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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

1,124 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 57

On Strike Two B.H.P. Collieries Men Determined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 7

The John Darling and Burwood Collieries, owned by the B.H.P., have been thrown idle indefinitely owing to an industrial dispute…

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Alleged Breaches of Regulations. Five Aberdare Colliery Employees Charged

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

The adjourned cases in which. John Williams, William Evans, Charles Fenwick, Daniel Dixon, and Archibald Sneddon…

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Gold Rod Shows Big Reversal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 6

Gold Rod, which put up an inglorious display in the Tramway Handicap at Randwick, gave an [?] together different display of…

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Rothbury Mines Some Men Called Up ROTHBURY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 7

Some of the men engaged at the Maitland Extended Minos, on the Rothbury Estate, have been recalled to work. Eight pairs of men have been…

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Scone Golf Club's Annual Tournament. Crean Gold Cup Won by W. McDONALD. Best Gross Score, G. R. Johnston. Many Good Cards Returned

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 1

The weather on Saturday last for the opening of the Scone Golf Club's annual tournament was anything but ideal for golf, as in…

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The Mines Assembly Question SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1937 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. L. Kilpatrick (U.C.P., Wagga asked the Premier if in view of repeated requests for work for…

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Fall of Coal Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1937 · page 7

Struck by a fall of coal in the Abermain Colliery, to-day, Peroival Grills, 47, a miner, of Melbourne-street, Abermain,' Buffered probable fractured ribs…

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Small Mines Dispute Some of the Men Called Up Branxton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 September 1937 · page 2

Some of the men engaged at the Maitland Extended Mines, on the Rothbury Estate, have been recalled to work. Eight pairs of men have been…

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Hetton Bellbird Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1937 · page 8

While Hetton Bellbird Coilleries Ltd. lost £3200 for year ended June 30 last, the directors regard this as and encouraging feature, compared with the…

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Mine Awards Suggested Evasion Assembly Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1937 · page 1

Mr. W. Davies (Labour, [?]awarra) asked the Minister for Labour and Industry in the Legislative Assembly to-day whether it was not a fact that…

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Gold Medals Scripture Examinations E.M. SUCCESSES

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1937 · page 6

The results of the annual examination held, in June last under the ausplces of the Yong People's Department of the Cougregational…

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Cessnock a Deadlock Stanford Main No. 2 Mine Miners Adamant Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 2

Because the management of the Stanford Main No, 2 colliery has decreed that the suspension imposed on a miner on Monday last shall remain…

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Cost of Commissions and Inquiries Police, Milk, and Mining

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

The first Royal Commission on allegations against the police relating to illicit betting cost the Government £16,865, said the Auditor-General in his…

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Newcastle Cup Is Open Race But Bradford Should Win en Newcastle i dford Should, Win Wayside for the Shorts Valbeau and Spear Gold Selected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 9

To-morrow's Newcastle Cup bears an open appearance, but the Metropolitan candidate, Bradford, appeals as the likely winner. He has won well at his last two starts, and as he…

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Coal Export 64,531 Tons for Week NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 September 1937 · page 10

Shipments of coal, including bunkers, from Newcastle to places beyond the State, totalled 64,531 tons, compared with 57,362 tons last week. In…

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Mine Reopened Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 5

Stanford No. 1, comery, which was closed down for approximately two and a half years, commenced work again this morning. Between 30 and 40 men…

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Maitland Extended Collieries New State of Affairs Branxton

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 2

A new state of affairs has been noticed in the dispute between the management and the men engaged at the five Maitland Extended collieries…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 8

Eleven northern mines worked ten days for the fortnight. Particulars, as furnished by the shipping agents in Newcastle on Saturday, are as…

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B.H.P. STRIKE Endorsed by Miners' Committee NEWCASTLE, Mondny

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 September 1937 · page 5

The strike at the B.H.P. mines, John Darling and Burwood collierles has been endorsed by the miners' committee of management, and is to continue…

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Breaches of Coal Mining Regulations Prosecutions at Cessnock Court. Five Aberdare Colliery Employees Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 3

Much interest was centred a case at Cessnock Court yesterday in which John Williams, William Evans, Charles…

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