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Mining & the mines, 1935

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Mining Mechanics Stanford Main No. 2 Conference Held

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Mr. T. G. Moran (president) and Mr. H, 0. Morton (Secretary) of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, .together with a member of the Lodge,…

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Miners' Lodges Colliery Matters Officials Confer Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 10

Mr. J. Kellock, coce-president of the Northern Branch of the Miners' .Fed' oration, said last evening that he had been engaged on several conferences…

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Hebburn Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 2

Hebburn No, 1 worked again to-day. Hobbuin No. 2 was Idle. Both collieries have been working intermitently, and owing to the system in…

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New Guinea Rich Gold Yields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

Stories of fabulous wealth' on. the alluvial flats of the Bulolo River at Wan, In New, Guinea, have been brought to Queensland by Prank…

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PROPOSED [?] Surveyor Visits [?] Miners' Protest [?] WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 4

The District Surveyor (Mr. Barry), went to Weston to-day to minors' lodge representative [?] the construction of a new [?]…

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Mine Rescue Northern Stations the Officials Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

Appointments to the Northern Mines' Rescue Stations are announced, The Superintendent of the B.H.P. collieries (Mr. J. Jeffries) has been…

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Bankrupt Seeks Fortune Inland Left Court for Gold Lease

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 2

On Friday morning Clifford le Brun Brown was examined in Sydney Bankruptcy Court. In the afternoon he was driving a motor-lorry along the…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries were working to-day. Stanford Main was again idle…

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Bellbird Miners' Picnic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

Bellbird Miners' Lodge held their annual picnic on Sunday with a trip to Taronga. Glorious weather prevailed, and the excursion, which…

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Prospecting Allowance to Miners

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following communication from Hon. R. S. Vincent, Minister for Mines:—"With reference to your…

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Abermain Mines Rescue Station. Committee Appointed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 5

General satisfaction has been expressed with the appointment of representatives to the Northern Rescue Station…

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Busy Coal Trade Improvement in Cessnock District

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

The coal trade seems to have taken a decided change for the better. The figures show that only once in five years was the quantity shipped at…

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Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge. Mr. W. E. Jaeger Nominated As Representative in Forthcoming Hospital Ballot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge, which was lield in the Sehol of Arts Supper, room on Thursday night last, Mr. W. E…

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Northern Miners Aggregate Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 4

The president of the Northern branch of the Minors Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) stated that, in accordance with the decision of the management…

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Stop Press Mine Deputies Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 7

An application for a variation of the Colliery Deputies Award for the Maitland district was made by the Maitland District Deputies'…

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Mine Deputies Award Applications To-day's Decision Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 1

Applications by the Northern Colliery Proprietors Association dud by the Newcastle Colliery Deputies. Association for new awards were to-day…

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Mine Strike Desire f to Resume, Pending Ballot Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 1

An official intimation that the miners who are strike desired to resume work pending a ballot to determine whether there should be a…

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lake road Letter to Tarro Shire Colliery Forecast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 4

A Forecast that stockington colliery would be developed into one of the largest miner in the south Maitland field was contained in a letter from…

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Stolen Gold Two Men Charged Aljce Springs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 8

Norman Crowther and Jacob Maurer were charged in the supreme court at Alice springs to-day with having stolen five lbs of gold, the property of…

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Oil From Coal Huge Output Forecast British Plant London, Feb 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 9

The "Daily Herald" says; "By mid[?] summer the petrol plant of imperial [?] hemical industries, Ltd., will be producing oil from coal at the rate of 30…

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