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Mining & the mines, 1929

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No Compromise the Coal Conference. Ends in Failure. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 7

A settlement of the coal trouble is as far off as ever. The conference between the miners and the proprietors…

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Coal Profits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 5

Matters to Be Debated. In Camera or Not. SYDNEY, Friday. When the Royal Commission investigating the position of the coal industry was resumed to-day, Mr. Abrahams, who is…

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Coal Conference Ends in Failure

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 10

A settlement of the coal trouble is as far off as ever. The conference between the minors and the proprietors, which met again…

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No Compromise. the Coal Conference Ends in Failure. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

A settlement of the coal trouble is as far off as ever. The conference between the miners and the proprietors, which met again…

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Greta. New Greta Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 6

New Greta Colliery, employing about 250 men, has worked continuously for the past five months. The colliery is owned by the Excelsior…

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Coal on Tangorin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 6

A six foot seam of good coal has been proved of Tangorin Estate, situated about three miles on the Dalwood side of Greta. Mr. S. Gilpin…

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Mining at Monkerai

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 4

A report concerning the work at the Monk[?] mine states that the battery is now working day and night to cope with the ore at grass. The…

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Gold Reef. Rich Find Near Stawel[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 1

Officers of the Mines Department are keenly interested in a high yield of gold being obtained from quartz taken from a recently discovered reef about…

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Coal Industry. Conditions in Britain London, July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 7

Convocations of the Government with the miners and coal owners regarding conditions in the coal industry are being continued…

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The Coal Commission Failure of Conference Regretted. Evidence Concerning Costs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 8

William Ernest Booth, accountant for the Northern Collieries Association, pave further evidence on the matter of…

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No Compromise the Coal Conference. Ends in Failure. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 5

A settlement of the coal trouble is as far off as ever. The conference between the [?] and the proprietors…

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A Compromise Possible in Coal Crisis More Hopeful Feeling. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 7

It is reported that there is a possibility of a compromise in the coal trouble. No definite information…

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Coal Inquiry. Will Last Until December. Huge Cost. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 5

The cost of the Coal Royal Commission is expected to reach £52,000 by the time the inquiry is ended…

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Coal Filled. While Pickets Were Away. Statement by Maitland Miners. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

A statement was made this morning by a few Maitland min-ers, that white the pickets were withdrawn from certain…

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Vegetable Growing. for Unemployed Miners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

Arrangements are being made to use borrowed land in the Cessnock district as a coninninity vegetable farm for the men dismissed from the mines. The men…

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Muswellbrook Coal Company. Record Fortnight

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Coal Company's output for the last fortnight reached 6638 tons, which is a record, and Friday's, pay amounted to the record…

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£100,000 Company to Re-open Mt. Morgan Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

A syndicate, headed by Mr. Eric Campbell, solicitor, and comprising Mr. J. H. Kessell, Queensland grazier, Mr. G. A. Crawford, merchant,…

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Nationalisation. British Coal Industry. Only Means of Salvation. London, July 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

In his presidential address at the Miners Conference at Blackpool. Mr. Herbert Smith said the federation was facing a serious position…

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Politicians at Paxton Interesting Addresses. by Messrs. James and Baddeley State and Federal Governments Indicted Miners Must Have Justice

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 6

Messrs. H. James, M.H.R., and J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., addressed a public meeting at Paxton on Sunday afternoon, on the mining position and other…

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Coal Profits Commission's Inquiry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 2

The Coal Commission yesterday resumed its investigation of the profits of 10 colliery companies. William Thomas Morris, chartered…

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