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Mining & the mines, 1930

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The Coal Crisis Further Clashes on Wednesday Five Police Charges. Marching men Scattered and Drillers Dispersed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

A very serious situation arose to-day on the northern coal fields, when the police and about 10,000 miners came into collision at various centres…

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To-Day's Latest News. Business Men Arrange Deputation to Governor. Offer by Legacy Club. Miners' Federation Peace Proposal. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

A public meeting at Kurri Kurri, convened by business men, decided to send a deputation to the Governor, asking him to use his influence to…

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The Coal Conflict Employees Leave Kurri Kurri Hotels. "The Labour Defence Army." Two Thousand Men Attend Drill. Owners Surprised at Withdrawal of Safety Men. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 1

The police ban at Kurri Kurri continues, and all the employees have left the local hotels. In consequence many of the police have to cook and…

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The Coal Trouble. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

No aggregate meeting as hold at Kurrl Kurrl or Cossnock yesterday. although definite arrangements had been made to hold them…

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The Coal Conflict All Quiet Yesterday. The Loss Caused by the Strike

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

The Prime Minister and Mr. Bavin conferred gain on Saturday morning concerning the coal situation. Neither would make a statement after the…

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The Coal Conflict Premier Bavin's Earnest Appeal. Deputations Wait on Ministers. Rothbury Miners' Earnings. SYDNEY, Tuesday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

Premier Bavin said, to-day, that he was taking steps to ascertain whether legal proceedings could be taken against certain persons to prevent a…

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Levy for Miners Opposed Waterside Workers "Greater Need"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

Members of the Sydney branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation have made a requisition for a special meeting, to oppose the delation of…

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Inrush of Gas. Endangers Seven Miners' Lives. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Seven miners narrowly escaped suffocation in West Greta Colliery, last night, as the result of a sudden inrush of gas. They succeeded in crawling…

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Woman Imprisoned by Fall of Coal. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

A fall of coal occurred in a coal mine on Dr. Matheison's property, at Kurowotago (New Zealand). The doctor's wife, who had gone into the…

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Miners' Huge Losses More Than £2,000,000 Owners Also Suffer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

While it was at present impossible, to estimate the losses suffered by the owners, Mr. C. M. M'Donald, chairman of the Northern Colliery Proprietors'…

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Scrap Book Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean's Blue to Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 20

WHEN the busy day is o'er, And the sun is sinking low, Then I seem to see a dear old Southern home…

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Coal Owners' Appeal Upheld by High Court Dispute Confined to N.s.w

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

In a majority judgment tho High Court Bench on Wednesday morning decided that the award made by Judge Beeby in the Arbitration Court on…

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The Coal Conflict. the Full Court Judgment. Judge Beeby's Award Declared Invalid. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The High Court, in its reserved judgment to-day decided by a four to one majority that the Arbitration Court had no jurisdiction to make the award…

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The Coal Conflict. Sniping at Aberdare Mine. the Position Unchanged. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Ugly incidents occurred in the Domain, this afternoon. Following the arrest of Sharles Reeve and other speakers, a crowd numbering 6,000…

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Miners' Levy Disappears. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an official of the miners' Lodge, at Lithgow. About £400 is involved, a large proportion…

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Miners Entombed Queensland Colliery Disaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 15

One man was killed and two injured in Aberdare colliery at Blackstone, near Ipswich (Qld.), when a fall of earth entombed four men. The victim…

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Coal From Rothbury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

Thirty-seven truck loads of coal from Rothbury mine arrived at Newcastle last night. The Minister for Mines visited…

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£1000 Gift for Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 11

The first business of the 44th annual Federal convention of the Australian Workers' Union, which met in Sydney under the presidency of Senator…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

Mr. Donald Leslie Young applied to the Albury Mining Warden's court, for permission to enter and search for tin on 30 acres of c.hl. 1106 and 116…

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Miners Attacked Engine-drivers Outspoken "Useless Sacrifice" "Fight Has Been Doomed to Failure"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

Bitter comment on the conduct of the coalminers is contained in the report of the Engine-drivers' and Firemens' Association, which was adopted…

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