Coal Miners Have Something To Growl About
Here is a true story which serves to sum up the tragedies of mining life. In March, 1930, at a large colliery in the anthracite area of…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
1,241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 63
Work at the Collieries
The Anniversary Day holiday reduced the available working time at the mines by one day during the fortnight. Full-time…
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CESSNOCK Monday—Millfield colliery is idle for the third successive day over a seniority dispute involving the promotion of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sweeping a Million Mines Royal Navy Will Be Busy to End of 1947
More than 350 ships and 5000 officers and 30,000 ratings of the Royal Navy are to-day engaged in the gigantic task of making the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Work at the Mines
With one day off for Anniversary Day, nine days was the full working period for the past fortnight There were 23 collieries which worked full…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest Against Coal Authority
CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — There are four mines Idle on the Maitland field to-day — Richmond Main, Millfield, Hebburn No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Dispute on Northern Field. Sydney, Tues
Coal loss to-day will be about 5000 tons as a result of a dispute involving the Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union on the northern field. If this dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Loss of Coal at Nsw Collieries
SYDNEY Thurs.—Another, serious hold-up is threatening on the NSW coalfields, where, unless there is a speedy settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stockton Borehole Mine Toss
SYDNEY Thurs.—After providing an unchanged amount of £3000 for depreciation, Stockton Borehole Collieries, Ltd lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Decline in Gold Output
SYDNEY, Thursday. — With the main producers temporarily out of production, the New South Wales gold yield for 11 months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirteen Collieries Idle To-day Coal Loss Exceeds 14,000 Tons
Thirteen collieries are idle on the northern field to-day. The coal loss exceeds 14,000 tons, the greatest loss this year…
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All J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham collieries are idle to-day, involving a coal production loss of more…
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SYDNEY Friday—With 13 collieries idle on the Northern field today, the coal loss exceeds 14,000 tons, the greatest loss this…
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CESSNOCK Friday.—In addition to the ten collieries controlled by J. and A. Brown. Abermain and Seaham Collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sweeping One Million Mines Royal Navy Will Be Busy Till End of 1947
More than 350 ships and 5000 officers and 50,000 ratings of the Royal Navy are to-day engaged in the gigantic task of making the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Falling Output Of British Mines Rations and Income Tax System Blamed
LONDON, February 11.—The Miners’ Production Coal Director, Mr. Arthur Horner, in a speech at Cardiff declared that British miners were the only miners in the world not receiving extra rations…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Stanley Bartlett, 20, of McDonald Avenue. Paxton, a pit-bottomer, working at Stanford Main No.2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Colliery Accidents
Joseph Dunn, 26, of Pokolbin Street, Kearsley, employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, had a finger on his right hand severed when it was caught in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bellbird Colliery To Be Watched
Miners at Bellbird have appointed a squad of men to keep a 24 hour vigil in the mine to trace the origin of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bellbird Miners to Resume
CESSNOCK Tuesday. — Bellbird Miners’ Lodge met to-day and decided to resume work tomorrow. The pit has been idle…
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