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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Paxton Colliery Mining Mechanics' Grievance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

Yesterday the secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics (Mr. H. C. Morton) discussed with the manager of…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

What with the holidays and stoppages due to disputed, the northern collieries worked very intermittently during the past…

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The Aberdare Collieries Two Resume Work But Extended Came Home

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

The three Aberdare colliers—The Shaft, Extended, and Central—were idle yesterday for the purpose of attending an…

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Gold Yield Australian Figures CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

Gold production in Australia in November was 128,138 fine ounces, valued at £A.1,108,434. This is a record output in any one month for the past 10…

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Circular Letter to Labor Politicians Conference with Miners' Officials. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

A circular letter has been sent to all Labor members representing mining constituencies in State and Federal Parliaments inviting them to…

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ABERMAIN No. 2 Plans to Re-open Mine CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

The management of Abermain No. 2 colliery on Tuesday informed officers of the lodge, Messrs. D. Seddon (president), A. Johnson (secretary)…

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Rain Hampers Training at Randwick Brown Baroness and Gold Rod Visit Rosebery SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 7

Training operations at Randwick this morning were hampered somewhat by heavy rain, and some of the regular Randwick workers were taken to Rosebery. Brown Baroness and Gold Rod were put through their paces…

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Gold Yield

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Gold produced in Australia in 11 months to the end of November totaled 1,241,557 ounces, worth £10,788,772 an increase in value of £1,675,371…

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Mine Accident Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

Struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Extended colliery to-day, Richard Jackson, 54, a miner, of Allaudale-road, Cessnock, suffered injuries to…

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Discovery of Gold

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

With the exception of the troubles which followed the discovery of gold at various periods and at various centres from 1851 onwards, which led…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery Resumes Work Management Gives Warning

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

Aberdare Extended, which was idle on Tuesday, Wednesday, and yesterday owing to a dispute concerning the payment of water money…

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To Be Re-opened Abermain No. 2 Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

Considerable interest is centred in the [?] that Abermain No. 2 Colliery, which was closed down about 20 months ago…

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Lighting Services Restored at Bellbird. Colliery Resumes Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

Last night saw a restoration of the lighting services at Bellbird, which township had been in darkness for a…

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Back to Work Aberdare Extended Mine Petty Stoppages Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Aberdare Extended Colliery, which was idle for the past three days due to petty disputes, resumed to-day. On each occasion that the mine…

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N.Z. COAL Plea for Protection Too Much Imported Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

A plea for the protection of the Dominion coal industry has been made by the president of the New Zealand Coal Miners' Association, Mr. C…

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Coal Company's Profit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 8

The Newcastle wallsend Coal Company reports a nett profit of £10,000 for the year ended December 31, compared with £7500 for the previous year and £6250…

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Mine Accidents Four Men Injured CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 7

Four colliery employees were admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-day as the result of accidents in the mines in which they were employed…

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Gold Prospector's End a Tragic Journey

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 1

A message from Mount Isa reveals tragic circumstances in the death of Hans Zesrwan, 76, in the M'Arthur River area, Northern Territory…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 3

Albert Beckett, 37, of Church-street, Cessnock, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, slipped while walking to his working…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

Davi Kerr, 28, of Marlton-street, Cessnock, a road-layer employed at Ellington Colliery, sustained a fracture of the left…

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