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Mining & the mines, 1935

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Obituary Link with Local Mining Dead

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 9

Mr. Louis Weichert died in the Cessnock Hospital last night, where he had been an inmate for nearly a week. The…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Friday, November 22, 1935. Oil From Coal and Shale

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 3

BEYOND an assurance by the Federal Government that it will act in co-operation with the States when it is proved that the extraction of oil from coal and shale can become an economic proposition, very little progress has been made in Australia…

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State Government Should Establish Coal-oil Works Federal Government Has Dilly-Dallyied Too Long

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 7

WHEN MR. F. H. HAWKINS, Labour member for Newcastle, expressed the opinion, in the Legislative Assembly the other day that the Federal Government was merely procrastinating with the question of the development of the oil from coal…

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Coal Trade Newcastle Shipments Busier Week Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 10

The quantity of coal, including bunker's, shipped from Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 66,083 tons, of which 5477 tons…

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Gold Yield £1,500,000 a Week South Africa Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 10

Sir George Elliot, who was a passenger on the Themistocles, which arrived yesterday, said the boom in South Africa was due to the high…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1935 · page 6

Both Hebburn Collieries worked to day, During the last fortnight each has worked eleven days…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1935 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries worked to-day…

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The Mines Full Time at Hebburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1935 · page 4

The Hebburn mines worked full time for the fortnight, and four of the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., had 10 days…

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Northern Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 3

The Northern Collieries' Association has agreed to confer with representatives of the Miners' Federation to discuss…

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Work at Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 6

Five mines worked full time (11 days) during the fortnight ended on Saturday last. Details of the workings for the…

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Bellbird Miners Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 6

Nominations for positions to the Bellbird Miners' Lodge are as follow:—President, W. Robertson; secretary, S. Russell, J. Self, P. Jeffries,…

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The Mines. Increased Employment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 3

As a result of increased trade fifteen employees were added to the pay-roll yesterday at the local coal mines. Seven of the men were, engaged at St…

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Coal Trade Brisk Heavy Loadings at Cranes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 3

According to figures issued yesterday by the Berthing Master (Mr. E. Keats), coal loadings at the cranes at Carrington for the week ended…

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Oil From Coal Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 November 1935 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, stated in the Legislative Assembly to-day that experiments made in regard to the extraction of oil from…

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Coal Trade Brisk Heavy Loadings at Cranes

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 November 1935 · page 1

Coal loadings at the cranes at Carrington for the week ended November 23 totalled 89,731 tons, the biggest, quantity to be loaded into vessels since…

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WESTON Hebburn No. 1 Miners Lodge Meeting Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 November 1935 · page 5

A report on the conference with the Miners' Federation, at which Hebburn No. 1 miners were readmitted to the federation was given at a meeting of…

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Miners' Officers Ballot Declared SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1935 · page 4

The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) and the general secretary (Mr. W. Orr) have been re-elected…

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State Mine Deficit Last Year SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1935 · page 9

The report of the board which controls the Lithgow State coal mine, tabled in Parliament showed that the saleable output produced from the…

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Oil From Coal On Commercial Basis Promising Results Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1935 · page 8

Mr, B. S. B. Stevens, the Premier, announced, in the Legislative Assembly that experiments made in the extraction of oil from coal…

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Rich Deposits Arltunga Goldfield Report of Survey Canberra, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1935 · page 4

Rich deposits of gold have been discovered at Arltunga, in Central Australia according to the tabled report of the committee directing the…

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