Miners' March 'Bosses Would Be Delighted' Militant View
The proposed march of 20,000 mine workers and unemployed to welcome home the Premier to Sydney is being subjected to a deal of criticism by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1929
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Coal War Issues Discussed Views of Moderates
A contributor, who signs himself "Detonator," discusses certain phases of the present coal crisis. It is published us a vigorous individual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shorter Week How Trend Affects Mining
Within recent years the working day in most industries has been substantially reduced. Although the subject of severe criticism in the years preceding its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Gold Another Big Withdrawal LONDON, July 25
Another big withdrawal of gold to-day made the efflux for the week over £6,000,000, which is a record since the return to the gold standard in April,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Coal Crisis Parliamentarians Wait Upon the Acting-premier a Demand for the Reopening of the Mines on Old Conditions The Government Urged to Take Action to Deal With a National Emergency
Labour Parliamentarians waited upon the Acting-Premier in strong force yesterday, and presented arguments for the Government taking steps to secure the reopening of the mines. It was argued that the owners had been guilty of illegal acts, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Industrial News Work at the Collieries
The large collieries in the Northern district are still shut down. Most of these are located on the top field. On the lower field there are eight or nine fairly large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Government and Coal
Even if the Government has a suspicion that the deputation consisting of Federal and State members of Parliament which urged it to take…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paxton Miners Accept Work at Lithgow
In response to a communication from Lthgow, stating that work was available for miners in that centre, a number of men have left Ceussnock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Situation Engine-drivers Northern Officials Meet
Meetings of the northern officials and members of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen were held in the Northern district over the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Fight to a Finish" Adamstown Mass Meeting Miners' Attitude
"The manner in which the superintendent of the Caledonian Company met the last deputation from South Waratah colliery," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Crisis Effect Dearer Gas in Melbourne MELBOURNE
The Chairman of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Gas Company. Sir John Grice, announced at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders yesterday, that, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engine-drivers' Peace Move Opposed No Compromise! "Miners Never More Solid" Chaotic Conditions Statement by Leaders of the Men
No compromise on the wages question will be tolerated by the miners at this stage of the dispute, whatever may be the attitude of the engine-drivers. This was made clear to-day by the treasurer and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallarah Miners
Mr. Booth, M.P., has been advised that, in reference to his representations regarding bathing and changing houses at Wallarah Colliery, the Minister for Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →March of Miners
Various correspondents have referred in unkindly terms to the proposed march of miners to Sydney to meet the Premier on his return from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adamstown Mine Workers' Meeting
A meeting of the miners working in the Adamstown area was held yesterday, at which consideration was given to matters affecting the employees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Miners "As Strong As Ever"
Speaking yesterday of the position in the coal industry, Mr. A. Teece, Treasurer of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation, stated that any suggestion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Willing Would Accept £5 10s a Week
"We want the contract rates abolished," said the secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. McNeill) to-day; "but we want a decent weekly wage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Commission Open Sitting To-day Sydney
The Royal Commission inquiring into the coalmining industry had another sitting in camera at Darlinghurst to-day. Though the accounts of the Caledonian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contract Rates Stumbling Block to Coal Peace "Abolish Them" Move for Further Negotiations
A possible solution of the coal deadlock, it is suggested, would be, since the reduction of contract rates is the stumbling block, to have contract rates abolished and to place all union labor on day wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Dust Balmain Mine Penalised Sydney
Fines totalling £40, with £5/5/ costs, were inflicted on the Balmain Coal Contracting Co., Ltd., at the Balmain Court to-day. The company was proceeded…
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