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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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Strong Protest Against Colliery Staffs Filling Coal. Paxton Incident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 4

Having been informed that members of the Colliery Staffs' Association recently filled slack coal at Stanford Merthyr No. 2 Colliery…

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East Greta Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 4

All the remaining hands at East Greta Colliery, except two, it is reported, were dismissed yesterday. The hope that the colliery would…

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The Coal Crisis Stevens' Proposals Rejected Mining Unions Counter-proposals

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 5

After a meeting which lasted for only a short period, the Combined Mining Unions Committee yesterday rejected the latest settlement…

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MR. McDONALD Addresses Miners. Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

The owners' case in regard to the coal dispute was put to a large meeting of miners at Kurri Kurri by Mr. C. M. McDonald, president of the…

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Coal for Victoria. From England and New Zealand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

As one result of the stoppage of coal from New South Wales, consumers of large quantities of coal in Victoria were obliged to order supplies from…

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Coal Crisis. Government's Offer. Rejected by the Men. Alternative Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The official announcement of the miners' rejection of Mr. Stevens's proposals for a solution of the mining trouble was accompanied by the…

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MR. McDONALD at Kurri Miners Extend Warm Reception. Coalmining Position Outlined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 5

Fay the first time, in the history of the coal-mining industry representatives of the owners attended aggregate meetings of the miners held at Kurri…

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The Coal Tangle. State Treasurer's Scheme. Consideration To-day. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

The State Treasurer (Mr. Stevens) on Saturday made available his proposals for a settlement on the coal trouble. He proposes that the mines…

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Blue and Gold Ball. C.w.a.'s Successful Function

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The social season was opened in a most auspicious manner locally on Friday last, when the Scone branch of the Country Women's Association held…

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Supped Under Coal Lorry. Accident to Mr. Wheeler, C.P.S. Left Leg Fractured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 5

It will be learned with extreme regret that Mr. G. Wheeler, popular Cleric or Potty Sessions at Cessnock, to-day met with a painful accident, as…

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"Stand Firm and We Will Win Out" "Bondy" Hoare's Advice to Cessnock Miners. Aggregate Meeting at Strand Theatre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 1

Those who went to the aggregate meeting in the Strand Theatre, on Sunday, expecting any definite decision in regard to Mr. Steven's latest proposals for a settlement of the coal trouble were doomed to disappointment…

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East Greta Coal-mining Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

The interim report of the East Greta Coal-mining Co., Ltd., for the half-year ended March 81 states that the Stanford Merthyr No 1 Collery…

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Coal Crisis Miners' Proposals Cannot Be Accepted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 2

In a letter sent to the Miners' Federation last night, Mr. B. S. B. Stevens, State Treasurer conveyed the Cabinet's decision…

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Miners' Counter Proposals Unacceptable to Government

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 2

In a letter sent to the Miners' Federation Last night, Mr B. S. B. Stevens, the State Treasurer, conveyed the Cabinet's decision on the counter proposals submitted, on Monday by the mine workers for a settlement of the coal trouble…

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Slack Coal Filled by Colliery Staff. Cessnook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

Although instructed no to do so by their executive, it has been learned that members of the Colliery Staffs Association at Stanford…

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Wearisome Wait Miners Seeking Relief. Indignation Expressed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

Strong indignation is felt by "loclcod-out" minors at Cessnock at the long, wearlsome wait, and alleged incivil treatment, when…

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Coal Dispute State Efforts Fail. Settlement Left to Parties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

State Ministers are disappointed at the failure of their efforts to bring about a settlement of the coal dispute…

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Mining Crisis No Fresh Developments. General Strike May Occur. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 7

Nothing fresh has occurred in connection with the mining crisis though the opinion is held in some quarters that the withdrawal of the…

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The Coal Trouble

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

The State Cabinet decided on Wednesday that it could not accept the suggestions of the coal miners for settling the coal dispute. A principal…

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Coal Commission Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), will confer with the State Treasurer (Mr. Stevens), on the coal problem when he arrives in Sydney on Saturday. The…

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