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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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South Mine's New Mill

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The No. 1 section of the new mill at the south mine has been completed, and is now working, and the dismantling of the No. 2 section is in hand…

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Mining Tenement Forfeited

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

In the Warden's Court this morning, Mr. R. C. Atkinson, mining warden, on the evidence of William Axleby, of 231 Piper-steet, ordered…

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Mr. Mars Returns Engineering Firms Tender for New Mines Power Plane Tenders Being Considered by Companies in Melbourne Plant for Central Mine Reported to Be on Way

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

Mr. F. J. Mars, consulting engineer, who returned this morning after a trip abroad, during which he interviewed large engineering arms with regard…

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The Coal Industry Staff Men Loading [?] Slack at Pit Top Their Union Protests Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

Mr. M'Donald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, says it seems a thousand pities that misunderstandings, misconceptions and…

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Mine Workers Injured

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

S. Buljan suffered a punctured wound in the left arm by being struck with a seat from the rock which he was spalling on the 1250ft. level of the…

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The Coal Industry Govt. Cannot Accept New Terms of the Miners Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

Mr. B. S. Stevens, the Treasurer, said last night that the Government could not accept the terms offered by the Miners' federation for a…

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No Comment by Miners on Treasurer's Statement Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

Mr. D. J. Davis general secretary of the Miners' Federation, said to-day that there would be no comment for the moment on the statement by the…

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Barrier Miner Wednesday, May 1, 1929. the Coal Conundrum

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 2

The New South Wales coal industry is very sick. Quite a number of promment people have tried to revive it and put it on its legs again, but so far…

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Mayor of Newcastle on Taking Over of Mines Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

Addressing a conference held at Newcastle to consider the problem of unemployment, Alderman Wheeler, the Mayor of Newcastle, said that he did…

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Labor Politicians to Tour to Raise Funds for Miners Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

Mr. H. P. Lazzarini, M.H.R., and Messrs. W. Davies, E. M. Horsington, and H. Clynes, Ms.L.A., will leave Sydney to-morrow to tour South…

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Fatal Accident at the North Mine Fall of Ground Occurred While Men Barring Down

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

Allan Robert Caldwell (36). a married man with four children, was killed at the North mine this afternoon. From information given to "The…

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Lord Mayor's Fund for British Miners Closed at £843,440 (Special to "The Miner.") London, April 30

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

The London Lord Mayors Fund on behalf of distressed miners closed at £843,440. An equal amount will be added by the Government…

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Fatal Accident at the North Mine (Continued from page 1.) Wife of the Dead Man Believed to Be in Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

Mr. Allan Roy Caldwell, who was killed at the North mine this afternoon, resided at 328 Beryl-street. The accident has been reported to the…

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Appeal for Miners Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

To make an appeal to the Victorian trade unions on behalf of the coal miners in New South Wales Messrs. Davidson, Booth, and Connell,…

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Making of Newsprint From Australian Woods North Mine Interested

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

It has been announced (says J. B. Were and Son's weekly letter) that Edward Lloyd Limited (a leading paper manufacturer of Great Britain),…

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Demands of the Miners Regarding the Inquiry Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

In a letter to Mr. Stevens, the State Treasurer, Mr. Davies, the general secretary of the Miners' Federation, in acknowledging the Government's…

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The Coal Industry Royal Commission to Make an Inquiry Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

All efforts to settle the coal deadlock have failed. Mr. B. S. Stevens, the Treasurer, said to-day that the counter-proposals of the unions had…

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Federal Govt. Sells Coal to Proprietary Company 30,000 Tons at 2/6 a Ton Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 1

It is reported that the Commonwealth Government has gold 30,000 tons of small ceal to the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. at the low…

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Mine Worker Injured

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

J. R. Cakebread, a stapleman on the North mine, was taking an elevator belt clamp out of a cage at about 10 o' clock this morning when it slipped…

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Mines Inspection Act Mine Workers in Court for Using Short Fuses Detonators in Unsafe Places

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

A number of cases of interest to men working underground came before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, Mr. J. W. Salter,…

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