Selling Price of Coal. Councils Supports Stabilisation Proposal
At its meeting on Tuesday night Cessnock Municipal Council decided to support the suggestion put forward by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
1,318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 66
Common Action Agreed Upon Decision of Mining Unions. Claim for Shorter Hours
At a conference, of representatives of unions with members engaged in the coal-mining industry, in Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Breach Manager Fined
In the Summons division of the Newcastle Police Court, Septimus Powers, manager of the B.H.P. Co's John Darling Colliery, was fined £1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Busy Week Newcastle Coal Exports NEWCASTLE
Increased activity marked the export coal trade at Newcastle during the week, shipments totalling 61,246 tons, compared with 54,466 tons, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mines Work for Fortnight
Details of work at the mines during the fortnight, as furnished hy the shipping agents in Newcastle, are as follow:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Coming Struggle
IN TO-DAY'S ISSUE there is an article on the activities of the Kurri "Young Citizens' League." Whilst one cannot help feeling grateful to the fine committee of Kurri for the magnificent work that is being done, one cannot help alsooo wondering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awards for Miners
NOT SINCE THE BELLBIRD DISASTER has any miner received a reward from the Royal Humane Society for gallant rescue work underground. A couple of years ago the Kurri Coroner, Mr. A. W. Johns,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Credit Plans
Officials of the Miners' Federation claimed, in Sydney last nighty that business people on the coalfields would not suffer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charity Cup Soccer Paxton Colliery Defeat Greta
A poor crowd saw Paxton Colliery defeat Greta by 7 goals to in the Cessnock Hospital Clarity Cup competition, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Exports Newcastle
Improved exports of coal from Newcastle are shown front the handing of 1,829,935 tons at the Railway Department's crimes at Carrington for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Rush in Victoria
A mild gold rush to Woodfield Station, near Bonnie Doon (Vic), on the Mansfield line, has followed the discovery last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Strike in Victoria
A mild gold rush to Woodfield Station, near Bonnie Doon, on the Mansfield line, Victoria, has followed the discovery last week of a promising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft Charge Took Coal from Waggon NEWCASTLE
Nine mouths out of work, having a wife and one child, Reginald Thomas Smith (21), shop assistant, climbed on to a waggon from which he put…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ascania Ashore Valuable Cargo of Gold QUEBEC. July 5
The Cuuard While Star liner Ascanla is hard aground on Big Island, in the St. Lawrence River, close to the spot where the Empress of Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Seekers Strike Trouble Over Gold Bonus MELBOURNE
Forty prospectors are on strike at Woodfield Station, near Bonnie Doon, where gold was found last week. The owner of the land, Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fall of Coal Cessnock
Two miners were injured in Cessnock colliery to-day. Eric Day (36), of Paxton, suffered a probable fractured left arm when struck by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Shipments Bullock Island Details
The return of coal loading at Bullock Island for the halt year ended June 30 has been made available by the Berthing Master (Mr. E. W…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lightning Causes Mine Explosion VANCOUVER. July 6
Lightning caused an explosion of gas 9300 feet underground in the mountain coal mine at Michel, British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdare Colliery Resumes
Aberdare Colliery was idle yesterday owing to the management refusing to put a trapper on a door in a section leading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Exports Newcastle
Exports of coal from Newcastle in June amounted to 245,213 tons, valued at £207,305. In May the total was 277,752 tons and tlio value £236,…
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