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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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Northern Miners' Management Committee. Many Appeals Dealt With

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 6

At its meeting in Newcastle on Wednesday the Northern Committee of Management of the Miners' Federation dealt…

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Mines Inquiry Evidence At Maitland Case for Deputies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 2

The evidence being taken in Maitland by the Health and Safety In Mines Commission was concluded yesterday afternoon…

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Cooranga for Gold Cup Just Touched Off Last Start. Allunga and Sedunum Likely Place-fillers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 7

Many of the candidates for the City Tatt's Gold Cup tomorrow will be solidly supported, and the event, on paper,…

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Laracy's Pot of Gold (All Rights Reserved.) CHAPTER 2 (Continued). a Change of Heart for a Rogue

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

There came to the man in hiding the sounds of many feet tramping about the little rooms, at one time parently only a plank between. Then…

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Bellbird Mine Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 7

Rellbird colliery, which lias been idle for a weelt, will resume on Monday. The dispute was a domestic one over…

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The Gift of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 3

No need to roam the wide world o'er, Nor journey to the rainbow's end; I found it by my very door That Rift of gold the fairies send…

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Coal Trade Exports From Newcastle Big Improvement Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 2

A big increase was shown In the coal exports from Newcastle during the week. Oversea and interstate transfers totalled 66,628 tons,…

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Safety in Collieries Commission Sits in Sydney Eye Troubles Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 5

Evidence regarding nystagmus among miners was given Safety and Health Commission Dr. Albert Tange Dunlop, Bachelor…

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More Gold for U.S.A. LONDON, April 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

A further £19.500.000 in gold left for American on Friday. Little is British most of it going from the Continent for sanctuary…

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Politicians and Miners' Federation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Mr. J. B. Halpin, who was formerly President of the Electoral Council, and Chairman of Abermain miners for a long…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 1

Work at the Bellbird group of collieries was curtailed during the fortnight owing to a dispute. This was responsible for the…

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Horses in Mines Evidence at Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Methods of feeding and watering horses, with special reference to pit ponies, were discussed yesterday at the Royal Commission on coal mines…

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Mine Fatality Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 5

Stanley Kyrwood, 22, single, was fatally injured when he fell to the bottom of an open cut at the works of Big Bell .Mines, Ltd…

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Flies Attack Miners CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 7

Flies, which are usually a household pest, have now invaded a new domain. Myriads of them have entered…

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Naked Lights Safety in Mines To-day's Evidence Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 7

When the Royal Commission on Safety In Mines resumed at Newcastle to-day, Mr. J. Connell (Min-ers' Federation) said that at the…

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Ventilation of the Northern Collieries Mines Inquiry Conditions at Aberdare and John Darling Need for Inspectors Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 5

Mr. J. Connell told the Mines Safety Royal Commission today that inspections of Stockton Borehole mine by Government inspectors during 1937 were 14, and during 1938, ten…

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Three Mines Idle On Cessnock Field CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

Three collieries are Idle in the Cessnock field today, Millfield, Aberdare Central and Elrington. Elrington, which has entered into…

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Miner Killed Fall of Coal At Aberdare Coroner's Finding Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 5

The place in which William Leighton Wilson, minor, working at Aberdare Colliery, received fatal injuries on April 17 was…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 7

Two men injured in colliery accidents were treated at the Kurri Kurri District Hospital yesterday. They were then…

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Cessnock's First Miners' Lodge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 7

Aberdare Miners' Lodge—the pioneer lodge of the Cessnock portion of the South Maitland Coalfields—was established on…

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