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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

2,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 77 of 143

Miners Meet

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

The Northern Miners' Committee of Management sat at the Newcastle Trades Hall to-day. The general president of the fed[?]ation (Mr. Rees)…

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Stolen Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 7

Pleading guilty at Newcastle Police Court to-day to a charge of having, at Stockton on July 17, stolen coal, valued at 2s. the property of W. H…

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March of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 2

Sir,—I read with amazement, the statement, that Mr. Hoare proposed to march 20,000 miners from the coalfields to Sydney to meet the Premier on his arrival,…

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The Coal Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 9

Sir,—Wages must come down, says Senator Sir George Pearce. Wages are too high, howl in chorus three metropolitan papers. The former does not…

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Teralba Miners' Relief Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 10

A committee of the miners' lodges, together with several-ladies of Teralba, have formed a relief committee. They have been collecting second-hand clothing and…

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Three Weeks' Coal Left

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

The Port Waratah coal stacks, from which gas companies throughout the State are drawing supplied, are dwindling rapidly, only enough…

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Brown Coal Deposits at Yallourn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

In responding to the toast of his health at the annual dinner of the combined chemical societies in Melbourne, the Chairman of the State Electricity Commission…

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Wallsend Miners Many Cases of Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 9

Touching references to cases of distress in Wallsend were made at the weekly meeting last night of the Combined Mining Unions' Relief Committee,…

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What Is Profit? Coal Commission's View Interpretation Given Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

The Coal Commission briefly interrupted its sittings in camera, to-day to announce its decision on general principle in determining the profits…

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Safety-men Out Trouble at Abermain No. 2 Coal for Boilers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 5

Safety-men, including engine-drivers, firemen, deputies, and a mechanic were withdrawn from Abermain No. 2 Colliery to-day,…

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Gold Rush Tzar's £20,000,000 Woman's Claim "I am Princess Anastasia" New York

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 1

A third factor hat entered into the fight for the millions of dollars said to have been invested in America by the…

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March of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 9

Sir,—The reasoning of Mr. Peter O'Connor, of Kurri is somewhat vague in his reference to the proposed march of the locked-out miners of the north. Anyone…

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The Coal Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 10

Sir,—How long is this industrial tragedy to continue. Is it not time that an emphatic protest should emanate from the general public, and especially business…

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Coal or Oil?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 10

Sir.—I have read the letters of your many correspondents on the coal strike (I notice some people write many letters for their side), and the many suggestions that…

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Summons Division Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 3

Francis Charles Smith, of 30 Hunter-street, Stockton, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having, at Stockton, on July 17, stolen as quantity of coal valued at 2/,…

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The Sun Stop Press Northern Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 1

The Northern Miners' Committee of Management will sit again at Newcastle Trades Hall to-morrow. SPEEDWAY COURSING…

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Wheels of Industry Dependence on Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

Mr. Weaver, Minister for Mines, in an-address yesterday, at Belford Dome, in connection with the starting of boring operations, emphasised importance of…

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DISSATISFIED Miners and Control Body Cessnock Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

Contending that the policy of the combined unions is not being carried out "in the true spirit" as far as many collier's on the South Maitland fields…

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Against Compromise Northern Miners' Statement "Grim Determination"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 7

The Northern Miners' Committee of Management, which wit in Newcastle again to-day, issued an official statement this afternoon in opposition to…

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Mr. Cook's Warning Miners and Eight Hours' Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 9

In view of recent developments in the English coal industry, the following recent statement by Mr. A. J. Cook, Secretary of the British Miners' Federation, is of…

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