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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Football. Bellingen's Winning Sequence Stopped. Kempsey Retrieves Gold Cup

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 5

During the week-end the Kempsey Cup team and a large contingent of supporters and followers journeyed to Bellingen, the team in an endeavour…

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Grains of Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 3

According to St. Louis news some peculiar rentals were disclosed in recent law cases there:— The Eighth United States Circuit…

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Football. Macleay Defeats Bellingen. Cup Team Brings Claude Bridge Gold Cup Back. Banks' Boot Bags Booty

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 4

A few issues back we ventured to remark that a Cup team could be picked from the four Club teams in the Macleay League competition capable of…

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Free Labour for Mines. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 4

Officials of the Miners' Federation declared last night that steps had been taken in Sydney to regiment free labour to work in the collieries on…

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Gold Output. Trebled in Three Years. Value Increases Five-fold

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 10

Since 1930-31 Australia's gold production has nearly trebled, and the total value has increased about five-fold…

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Mines Idle. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 5

Mines throughout Australia were idle to-day to enable mass meetings to be held at which resolutions were submitted giving the miners' leaders…

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Latest Telegrams. "Miners Restricting Supplies"'. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 5

Declaring that the miners were voluntarily, sacrificing thousands of pounds a day in wages by deliberately restricting supplies, the Chairman of…

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Coal Shortage Restrictions by Miners. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 2

Declaring that the miners were voluntarily sacrificing thousands of pounds a day in wages by deliberately restricting supplies, the Chairman of the…

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End of Famous Mine. Richest of Type in World

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 1

The famous silver-lead mine at Broken Hill, owned by the Broken Hill Pty. Co., Ltd., will probably be closed down in November…

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Coal Miners' Trouble. Sydney, Friday

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4

Unless the Federal Government intervenes before Tuesday, a Commonwealth wide coal strike appears imminent. It was indicated by the…

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Latest Telegrams. Coal Strike Next Tuesday. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 4

Unless the Federal Government intervenes before Tuesday next, a Commonwealth-wide coal strike appears imminent. It was indicated by the…

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New Baker's Creek Gold Mine

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 4

The manager, Mr. T. Snow, reports on 29838: Since my last report, and for the month ending 31st August, 1938: Main Shaft: We have unwatered…

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City Council's Coal Supplies Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 4

When the Sydney County Council met to-day the General Manager, Mr. Forbes Mackay, said the Council was anxious to buy immediately 10,000…

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Owners Prepared to Meet Miners. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 4

An official reply from the Queensland colliery proprietors last night announced that they were prepared to meet the directions committee of…

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Miners' New Threat. Strike Next Week-end

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 2

The miners' directions committee, which sat in Sydney all Sunday, officially announced that "the committee had been working out the final…

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Coal Mines Cease This Afternoon. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 4

Every district of the Miners' Federation was last night notified that work must cease in every coal mine in Australia from this afternoon. The…

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The Coal Strike. B.h.p. Conference Fails; Men Ordered Out

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 September 1938 · page 6

Telegrams calling a coal strike at midnight last night (Friday) were sent to 54 northern mining lodges by the Miners' Federation on Thursday,…

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Queensland Coal Mines Close. Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 4

The coal mines cf Queensland, closed down yesterday. Only safety men and engineers engaged on essential work reported for duty…

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NO N.Z. Coal for Australia. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 4

The Miners' Federation to-day received a notification from the New Zealand Mine Workers' Federation that they would not supply coal for…

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The Coal Strike. Sydney, Friday

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

After a survey of the coal position yesterday, Ministers said they were satisfied that sufficient coal was available to enable essential services to be…

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