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Mining & the mines, 1929

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Labor will Carry on with Moderate Programme Mine Fatality Three Lives Lost Italians Overcome by Fumes Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 1

Three Italians lost their lives yesterday in a coal mine at Jumbunna. It appears that a number of men…

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"Blue and Gold Cabaret."

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 4

The C.W.A. Younger Set cabaret is to be a very bright and merry function, and will be held at the town hall on Thursday, 27th June. The…

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Local and General News. Blue-and-gold Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 4
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The United Friendly Societies are organising- a Blue-and-Goid Ball, to be held in the Town Hall on August 27. Special attractions are being arranged,…

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Economic Facts in Coal Dispute Management Shackled. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 1

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Weaver, referring to the coal dispute, said full production was impossible while the management was shackled and…

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Miners Advocate Withdrawal of Safety Men Forgiveness German Visitors. "Hold Out Our Hands." SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 1

Captain Bean, the official war historian, referring to the attitude of the New Zealand authorities in respect to the German cruiser Emden,…

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Warning to Miners. Gold Rushes in Papua

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 3

Action has been taken by the Federal authorities to discourage anything in the nature of a rush to the scene of a reported discovery of gold at…

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Violence Threatened "If Miners Handle Coal" Kurri Kurri

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 1

Miners' homes were visited by pickets yesterday and they were threstened with violence if they handled coal…

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Lady Minister for Labor in British Cabinet Immediate Action To End Coal Dispute Miners' Resolution Newcastle

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 1

At a meeting of Kurri Kurri Mining Union members, all former employees of Richmond…

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Melbourne Short of Coal Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 1

The Metrepolitan Gas Company has [?] at accessary to bring [?] coal from England as a [?] of the…

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The Coal Strike., Withdrawal of Safety Men. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 6

The Sydney Labor Council, at the behest of the Communist or "Red" section of the Labor movement, carried a resolution demanding the immediate…

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Dredging for Gold

The Uralla Times · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 1

A dredging plant has been brought from Tingha and erected near the sits of the former Brown's Paddock dredge and will be ready to start…

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Miners' March Peaceful Proceedings SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 1

Between 3000 and [?] miners, marched to Richmond Mam colliery before 6 o'clock this morning and picketed the mine. Proceedings were…

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Nugget of Gold Found at Chiltern

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 8

Considerable excitement exists in the old-time mining township of Chiltern 20 miles from Albury in consequence of the finding by a school…

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Tenterfield's Ex-Town Clerk Makes Statement Miners' Dispute Move To Extend Engine Drivers Determined Western Miners Not Keen SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 1

The President of the Western Miners' Union sees no reason for extending the northern…

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Port Kember Prosperous Coal and Coke Trade Beats Records

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 1

During the last two months the coal and coke shipping trade at Port Kembia exceeded all previous records. Over 100,000 tons have left the port…

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Blue and Gold Cabaret

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 4

The plans for table reservations and gallery seats are open, and those who wish to be comfortably seated are advised to 'phone of see the hon,…

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Gold Yield. Queensland Figures for Five Months

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 2

During the first five months of the present year, the gold yield of Queensland was 2277 fine ozs., valued at £9672, compared with 7298 ozs.,…

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"Frivolous and Disgraceful." Strikes on Kurri Coal Fields

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 4

Mr. George Calm, formerly Minister of Mines, told a meeting at Strathfield that some of the strikes that had occurred on the Kurri coalfields were…

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The Strike. Miners' President Opposes Extension. "Disastrous to the Men." He Says. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 4

The President of the Western Miners states that he is personally against a general stoppage on the New South Wales coalfields. He believed it would…

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