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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

1,055 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 53

Coal Supplies Electricity Dept. Six Months Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 October 1935 · page 10

Despite the fact that the electricity committee of the City Council had recommended acceptance of tenders for 12 months' supply of coal—329,400…

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Rich Gold Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 8

A daring Japanese prospector believes he has discovered in the Khingan Mountains of Manchukue gold deposits of a value of 5,000,000,000…

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Mine Mechanics South Coast Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 2

Mr, H, C, Morton, general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, with Mr, C, W. Laing, secretary of the South Coast…

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Struck by Coal Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 7

Mr, G. Perris, secretary of Hobburn No, 1 Miners' Lodge, receive a painful injury while following his occupation as a miner, Coal burst from the…

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Mechanisation of Collieries Miners Seek Lower Hours

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 6

After a letter from the Miners' Federation on the question of the mechanisation of collieries was read at a meeting of the Lithgow Municipal…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries worked to-day. It was the fort-nightly pay day. Richmond…

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Miners Evade Payment

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 3

To miners barely malting rations the payment of a fee of £12 per annum was an impossibility, and there is no doubt that many did try to evade…

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Mine Mechanics Bellbird Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 7

The president, Mr. T. G. Moran, and the general secretary, Mr. H. C. Morton, of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, together with…

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Price of Gold

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 3

A leading figure in the Australian mining world, Mr. C. De Bernales, who reached Fremantle on Tuesday, said there were grounds for…

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B.h.p. Company and Mechanised Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 9

Replying to a question asked by Mr. R. James, M.H.R., at Canberra on Wednesday, the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) said that he had…

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Dredging for Gold Menace to Landholders

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 1

"Dredging operations for gold under existing conditions are destroying a national assets, besides being grossly unfair, to numbers of individual…

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Oil From Coal Billingham-on-Tees Plant

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 10

When Mr. Ramsay MacDonald opens the new coal oil plant of Imperial Chemical Industries at Billingham-on-Tees (Eng.) next…

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Coal Exports Nine Months' Figures NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 8

Figures released by the Sub-Collector of Customs at Newcastle (Mr. J. H. Wallace) show that 1,814,726 tons of coal, valued at £1,519,088, left…

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Kurri Protest Mines Mechanisation "Not Progress" (Contributed.) Kurri, Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 2

A conference called by the Miners' Federation Inviting all bodies to attend to deal with the question of mechanisation of…

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Coal Trade Export for Week NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 2

The quantity of coal, including bunkers shipped from Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 52,800 tons, of which 5360 tons…

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Coal Industry Co-ordination Plans Sale of Product London, Nov. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 1

The Central Council of the Colliery Owners' Association has informed the Secretary for Mines that a defluite undertaking can be given on its…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 7

Pelaw Main Colliery worked to-day. Richmond Main was idle…

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Mine Explosion Police Investigating NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 1

Police are investigating an explosion which occurred at South Pacific colliery, Fassifern, at the week-end. On Saturday morning it was found…

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WESTON Hebburn No. 1 Colliery Manager Met Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 4

Representatives of Hebburn No. 1, Mr. G. Perris (secretary), Mr. G. W. S. Grant (president), and Mr. J. Garret (wheelers' representatives), met…

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Coal Industry Mechanisation Move Mr. James's Speech

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 3

Mr. Lyons: On 17th October the honourable, member for Hunter (Mr. James, asked me the following questions, upon notice:…

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