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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Demand For Coal. Great Improvement in Trade. Views of Mining Company's Chairman

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

The report of the chairman of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company should be of great interest to all mine employees in this district. There is no doubt that there has been a great recovery in the coal trade on the South Maitland coalfield, and…

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Service for Paxton Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

The motor body building department of Rover Motors are to be congratulated on the excellence of their latest product…

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Oversea Coal Trade. Shipments Increase

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

Returns for 1937 released yesterday by the Sub-collector of Customs at Newcastle (Mr. T. D. Carroll) illustrate the…

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Wharfmen Supported Miners and Handling of War Material

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to congratulate the waterside workers an their refusal to load into ships…

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Coal Exports a Better Year NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

Exports and interstate transfers of coal from Newcastle during 1937 totalled 2,959,773 tons, valued at £2,495,302, compared with 2,662,382 tons…

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Miners' Council Asks Mr Lang to Resign Wide Dissatisfaction

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation on Wednesday night set out its case in regard to the official organ of the party and called…

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"Labor Daily" Debenture Fund Grows Miners Grant £5000 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 5

Trades Hall leaders state that they are now confident of raising more than £15,000 to meet Mr. J. T. Lang's "Labor Daily" debenture of £13,764, plus…

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Mr. Lang's Debenture Unions Subscribe £13,000 Towards Discharge. £5000 Prom Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

It was announced in Sydney last night that unions to date had subscribed more than £13,000 towards the discharge of…

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The "Labor Daily" and the Miners Federation Claims It Placed £65,020 in Company. Central Council Criticises Mr. Lang

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 6

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, at a meeting in Sydney, on Wednesday, set out its case in regard to the…

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Coal Trade Newcastle Shipments NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

Shipments of coal, including those to coastal ports, from the cranes at Carrington in the week that began on January 28 and ended on February…

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Balance of £13,957 Miners' Federation SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 6

The annual report and balance-sheet which was placed before the Central Council of the Miners' Federation, disclosed a cash balance of £13,957…

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Five Killed Nickel Mine Tragedy SUDBURY, February 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 1

Five miners were killed and 12 injured when a hoist carrying 20 men at the International Nickel Company's mine struck a protruding rock in the…

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All Dairy Breeds Challenge Gold Cup

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 3

In anticipation that the all dairy breeds group prize which will be competed for at the forthcoming Royal Easter Show and 150th anniversary exhibition, for which…

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Millfield Colliery Resumes Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

Millfield Colliery, which had been idle since Tuesday of last week, as a result of a dispute about the payment of water…

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Better Conditions Miners' Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 7

The Miners' Federation at its meeting in Sydney decided to instruct the central executive of the federation to convene an Australian wide…

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Better Conditions for Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

The Miners' Federation yesterday decided to instruct the central executive of the federation to convene an…

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Finger Severed Accident at Colliery CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

William Duffin, 36, a resident of the Cessnock Hotel, employed as a miner af Aberdare Colliery, had the index finger of his right hand severed when…

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Miners Vote £100 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

The Miners' Federation decided to subscribe £100 to the strike fund of employees of Lysaght's Newcastle Works…

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Motor Failure Mine Output Affected CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

A proposal to lengthen the hours of haulage at Aberdare Central Colliery is being considered with a view of obviating the retrenchment of the 72…

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Lysaght's Strike Miners Favour Support Tariff Question Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 7

Aberdare Central and Stanford Main Ko. 2 Miners' Lodges have decided to make recommendations to the Northern Miners' Board of Management that…

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