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Mining & the mines, 1938

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Mine Mechanics Dispute at Wallarah Hexham Loading

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 1

Mr. H. C. Morton, General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics Association, together with Messrs. A. Cowie and. K. Collis…

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Miners Go Home Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 9

After the suspension of 14 miners in No. 20 shaft at Wonthaggi, all men employed in that shaft went home. It Is feared that the dispute will…

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Sequel to Five Year Old Robbery. Hebburn Colliery Safe Found

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 5

There was a sequel to the unsolved mystery of the burglary of a safe from Hebburn No. 1 Colliery on August 26,…

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"Price Still Inadequate." Coal Company Director's View

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 5

Although there had been a substantial increase in the output of coal, prices realised were still inadequate to provide a…

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The Miners' (?) Paper and the Elections. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

Sir,—It is evident that "the miners' (?), paper", ("The Labour Daily") is now perturbed at the remarkable success…

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Price of Coal "Not Yet Sufficient" Owners' Opinion Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

Despite an appreciable increase in the output of coal prices realised were still inadequate to provide a return on capital invested, said the Chairman…

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Polo Teams Gold Cup Matches. Skene and Two Ashtons Missing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6

Judging by the personnel of some of the teams, this year's struggle in Sydney next month for the Australasian Gold Polo Cup, should produce…

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Coal Trade Decrease in Exports NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 4

Coal exports during the week totalled 48,185 tons, compared with 50,670 the previous week and 41,176 tons for the corresponding period last year. It…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 3

Particulars of work at Hie mines during tho fortnight, as furnished by the shipping agents in Newcastle, are Aberdare Extended, Cessnock,…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 3

Ernest Seymour, 37, of Kitchener, a wheeler employed at Aberdare Central colliery, was struck by a haulage rope…

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Queensland Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

Queensland gold yield for the first. two months of 1938 was 21,078oz fine, an increase of 3691oz fine compared with two months of 1937…

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Two Idle Kurri District Mines CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 6

A complaint by sidlers regarding the condition of the roads underground caused a loss of half a day's work at Aberdare Central Colliery yesterday…

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Historical Crimes the Murder of Mr. Gold

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4

On a cold afternoon in January, a young man called at the London office of an editor to make enquiries of some manuscript he had sent in. He had been rather persistent in his calls, but, being quite unknown in literary circles, had received…

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Pillar Working Caledonian Collieries CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 7

A report on the conference held in Newcastle on Wednesday with the Superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd. (Mr. N. J. Clark), the…

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Kurri Mines Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 10

Richmond Colliery, which was idle on Monday and again yesterday, owing Co slackness of trade, and Pelaw Main colliery, which closed down yesterday…

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Mines at Work Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 1

The three mines, Pelaw Main. Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1, were all working to-day…

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RAVENSWORTH Liddel Colliery Trouble RAVENSWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 10

A meeting was held at Liddel Colliery recently, and a long discussion took place between a section of the miners employed and the…

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Mine Accident Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 7

Edward Kcough, 14, of Aberdare-street, Weston, received an incised wound to his head and arm while at work at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery…

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Men Killed Earth Falls in Mine BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

Kevin Johnson, 21, and Frederick Winters, 22, were killed when they were burled beneath a fall of earth from a chute at Mt. Morgan mine…

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Coal Exports Figures for Newcastle NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Coal shipments from Newcastle last month totalled 328,863 tons—the second largest monthly exportation in the last 10 years. The record was made…

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