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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Mechanisation of Mines. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 2

Sir,—Much has been written, and a lot of hot air wasted lately, on the mechanisation or mines. A conference was 'held of miners…

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Coal Machine Lambton Trouble Mechanisation Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 5

The Durham minors' lodge, from which would be drawn the workers at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Lambton B Colliery, decided…

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Oil From Coal Minister's Announcement in Senate

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 8

During, the Budget debate in the Senate on Wednesday night, the Minister in Charge of Development (Senator A. J. McLachlan) foreshadowed the…

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Claim Fails Inhalation of Coal Dust SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 4

In the Workers' Compensation Court his Honor Judge Perdrian and Mr. Commissioner Halliday delivered reserved judgment in an application for…

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Oil From Coal Hydrogenation Process. "Best for Australia," Sats Minister

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 4

The Minister in Charge of Development (Senator McLachlan) said that in his opinion the hydrogenation process of obtaining oil from coal was…

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Government Urged to Assist Coal and Shale Mning Industries Mr. Baddeley's Speech in Parliament

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 9

In moving, i the Legislative Assembly recently, that the Government sould bring [?]n the necessary legislation for the purpose of…

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Tullamore Gold Co. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 12

Shareholders in Tullamore Gold Development, N.L., at an extraordinary meeting yesterday afternoon, authorised the the directors to present to…

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MECHANISATION Mining Unions Meet Protest Move Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 1

A further Move in the agitation against mechaisation of industry was made to-day by a meeting of mining unions representatives at the Trades…

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Mechanisation of Collieries Politicians Support Miners in Campaign

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 3

The miners' general president (Mr C. Nelson) announced at Newcastle on Saturday that the State Labour representatives in the Federal and New…

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Fiji Miners' Demands Suva

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 2

Miners at the Emperor, Loloma, and Kororere mines have issued an ultimation to Mr. E. G. Theodore's representative, demanding wages of…

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Gold Find Near Denman Inspection Justifies Optimism

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 2

An inspection of the working at the gold reef recently discovered at Ogilvie's Hill reveals that the optimism of the prospectors, Messrs Watts and…

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More Men For Aberdare Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 3

Still more men are to be engaged for Aberdare Colliery. Within the next few weeks It is expected that from 10 to 12 more…

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Mine Mechanics Lithgow Conferences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 6

The general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanies' Association, Mr. H. C. Morton, will go to Lithgow to-morrow to attend a conference…

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Coal Loading Hetton-Bellbird Co.'s Need

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 3

The Newcastle City Council has approved to supply electricity to the above company for their coal loading plant at Hexham…

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Conditions Under Which Miners Work. Mr. Baddeley's Speech in Parliament

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 5

"I have often heard it said that coal miners earn high wages. Probably the majority of the public do not understand the conditions under…

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Gold Miners Await Mr. Theodore SUVA, Oct, 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 4

Minors at the Emperor mine are working under a yearly agreement for £5 a week, with their passage paid and quarters and board, at a cost…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries worked to-day…

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Mine Accidents Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 7

A statement by Mr. Geo. Booth, Labour, (Kurri Kurri), that the number of accidents in coal mines had increased in the past year…

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Mine Fatality Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 5

Ernest Bowden, a young married man, died of suffocation when he was burled in skimps. He was a sand pass runner employed at the Zinc…

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"Black Earth" Gold from Labrador

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 2

It is pointed out in "The P.L.A. Monthly" for September that 400 years have elapsed since the birth of the discoverer, Martin Frobisher. He…

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