Collieries were idle to-day. At both collieries the wheelers refused to work with the horses…

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An Inexhaustible Deposit of Coal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 3

The Latrobe Valley, Gippsland, is estimated to contain 27,000,000,000 tons of brown coal, or about two-thirds of the known deposits of brown…

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Solving Unemployment Solution in Oil From Coal

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 2

In a broadcast speech on Monday night, the President of the New South Wales branch of the federa 1 Labour Party (Mr J. B. Chifley) said that Federal Labour realised that in the production of oil from coal lay an opportunity of solving the unemployment problem,…

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Buried Gold Found by Workman Centennial Park Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 9

A workman found burled gold in Centennial Park yesterday afternoon. In a few minutes men, women, and children, were feveishly enriching…

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Miners Face Court on Charge of Assault Keen Interest Big Crowd Present Police Attend Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. Charlestown, one of Newcastle's outer suburbs, had a lively atmosphere this afternoon…

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Gold Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 2

Gold received at the Perth Mint in April was 53,054 ounces, valued at £473,450 in Australian currency, compared with 18,920 ounces in March…

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Blue and Gold Ball Outstanding Success

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 6

Mrs. Matt Sawyer, State President of the Country Women's Association, was present at the annual ball of the Scone branch, which was well…

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Oil From Coal Why Labor's Silence? (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 7

Sir.—For more than two years we have heard Messrs. James, Booth and Baddeley talking about oil from coal as the salvation of the coalfields…

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