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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

1,055 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 53

A Nightmare Mechanisation in Mines Inquiry Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 4

The proposal of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company to have two vessels each of 8000 tons, constructed outside Australia, and the…

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Coal As Basic Product Uses of the Future

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 3

Speaking to the members of the Cessnock Business Men's Club on the occasion of their visit to the Steel…

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"Speeding Up Tactics Have Detrimental Effect on Men" Mr. Baddeley Comments on Coal Industry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 5

The speeding-up [?] employed in the industry have had a detrimental [?] on the men engaged in it [?] Mr. J. M. Baddeey, M.L.A…

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Millfield Mine Commissioner to Sit NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 4

Mr. M. Henweed, the State Councillation Commissioner, will sit at the Newcastle courthouse to-morrow to deal with the dispute at the Millfield…

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Coal Oil New British Plant LONDON, Oct. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 9

The Imperial Chemical industries plant, at Billingham-on-Tees, for mating petrol from coal, which can produce 150,000 tons a year, was opened…

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SPREADING Welsh Coal Strike Police Guards London, Oct. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 1

Two thousand miners in various Welsh pits are now employing the "stay down" tactics started by the miners…

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Deputies Win Millfield Colliery Union Claim Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 October 1935 · page 7

The Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. M. Kenwood, to-day granted the claim of the Deputies' Association that one of its members…

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A Climax Colliery Strike Fierce Fight London, Oct. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 October 1935 · page 1

The Welsh "Stay Down" strike reached a climax to-day with a fierce fight among the miners at the bottom of a…

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Coal Contracts Sydney City Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 10

Coal tenders to the value of £310,443/6/8 were accepted last Wednesday by the Electricity Committee of the City Council…

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Bellbird Miners Picnic. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 7

Sir,—Please grant me space in your paper to voice my opinion on the price at tickets charged to the outside public "not members of the…

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Welsh Miners' Strike Fight at Bottom of Pit. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 1

The "stay down" strike in South Wales reached its climax yesterday when a fierce battle of bare lists was fought in darkness at the bottom of a…

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Work for Families in Interior Goldfields As Small Men's Ventures

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 1

On his return from an aerial survey of the mineral areas of Queensland, Central Australia, and Western Australia, Sir Herbert Gepp stated on…

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Mine Mechanics Pending Conferences Kurri Kurri Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 4

Mr. H. Smith presided over meeting of the Kurri District members of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, held in the School of Arts,…

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"SIDE-STEPPING" Miners Federation Hebburn Lodge Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 12

The Executive of the Hebburn No. 1 Miners Lodge, Messrs. G. W. S. Grant (president), J. Eskine (Treasurer), and G. Perris (secretary), met…

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MINE-DISPUTE Stay-down Strikers Sick Men Sent Up. London, October 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 1

The delegates conference of the Minors' Federation, after prolonged discussion, adopted the recommendation of the National Executive that a…

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Back to Work Aberdare Central Mine CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 7

After being idle last Thursday and Friday over a dispute regarding the payment of shiftmen working in high and dangerous places, Aberdare…

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Hebburn Miners Expulsion Position Lodge Meeting Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 5

A requisition meeting of the Hebburn No. 1 Miners Lodge was held in the Weston School of Arts on Sunday, Mr. G. W. S…

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Mine Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 7

A conference was held at Richmond Main Colliery yesterday to consider matters arising out of the work of carpenters and skip-repairers. The…

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Bellbird Miners' Picnic. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 3

Sir,—"Boycott's letter [?] your issue of the 18th inst. re fares for above provides food for thought Further food is provided by the [?]…

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Pioneer's Memories. Wild Times With Bushrangers When Gold Was Won In Lumps

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 1

Mr. G. Burgess writes most entertainingly in "Molong Express" of the "good old days." Thrilling days they were, too, out west. Hearken:—…

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