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Mining & the mines, 1935

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Court of Mines Ayrfield Colliery Seals Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 5

Further evidence regarding the conditions at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery was given at the Court of Mines at East Maitland yesterday…

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Left Explosives in Mine Two Neath Miners Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 1

John Dick and William Thompson, miners, employed at the Neath Colliery, were proceeded against on a charge of having…

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Hebburn Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 6

Hebburn No. 1 Colliery worked again to-day. The scarcity of supplies of Queensland-grown potatoes has been…

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Miners Finger Amputated

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 1

While following his occupation as miner at Aberdare Central Colliery yesterday, Harold Hitchcock, 39, of…

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Theft of Coal Kearsley Man Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 3

Richand Howe, 20, pleaded guilty, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, to a charge of stealing a quantity of coal, valued at 1/-, the property of…

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Youth Fined Coal Stealing Charge CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 7

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Cessnock Court this morning, Richard Howe (20), of Kearsley, was charged with stealing a quantity of…

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Finances Improve The Cessnock Hospital Miners Help Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 7

According to the annual report of the Cessnock Hospital, increased activity in the production of coal in the hospital's subscribing area has…

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Searching for Gold Rosina and Satan Arrive in Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 5

ON Thursday night last an, S.O.S. was sent out by the Bond police, when it was learned that Rosina May (13)…

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Chrysolad Wins Highweight Welter Hcp. Top Seems Ayrfield No. 1 Inquiry Heating in Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 7

Evidence that it was not unusual for heating to take place in collieries on the Maitland field was given by Senior-inspector R. P…

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Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery Conditions Court of Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 8

The Court of Coalmines Regulations sitting at East Maitland continued the hearing of evidence yesterday into the cause of seals…

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Ayrfield Mine Inquiry Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 7

Further evidence regarding the conditions at Ayrfield No.l Colliery was Riven at the Court of Mines at East Maitland to-day. Judge Nield presided…

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Mine Fatality Prospector Killed BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 3

When he was attending to skips running between the pithead and the leading bank at Normanton colliery, Rosewood, John Trewick, [?]., one of…

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Coal Contracts Railway Supplies Northern Share Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 3

It is announced that the largest contract for the supply of coal for railway operations for the 12 months beginning on October 1…

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Mine Prosecution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 4

William Woods, Swanson, manager of Wallarah Extended Colliery was fined £1, costs 8/. in default imprisonment for three days, when he…

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Hebburn Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 7

Both the Hebburn Collieries worked to-day…

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Inquiry Ends Ayrfield Colliery Judge's Remarks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 8

After a hearing, which lasted three days, the inquiry held by the Court of Coalmines Regulations at the East Maitland…

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Fall of Coal Miner's Back Hurt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 7

Cyril Norriss, 35, of Halcyon-street, Cessnock, a minor employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, received injuries to his back when he was struck…

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Large Coal Order. 35,000 TONS. Muswellbrook Colliery's Success

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

The townspeople will be glad to learn that the Muswellbrook Coal Co., Ltd., has again secured a share of the Railway…

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Rich Ore at Loloma Mine. Value of Gold in Sight at Least £2,000,000

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 4

In a report to the directors of the Loloma Gold Mine, Fiji, Mr. E. G. Banks, technical adviser, estimates that the value of gold in sight is at…

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A Queer Situation Mine Owner Asked to Dismiss Himself

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 3

A message from Lithgow states that the Commonwealth colliery, Lidsdale, is idle, as a result of the contention by members of the miners' lodge that a…

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