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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Fines to Be Imposed to Prevent Petty Stoppages. Aberdare Miners' Lodge Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 3

After considering the management's ultimatum, members of the Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge, at a meeting…

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Pelton Miners' "Go Slow" Strike Wheelers Walk Off Job As Protest. Compensation Issue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 3

As a sequel to the Pelton miners' "go stow" strike, wheelers employed at that colliery walked off the…

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Murray Court Selected. Expected to Win 14.2 Handicap. Sally Gold and Caroline Good Place Pets

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 6

It is a long time since so many good ponies as those which have accepted for V.P. to-morrow have been seen in…

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Miners Slow Up Production High Earnings Stop Compensation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 2

Miners at the Pelton Colliery earn so much money that they render themselves ineligible for benefits under the Workers'…

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Three Mines Idle Slackness of Trade CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

Three mines on the Cessnock Held were Idle to-day duo to Blackness of trade. They were Stanford Main No. 2, Millfield and Neath. Stanford Main…

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Walked Off. Miners at Aberdare Wheeling Dispute Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

When miners at Aberdare colliery walked off the pit top this morning after wheelers had prevented a start being made while they discussed a…

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Safety Helmet Saved Miner's Life Fall of Coal Abermain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 1

The fact that he was wearing a safety helmet saved Harold McGrath, 45, a miner, of Maitland-street, Abermain, from severe head injuries and…

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Neath Colliery at Work Again

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

Neath Colliery, which was idle three days this week owing to stackness of trade, resumed work to-day…

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Aberdare Colliery Idle Dispute Concerning Horses

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

At Aberdare Colliery yesterday morning the wheelers protested about the condition of some of the horses…

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Northern Miners Proposed Aggregate Meetings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

The District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare), in reply to an inquiry on Tuesday, said that no…

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Big Gold Yield SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 10

Australia produced [?] gold last year than in year since 1917. The [?] for the 12 months w[?]…

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A Hitch Roster at Central Mine Idle Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 6

A hitch in the working of tho roster drawn, up by the lodge to obviate the retrenchment of men cavilled out through the breakdown of the…

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Ajax to Win Newmarket Handicap Gold Rod Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 11

Although attempting to do what no three-year-old colt has done for the last 50 years, Ajax is a super horse and…

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Coal Exports a Substantial Increase NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

Coal shipments interstate and over-seas this week totalled 62.400 tons, compared with 46,694 last week. The Victorian trade diminished slightly,…

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N.S.W. GOLD Yield for January SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 3

The Department of Mines states that the production of native gold in New South Wales for January was estimated at 5377.85 ounces fine,…

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Two Injured Accidents at Collieries CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

Struck by a fall of coal at Ellington Colliery to-day, John Kausmanen, 48, a miner, of Ashest., Cessnock, suffered extensive lacerations to the right…

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The Mines Work for Fortnight

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

Four of the mines of the J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries group lost more than half the available working time during the…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

Richard Jones, 40, of Kitchener, who is employed as a miner at Aberdare Central colliery, received a laceration to…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 8

Four of the mines of the J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries group lost more than half the available…

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Northern Miners, Federation Aggregate Meetings on

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 2

Aggregate meetings at the Northern Miners' Federation, to be held on Sunday, are likely to lead to a crisis, as the result of the presence of rival…

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