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Mining & the mines, 1935

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Coal Export Newcastle Shipments Busy Week Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 10

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 55,440 tons, of which 6926 tons…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 7

Pelaw Main Colliery worked to-day. Richmond Main and Stanford' Main were again idle…

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Gold Snap Cyclone at Sea Vessels Buffeted Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 1

The temperature in Sydney to-day receded to 45 degress, which was comparatively high compared with the 13 degrees registered at Charlotte Pass…

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"False Reports" Tullamore Gold Mine Court Allegation Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

During the, hearing of the claim by the Tullamore Gold Dovelopment company (No Liability) for £20,000 damages from Walter and Kathleen…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 7

Pelaw Main Colliery work-ed to-day. Richmond Main, and Stanford Main were again idle…

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Fall of Coal Wollongong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 10

PoterMack, of Wongawilil, was struck by falling coal in Wongawilll colliery while in a stooping position. He was admitted to Wollongong…

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SUSPENDED Sentence in Award Mine Deputies Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 7

The last sentence of sub-clause. 3 of Clause 1 and Clauoe 7 of the award made by Mr. Justice Browne, President of the…

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Surface Falls Ayrfield Mine Fumes Detected Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 3

Additional surface falls have oc-curred in the vicinity of Ayrfield No. 1 colliery, at Heddon Greta. Fire stink was issuing from the cavity…

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Annual Re-union Ball Gold and Blue Colour Scheme St.john's Old Boys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 2

Gold and bright blue, the colours of the St. John's Old Boys' Union, were artistically employed in the decorations at the Maitland Town Hall last night when the Old Boys held their annual re-union ball. Their blue and gold shield…

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Mine "Black"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 10

Myall Colliery, near Cardiff, have been declared "black" by the Northern Miners' Committee of Management…

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Fall of COAl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 5

When he was struck by a fall of coal while at work at Aberdare Central Colliery to-day, Thomas Dorrington (84), a miner, residing at…

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Mine Mechanics Reply to Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 5

Mr. T. G. Moran, president of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, at the conclusion of an executive meeting held to-day, stated that a…

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Ayrfield Mine Improved Conditions Filling Cavity Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 11

Progress was made in the work of filling one of the surface falls, which has collapsed again, over the Ayrfield No, 1 colliery…

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AUDACITY Thieves Take Coal in Daylight, Too

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 4

Petty thieving of coal and wood from his yard In Odd-street, West Mattland, is causing Mr. W. H. Thorpe, a wood and coal merchant, some concern. He…

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Stop Press Miners' Request Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 7

A deputation, representing all miners throughout the State, waited on the Director of Food Relief, Mr. Treble, to-day,…

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Speculators Big Losses. Slump Follows Gold Boom

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 2

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of speculators' money have been irretrievably lost in the inevitable slump that has followed the recent gold…

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Opening Night Blue & Gold Dance Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the opening of a series of dances in the West Maitland Cabaret Hall on Wednesday night next by the Blue and…

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Mine Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 5

Arthur Wiggs, 37, of Wallsend, was buried almost to the waist by a fall of stone in Stockton Borehole colliery. He suffered from abrasions and…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 7

Pelaw Main Colliery resumed operations to-day. Stanford Main and Richmond Main were again idle…

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Colliery Mechanics Closer Unity Question

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 2

At a meeting in Cessnock last night, members of the Federated Mining Mechanics Union declined to adopt suggestions by the northern…

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