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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Old From Coal Coy. Registered SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 7

An important move in the extraction of oil coal has been made with the registration of Coal-Perol Pty., Ltd., which has been registered in…

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Letters to the Editor. Miners and Seamen (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 6

Sir,—I would like a little space to comment on the recent aggregate meeting held in Kurri. I do not wish to discuss whether…

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Echo of Fatality at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery. Suggestion That Electric Torches Be Used to Examine High Places

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

At Cessnock Courthouse to-day the Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) conducted en inquiry into the circumstances…

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Inspected Urges Greater Attention in Mines ector Possible Falls Inquiry at Cessnock Miner's Death Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 7

The necessity for the use of torches for inspecting high places was stressed at the Cessnock Courthouse to-day, when the…

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Hebburn Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

Hebburn No. 1 and 2 collieries again worked to-day, although they were idle, some of the days during the week owing to shortages of waggons News…

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Miners Hurt At Hebburn No. 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

James Greig, 53, Fourth-street, Weston, a miner employed in Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, was admitted to the Kurri Kurri Hospital, suffering from injuries…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 7

Pelaw Main colliery and Richmond Main were idle to-day, probably owing to transport difficulties…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 3

Owing to the aggregate meetings having interruted operations the maximum working time at the collieries for the fortnight, to be drawn on…

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Miners Resume Wallarah Colliery NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 5

Although miners at Wallarah colliery resumed work after the strike which they called ten days a in sympathy with the striking seamen, It is…

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Colliery Fire Timbering Alight NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 10

An outbreak of fire caused considerable damage last night to heavy boring forming the remains of the screen buildings and surface…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

The aggregate meetings interrupted operations on the Northern Coalfields immediately following the general on January 6…

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For Unemployed Miners' Medical Contributions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

At a conference at Cessnock last night between representatives of the medical profession, unemployed, and miners' lodges,…

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Wallarah Miners to Resume Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 5

At a meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge at Catherine Hill Bay on Sunday, it was decided that the men should offer to resume work…

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Miners' Leadership (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 5

Sir,—How much longer are the members of the Miners' Federation going to be fooled by their leaders? Messrs. Orr and Nelson were…

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Gold Yield Queensland Figures BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

The gold output of Queensland for December was 10,356 fine ounces, valued at £43,930, carrying the present approximate total for the year to…

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Weight in Gold Aga Khan's Gift Golden Jubilee London, January 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 10

In one ceremony in connection with the celebration of his golden jubilee to-day, the Aga Khan seated himself in one side of a huge pair of scales…

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Killed in the Mine

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 2

Albert Lindsley, aged 44, a minor, was killed almost instantly by a fall of stone in the Maitland Extended No. 4 Colliery, on the Rothbury estate, near…

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Fall of Stone in Colliery Two Men Killed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 2

Crushed under a fall of stone at the Southern Cross colliery Ipswich (Q.), to-day, Gilbert Burren, of Silkstone, and David Bertram, of Booval, were…

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Mine Accidents Two Men in Hospital CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal in the Elrington Colliery to-day, John Crich (52), of Greta-st., Aberdare, sustained injuries to the right arm, right leg…

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Gave His Weight in Gold London, Monday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

In one ceremony in connection with the celebration of his golden jubilee yesterday, the Aga Khan seated himself in one side of a huge-pair of scales…

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