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Mining & the mines, 1938

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Missing Coal Found Strewn on Line SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 14

A quantity of over 30 tons of coal that disappeared from a goods train on Monday night has been found strewn along the line between…

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Miners Agree to Resumption of Work at Cessnock Large Meeting on Sports Ground Vote Almost Unanimous Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 7

The formula for the resumption of work as agreed upon by the committee of the Combined Mining Unions was adopted at Cessnock by an overwhelming majority…

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Coal Strike

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 2

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation this week will recommend to coalmining employees the acceptance of the formula for the…

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Muswellbrook Miners. Settlement Terms Approved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 1

At a meeting of the Muswellbrook and St. Heliers' Miners' Lodges held yesterday, the lcoal strike settlement terms were accepted by 67 votes to…

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Aberdare Miners Question of Resumption CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 1

It was decided at a meeting of miners of the three Aberdare collieries to-day that Aberdare and Aberdare Extended would return to work with…

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The Mines Position at Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 7

In the absence of definite advice as to the date of a possible resumption, staff men at collieries on the field to-day are unable to comment on the…

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Miners Vote Coalfield Meetings Terms Approved Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 5

At aggregate meetings on all coalfields yesterday, the terms of the agreement for a resumption of work were approved by a…

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Mine Workers Agree to Terms General Resumption in Sight

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 4

All agregate meetings of Northern mine-workers yesterday voted to accept the combined unions' formula for a resumption…

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Mining Warden's Court. Baerami Shale Deposits

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 10

Before Mr. F. A. Hynes, Mining Warden, at yesterday's sitting of the Warden's Court, application for suspension of labor conditions for six months…

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Miners Decide to Resume Work Formula for Settlement Accepted at All Aggregate Meetings. Messrs. Orr and Sutherland Address 3000 Miners at Cessnock. Adoption of Resolution was Practically Unanimous

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 5

Aggregate meetings, at which the combined unions' formula for a settlement of the coal strike were considered, were held at various centres on the Northern Coalfields yesterday…

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The Problem of Non-union Mines Radio Talk by Mil Sam Graham, Secretary of the Kurri-weston-abermain Area Strike Committee

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 10

"During recent years, and particularly in the Northern Coalfields, the growth in the number of small pits, where the general conditions of employment in mines are not at all observed, has become a menace to the Jobs, and to the…

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Gold Statistics Australian Production

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1938 · page 5

Gold production in Australia during August surpassed that of any other month in the last 10 years. It reached a new high level of 139,443…

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Must Be General Resumption of Miners SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1938 · page 8

The Combined Mining Unions' Committee has instructed members that no work, either of a preparatory or a productive nature,…

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Opening of Coal Mines State Treasurer and Owners Conferring. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

The State Treasurer (Mr. Mair) is to-day consulting with the owners in respect of the opening of the coalmines, but it is considered unlikely…

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Mine Position Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

The General Council decided not to allow the resumption in Queensland until there had been a general resumption…

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The Mines Minister Confers With Men Ready Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 5

The State Treasurer, Mr. Mair, is to-day consulting with the own-ers in respect to the working of the coal mines. It is unlikely that…

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Next Monday? Re-opening of Mines Unofficial View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 8

It was learned from an unofficial source last night that the mines will probably re-open next Monday. It is possible, however,…

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Coal Mine. Not To Resume To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 2

Advise received at 4.5 p.m. today from the Muswellbrook Coal Company's office stated that the colliery would not resume work…

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All Mines to Resume on Monday Coal Strike Settled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 1

A settlement of the coal dispute as from midnight last night was announced by the combined minors' unions late last night,…

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Mines Can Open Immediately

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 5

The Executive of the Strike Committee wish to advise all Lodge officials and all members that they have received…

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