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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

1,124 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 57

ENGINEDRIVERS Aggregate Meetings Mines Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 7

Coal mines throughout the State were Idle to-day to enable the executive of the Federated Enginedrlvere and Firemen's…

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Dispute Over Miners' Safety Lamps Branxton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 2

A meeting of the miners employed at Maitland Extended Collieries No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the Rothbury Estate, where a dispute concerning the…

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July Figures Production of Gold CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 8

Figures made available by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) disclosed that the gold production for July amounted to 112,891 fine…

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Six-hour Day Mines Mechanisation To-day's Conference Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 7

The convention of lodge delegates and the executive of the Miners' Federation on the mechanisation of mines question opened…

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Singleton's Platform Was No Gold-mine

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 6

Mr. T. J. Hartigan, Commissioner for Railways, at a banquet in his honour the other night told of an amusing sidelight in connection with…

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Gold Rod or Ash Stick

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 2

(Many punters who looked upon Gold Rod as easy money at Handwick on Saturday last would have liked to have used…

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No Coal Strike Men Accept New Award

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 6

The threatened trouble in the coal mining industry has been averted by the acceptance on Wednesday by mass meetings of…

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Back From Wilds Woman Gold Miner SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 1

Years of liard work in the wilds of Now Guinea in search of gold have been temporarily forgotten by Mrs. Harper, of Manly…

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Surprise for Miners Employers' Firm Stand at Rothbury Branxton

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 6

It was quite evident that mineowners are determined not to give in to the miners in regard to recent disputes at Rothbury, when…

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B.H.P. Mines Mechanisation Issue. Matter Referred to Central Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 3

A conference, at which 50 Northern miners' lodges were represented, was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall…

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Gold Rod Should Win. Engaged in Camalia Stakes. King's Mead Hardest to Beat. Genetout and Disalto Will Also Run Well

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 2

A field of sixteen have, accepted for the Gamelin Stokes at Rosehill to-morrow. Gold Rod a failure when…

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Gold Rod Has Every Chance of Atoning for Tatt's Defeat Rosehill Races Guineas at Mercy of Ajax? Lough Neagh in Stakes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 9

Indications are that punters will do much better at Rosehill on Saturday than they did at Randwick the previous week. Gold Rod is expected to prove the best of good things in the Camellia Stakes. Ajax appears to have a mortgage on the…

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Kothbur Mines Employees' Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1937 · page 1

The employees of Maitland Extended Collieries at Rothbury have decided to offer themselves for work on Monday, and to use the lamps, which were the…

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Men Rebuffed Rothbury Small Mines ROTHBURY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 5

As was decided at the meeting of the Small Mines' Association on Friday afternoon, the men employed at the Maitland Extended mies on the Rothbury estate…

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40-Hours Week Workers Displaced Coal Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 8

During the debate in the House of Representatives on the Supply Bill, the member for Hunter (Mr. R. James) appealed to the…

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Cessnock Five Charged Aberdare Mine Cases an Adjournment Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 2

Further adjournment, till September 27 was granted by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the Cessnock Court to-day for the hearing of the cases in…

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Two Mines Idle Aberdare and Stanford No. 2. CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 5

The action of miners in walking of the pit top while wheelers were discussing a dispute caused the Aberdare colliery to be idle to-day…

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Latest Developments at Rothbury Men Refused Re-admittance to Mines Branxton

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 2

As was decided at the meeting of the Small Mines' Association on Friday, the men employed at the Maitland (Extended) mines on the…

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Bellbird Colliery Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 3

Bellbird Colliery was idle to day owing to a dispute between the miners and the mechanics…

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Aberdare Colliery Work Resumed To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 2

Aberdare Colliery was idle yesterday While wheelers were discussing, at the pit top a claim for time lost when a road…

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