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Mining & the mines, 1942

1,398 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 70

Today’s Loss of Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.— It estimated that more than [?]300 tons in coal production will be lost as a result of strikes at [?]…

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Hetton Bellbird Coal Co’s Profit

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY Friday -Net profit of £, shown by Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd, for the year ended June 30 is the best result…

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Failing to Work—Betraying Country Miners Bound Over

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 6

Mr. Justice Drake Brockman told ten defendants, in the Federal Arbitration Court. charged under the National…

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Oil From Coal Industry Must Be Established in Australia

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 6

Coal, whether burned in its raw state or converted to the more convenient forms of gas and electricity, is our main source of power. Liquid…

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Commission of Inquiry Into Mine Stoppages. Dr. Evatt Said Stoppages Should Cease. May Introduce Drastic Regulations

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 3

A special Commission of Inquiry has been appointed to investigate cause of recent coal stoppages. The first…

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Investigating Transport in Mines

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1942 · page 5

The Minister for Mines. Mr. Baddeley, will pay a visit to the Coalcliff Colliery on Wednesday, November 25, and Aberdare…

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French Gold Disappears

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK Nov. 20 — Rome radio quote a “Messagero” message that 500,000,000 dollars of gold, belonging…

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Mines to Close at Christmas

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat — The General Secretary of the Miners, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, to-day announced that he had received official…

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Mining at Beresfield Inquiry on Nov. 27

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1942 · page 2

At the annual meeting of Beresfield Progress Association. Mr. J. M. Baddeley. Minister for Mines advised that Mr. Robert…

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Mine Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday—Ernest Hickey, of ,Wollombi-road, Cessnock, employed at Stanford Main Colliery, received an injury…

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Silk As Valuable As Gold

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 November 1942 · page 4

Wrought silk was brought from Persia to Greece. 325 B.C. It was known at Rome in Tiberious's tibe, when a law prohibiting the use of…

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Hill End Colliery Subsidence

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) inspected the old workings at the Hill End colliery, where a number of subsidences have taken place…

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Celebration by Miners' Auxiliary

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 4

Members of the Miners' Women's Auxiliaries from Newcastle, Maitland and South Coast coalfields attended the celebrations of the organisation's…

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Northern Miners Support Loan

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 3

On the recommendation of the District Secretary (Mr. Simpson), the Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation decided…

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Miners' Widows and Pensions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddley) met a deputation at Toronto on Saturday relative to the application of miners' pensions to widows…

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Miners Win £24,000 Both ore Fathers of Twins. Will Continue Coal Producing for Duration

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 1

James B. Ingram, of Hilda-street, Cessnock, and R. Tozer, who lives on Goodall's Hill, near Bellbird, were the…

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Struck by Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.— Struck by a fall of coal at Aberdare Cantal Colliery this morning Robert Watson, aged 14 of…

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Disqualification of Bookmakers. Miners Threaten Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 1

Concern is being, shown by the committee which controlled the patriotic race meeting at Bellbird over the…

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Oil From Coal Development of German Discovery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 3

Reliable reports have readied this country from special correspondents in a neutral country bordering on Germany writes…

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Transport in Mines: Minister to See for Himself

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Mines. Mr. Baddeley, will pay a visit to the Coalcliff colliery on Wednesday, 25th inst., and Aberdare Extended the following day…

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