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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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Rebels Sink Freighter in French Waters English Coal Breach of Territorial Rights £30,000 Cargo Lost London, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 1

The Spanish steamer, Mar Caspio (3800 tons), from Newcastle-on-Tyne, with coal for a French factory at Bayonne went ashore after it had been shelled by insurgent…

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Oil From Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 2

Addressing a meeting at East Greta[?] Mr. R. James M.H.R., re[?] to the oil from coal question. He said he felt he must pay a tribute…

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Mine Tragedy CAPETOWN. March 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 1

Thirty-four natives find one European were trapped like rats and drowned to-day when a hauling cage in which…

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C.w.a. Affairs Preparations for "Blue and Gold" Ball

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 2

In the absence of the President (Mrs P. Stacy), Mrs A. S. Pankhurst (Vice-President) presided over the monthly meeting of the…

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Hebburn Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 12

Hobburn No. 1 and No. 2 mines worked again to-day…

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The Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 7

Richmond Main and Pelaw Main Collieries worked to-day…

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Coal Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 5

Exports of coal from Newcastle during last week totalled 52,135 tons compared with 35,625 tons for the previous week. The quantity of coal…

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Record Coal Shipment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 2

For the third su[?] year Riyth coal shipments have created a new record, reaching 6,750,000 tons in 1936…

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ADJOURNED Coal Weighing Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 12

By consent of the parties, the part heard cause in which Frank Reid, of East Maitland, is charged with having at [?] Colliery failed to weight coal…

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Weighing Coal Alleged Breach Ibon Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

A denial of the evidence of the prosecution that he had not truly weighed the coal was made by the defendant, Frank Reid, of East…

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Elrington Colliery Dispute

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 5

Ellington Colliery was idle yesterday following a dispute about the promotion of men on to the coal. Elrington miners'…

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Wontha[?]gi Mine Disaster Addresses at Inquiry Negligence Alleged Against Management

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

At the inquiry into the mine disaster yesterday the general manager of the mine and the assistant manager (MT. H. T. Johnson)…

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£33 in Fines Colliery Prosecutions Four Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

Fines and costs totaling £33/5/ were imposed upon Frank Reid, of East Maitland, by Mr. C.G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at west Maitland police court…

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Increased Production of Gold Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 9

The production of gold in Australia last year increased 27 percent in volume. In 1936, 1,169301 fine ounces were won ac…

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"NEGUGENCE" Finding At Inquiry Mine Disaster Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

The corenor's jury found that the 13 victims of an explosion at the State coal mine on February 15 were accidentally killed, and…

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Hedbuhn Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 2

Hobburn No.1 and No.2 colleries worked to-day…

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The Mines KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

Pelaw Main and Richmond Main Collieries worked to-day…

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Injured in Mine Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 2

Mr. G. price, star goal-keeper of the Kurri Kurri soccor team, tho is a resident of weston, was unable to play on saturday owing to injuries…

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Australia's Gold Production Trebled in Seven Years

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 2

Between the years 1920 and 1931 gold production in Australia nearly trebled. Revised estimates of gold produced in…

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Finding in Mine Explosion Inquiry "Negligence on Part of Management"

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 4

The Coroner's jury found on Friday that the 13 men who died in an explosion at the State coal mine on February 15 were accidentally killed, and that…

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