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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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Mines Ambulance Classes Subsidy Asked for

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

On behalf of the combined mines ambulance classes on the South Maitland Coalfields, Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has made representations to…

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Work Resumed At Aberdare Central Colliery Settlement of Dispute

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 4

Aberdare Central Colliery, which was idle yesterday, owing to a dispute between the men and the management, resumed work this…

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Not All Gold That Glitters

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

Picturesque Coney Island with its thousand and one freak shows, mysteries and garish attractions, will be revealed in all its glamour in…

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OVER 9000 Men Affected Miners Receive Notices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 1

Over 9000 miners arc affected as a result of the Associated Collieries issuing 14 days' notice of termination of employment…

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Coal Crisis Canberra Conference

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 2

The conference at Canberra between Mr Bruce, the Prime Minister, and Mr Bavin, the Premier of New South Wales, on the coal situation, at which…

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Coal Crisis. Offer of Bounty. Premier's Statements. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Bavin) returned to Sydney to-day after a conference with the Prime Minister on the coal question…

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Coal Crisis. Premier and Mr. Bruce Confer. Result Not Stated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 7

The conferences at Canberra between Mr. Bruce, the Primer Minister, and Mr. Bavin, Premier of New South Wales off her coal situation at which…

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Coal Crisis. the Federal Offer. Mr. Bruce's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 8

As a result of the conferences with Mr. Bavin, Premier of New South Wales, the Prime Minister has decided to renew the offer of the…

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The Coal Mining Position

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 6

A week has passed since the handing out of notices to the employees at the collieries, but nothing of a definite nature has transpired to give…

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Miners' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. C. Morton, secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, who recently returned from the Union Conference in Sydney, received a…

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The Coal Crisis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 9

If an immediate and satisfactory solution of the coal crisis can ho found it is the duty of every citizen, and particularly public men, to state…

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Victorian Brown Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 3

The Victorian Government has received several applications for brown coal leases at Welsh Pool, South Gippsland. These are…

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Coal Trade Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

The figures quoted in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon by the Federal Treasurer regarding the coal trade should give Mr…

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Coal Crisis. Royal Commission

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

Mr. Bruce has promised that a Royal Commission will he appointed to investigatethecoal industry. Mr. Bruce has renewed his offer of a…

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Katoomba Mine. Employees As Shareholders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

It is unlikely that any dispute in the coal industry will affect the Katoomba Colliery, as all the miners engaged there are shareholders in the company…

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Still Idle. Abermain No. 2 Colliery. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

As a considerable, length of permanent way was dislodged whon nine Government trucks become derailed at Abermain No. 2 Colliery on…

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The Coal Crisis (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 8

Sir,—Now that we are on the eve of another industrial struggle so far[?] the coal industry is concerned, and all conference have failed to arrive…

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Pulverised Coal. New Fuel for Steamer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 6

Although the use of pulverised coal in the new steamer Hororata, which arrived at Wellington from London last week, can only be considered as an…

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Coal Industry. Efforts Toward Stabilisation. Prime Minister's Proposals. Immediate Reduction in Price Necessary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 6

In the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, announced that the Government proposed to have a full investigation of the coal industry carried out by a Royal Commission, irrespective of…

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Our Coal Problems. Royal Commission to Be Appointed. Mr. Bruce's Decision. Canberra

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

The Prime Minister intimated to-day that it was proposed to appoint a Royal Commission, with the full powers of the Commonwealth and N.S. Wales…

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