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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

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£60,000 OFFERED Gold Claim At Mt. Loch MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 5

The romance of the life of William B. Spargo, was told in Melbourne when he attended a city bank to make certain deposits…

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Oil From Coal and Shale Discussed by Maitland Business Men's Club Setbacks to Baerami Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 4

Speaking at last week's meeting of the Maitland Business Men's Club, on the advisability of the Government proceeding with the oil from shale…

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Struck by Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal at Richmond Main colliery, John Jarrett, 56 a miner, of Lang street Kurri Kurri was admitted to Kurri Kurri…

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Miners and Military Service Wollongong

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 5

Declaring that the calling up of miners for military duty caused serious loss of production, the executive of the Southern Miners sent a…

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Nazi Mine Found Near Gosford Washed Ashore

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 3

A German contact mine which had been found embedded in the sand on the beach at Budgewoi, 23 miles north of Gosford, was exploded on…

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Colliery Fireman Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 2

George Thomas, a colliery fireman, residing at Fan Hill, Abermain, tripped and fell upon coal at Abermain No. 1 colliery yesterday and received…

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Youths Called Up For Military Service. Loss of Coal Production in Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 5

Mr. G. W. S. Grant (General Secretary of the Miners' Federation) said to-day that the calling up of youths from…

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1200 Men Idle Disputes at Cessnock Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday. Many of the 1200 miners who are idle as the result of disputes at Abardare Central, Aberdare Extended, and…

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Safety and Health Bill. Many Improvements to Be Effected in Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 2

The passing of the Safety and Health Bill constitutes another milestone in the history of coal mines, the…

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Ventilation in Mines Mr. Baddeley Clashes With Premier. Lively Scene in Parliament

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 3

Some strong comments were made by Mr. J. M. Baddeley (Lab.. Cessnock) on the need for a systematic…

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Coal Board Aberdare Extended

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 3

A meeting of the Maitland Coal Reference Hoard will be held this week, probably on Wednesday, to deal with disputes at Aberdare Extended…

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Gold Yield

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1941 · page 4

The Western Australian gold yield for March was £5,284 valued £312,588 compared with 88,318 in February and 101,250 in March,…

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Two Idle Aberdare Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 5

Two collierles, Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Control were idle on the Cessnock field today. The dispute at A[?]rdare Extended…

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Beresfield Mine Residents Complaint

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 5

Careful inquiries were being made into the alleged damage to property by subsidence following mining operations at Beresfield, the Premier’s…

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Coal Board Chairman’s Order To Lodge Hearing Claims Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 5

The Chairman of the Coal Board of Reference (Mr. J. Connell) said that be had to-day wired Aberdare Extended Lod[?]…

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Machine-guns Used Mine Workers In Serious Clash (A.A.P. Service) New York. April 15

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 1

In a disturbance at the Kentucky soft coalf[?]elds to-day [?] ware Killed and about 20 others wou[?]ded Machins guns were used following…

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Gold Salute’s All-Aged Plate Success From Beau, Vite Pennywise Scores at Randwick Black Miller Wins All Love Makes Amends Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 5

Gold Salute added to the list of upsets at the A.J.C. Carnival by easily beating Bean Vite and High Caste on a rain-sodden track in the All-Aged Plate at Randwick this afternoon. The £10,000 horse quickly went pas the…

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Will Not Pander to Miners Chairman of Coal Board Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 7

I do not intend to pander to the miners, said the chairman of the Coal Reference Board (Mr. J. Connell) to-day…

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Aberdare Pits Miners Return Home New Dispute Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 1

Three collieries are idle on the Cessnock field to-day Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Central did not resume work to-day, The miners…

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Foreign Gold in U.S.A. WASHINGTON, April 16

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 6

The Department of Commaroe reported that for[?]gn gold held by the Federal Reserve Bank on creased by 3,563,007 dollars (3A1, 1103,314)…

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