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Mining & the mines, 1938

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Miners' Reply Provocation Alleged Men's Danger Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 7

The Cessnock strike committee has issued the following statement in reply to that issued by Mr. Mc-Cann, chairman of the Northern…

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Miners' Log of Claims Strike Committee's Reply to Mr. McGann

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 5

Cessnock Strike Committee has issued the following statement in reply to statements made by the Northern Colliery…

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Gold Rod Our Fancy for Stakes. Stretto and King's Head May Run Well

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 8

The Canterbury Guineas should prove one of the most interesting events to be decided at Canterbury…

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Safety and Health of Workers in Mines Inquiry Opens Royal Commission Adjourns Until Next Week 15 Bodies Represented Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 7

The Royal Commission, which is to inquire into the safety and health of workers in coal mines in New South Wales, and to make any recommendations desirable for the…

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Aberdare Mines Meeting of Protest CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 2

A meeting arranged by the Coalfields District Assembly was held in Vincent-street. Cessnock, last night, to deal with the position at the…

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Miners' Claims Attitude of Queensland Owners BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 11

Queensland colliery proprietors in formed the Miners' Federation that they were prepared to discuss the miners' claims before the tribunal set up…

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Seals Erected Cessnock No. 2 Colliery No Sign of Fire Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 2

Four seals were erected in Cessnock No. 2 Colliery to-day to isolate the fire which is believed to have developed in an abandoned section…

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Coal Trade Newcastle Shipments a Slack Week Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 5

During the past week Victoria was displaced from its position as the biggest importer of Newcastle coal by South Australia. Of the total of…

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How Was Coal Made? "Rock Ages" Theory Destroyed Noah's Flood Supported (No. 2)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 10

Did you ever notice how abandoned scientific "facts," when exposed, turn out to have been based on illogical reasoning in the first place? Often the fallacy in the reasoning is the first clue to the error. Sometimes a whole system has to be given…

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Coal Strike Believed Inevitable Miners, Final Plans

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 1

The Directions Committee had been engaged in final preparations for a general strike which, it considered, would begin this week, said the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr W. Orr) last night…

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Miners State Their Case Judge Reserves Decision Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 1

The question as to whether the miners had made any reservations last year when the coal-owners and miners made an agreement for two…

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Coal Dispute Request to Prime Minister Methodist Clergy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 4

The Newcastle and Maitland District Methodist Ministers Association has added its voice to those crying out that the Prime…

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Colliery Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 6

"DEPORTS in connection with the present mining situation, combin-ed union conferences, national insur-ance, and the terms of the reopening…

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Mining Mechanics

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 5

The members of the Cessnock district of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association will meet at Cessnock…

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ABERMAIN No. 2 COLLIERY Terms for Re-opening Accepted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 1

Abermain No. 2 miners, at a meeting, on Sunday, decided to accept the terms submitted by the management for the…

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Miners' Claims Attitude of Proprietors SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 7

It is reported that the Northern Collieries' Association will to-day intimate that It is prepared to meet representatives of the Miners' Federation with…

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Miners' Award Question of Duration. Judge Cantor Reserves Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 5

Mr. Justice Cantor, of the Industrial Commission, yesterday ruled against the officials of the Miners'…

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Churches and the Coal Dispute Plea for Federal Intervention

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 2

On Friday a meeting of clergymen, representative of all the churches on the South Maitland Coalfields, considered the plight of the community in…

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Strike Believed Inevitable. Direction Committee View. Miners' Final Plan. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 1

The Directions Committee had been engaged in final preparations for a general strike which, it considered, would begin this week, said the…

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Coal Wanted Sydney County Council 10,000 Tons Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 1

When the Sydney County Council met to-day the General Manager, Mr.Forbes McKay, said the council was anxious to buy…

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