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Mining & the mines, 1936

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Letters to the Editor. Miners' Federation (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 5

Sir,—Now that the voting for General Secretaryship of the Miners' Union is over I may be able, without being accused of electioneering to…

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Seniority Rule Mining Mechanics Lodge Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 6

The position that arose at Central Aberdare Colliery, in regard to the employment of a bricklayer was discussed at a meeting of the…

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Modern Gold Digger Enjoys Radio and Morning Shower

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 6

If gold prospectors have shades, the mighty battalion of bygone days that hover around the diggings at Ballarat must have been intrigued on a…

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Small Mines Question. Aggregate Meeting at Cessnock. Boycott Proposals Approved

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 3

Aggregate meetings, convened for the purpose of discussing the small mines question, were held at various…

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Central Mine To Resume To-morrow Fillip to Business Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 8

After being idle for about five months, owing to the dispute over the introduction of an electrical coal-cutting machine into the mine, the…

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Air Fr[?] in Canada. Important Part in Mining Development

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

At no place in the world to-day is the aeroplane playing so integral a part in mining development as it is in the Canadian…

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Poponaise Selected for Daceyville Mile Point Blanc and Gold Digger Must Run Well

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 6

Poponaise ran well enough in the Clyde Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday to suggest that it would not be long…

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Gold Digger Modern Comforts RADIO—SHOWER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1936 · page 5

If gold prospectors have shades, the mighty battalion of bygone days that hover around the diggings' at Ballarat must have been intrigued on a recent…

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Northern Miners Federation Officials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1936 · page 5

The following have been nominated by Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge to contest the positions for the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries worked. to-day…

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Small Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

AFTER SURVEYING the reports of the aggregate meetings, one is forced to the conclusion that at the Kurri meeting the most important questions were put to the speakers. Mr. Perris, of Hebburn Miners' Lodge, asked why the Board…

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Pelton Miners' Lodge Mr. T. Burke Again President

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

Mr. T. Burke has been re-elected, unopposed, to the position of President of Pelton Miners' Lodge. Mr. J. Roddenby…

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ABERMAIN No. 2 MINERS Appeal for Xmas Relief Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

Cr. A. Johnson, who is secretary of Abermain No. 2 Miners' Lodge, when in Sydney on a Kearsley Shire deputation last…

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Modern Gold Digger Enjoys Radio and Morning Shower

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

If gold projectors have shades, the mighty battalion of bygone clays that hover around the diggings at Ballarat must have been intrigued on a recent…

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Air Freighting in Canada. Important Part in Mining Development

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 4

At no place in the world to-day is the aeroplane playing so important a part in mining development as it is in the Canadian North. The manner…

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Hebburn Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 6

Hebburn No. 1 and 2 collieries worked again to-day…

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Coal-mining Industry "Less Publicity the Better"

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

That publicity is not in, the best interests of the coalmining industry, was the view expressed by Mr S. M'Kensey, superintendent of Hebburh…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 8

Ric[?] Main and Pelaw Main [?]ries worked to-day…

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Overtime Claim South Bulli Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

The president of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, Mr. T. G. Moran, and the secretary, Mr. H. C. Morton, will attend Sydney on Friday next,…

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Coal Prices Stabilisation Move SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 7

Important coal owners of the State are actively concerned in an attempt now being made to stabllise the selling price of coal at a figure which…

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