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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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Chinese Currency Adoption of Gold Standard American Experts' Views. Shanghai, March 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 5

The report of the Kemmerer Financial Commission, a body of American financial experts, invited by the Nanking Government to study and advise regarding…

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Fall of Coal Mine Deputy Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

James Robert Wooderson, aged 53, a deputy employed at Richmond Main colliery and living at Rawson-street, Kurri, was admitted to the Kurri…

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Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 9

James Robert Wooderson, 53, a deputy employed at Richmond Main colliery and residing in Rawson-treet, Kurri Kurri, was admitted to Kurri Kurri. District…

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"Both to Blame" Mine Unions and Owners Coal Control Royal Commission's Recommendation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 6

A recommendation for the appointment of a Board of Control with far-reaching powers, including the fixing of the selling price of coal, having regard to quality, and the fixing of rates of pay and hours and conditions of employment, is contained…

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Coal Commission Report "Hadn't Read It" Miners' Northern Leaders "Too Busy"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

The miners' northern officials (Messrs. [?]ellock and McNeill) were too busy to-day to read the Coal Commission's report,…

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Coal Commission's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 6

The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the coal industry has at last come to light, but we are not at all confident that it…

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Owners Wait Miners Move in Coal Deadlock November Terms Aggregate Meetings This Week ? SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

Despite the official statement of the Miners' Convention last night, that the fight would be waged "to the bitter end," the men will have an opportunity, probably this week, to accept or reject the November compromise terms…

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Miners' View Want Time to Consider SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. J. Davies, and other mining union officials in Sydney declined to-day…

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Want to Work Greta Main Miners Railways the Bar

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

Miners of Greta Main colliery said to-day that they were anxious to get back to work, which was offered them at pre-stoppage rates…

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The Sun Stop Press Coal Owners to Meet

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

The coal owners will meet in Sydney to-morrow to receive a report from the delegates to the conference held last Saturday with the…

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Motor Coal Carting Council's Load Limit Agreement Reached

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

The test case, in which Kearsley Shire Council proceeded agalnst Albert Antony, motor lorry proprietor, for having carried a load of coal…

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LOST £250,000 Use of Imported Coal MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 6

Dealing to-day with the operations of the Metropolitan Gas Company, the company's chief engineer (Mr. C. F. Broadhead) said they had spent £750,000 in…

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No Settlement Miners Disappointed Convention Discussion "Long Struggle" Suggested SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 7

Disappointed at not being able to secure a modification of the November terms at their conference with the colliery proprietors on Saturday, members…

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Gold, Fur, Fish Antarctic Treasures Common Problems Mr. MacRobertson's Plea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 2

The return of Sir Douglas Mawson and his comrades suggests to me that now might be an opportune the to make an effort to create public interest in the…

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Trenchant Criticism of Owners and Men in Coal Commission's Report Hit by Stone Communist Meeting Sequel Man in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 6

Evidence that he had been knocked unconscious by a stone thrown from a hostile crowd: following the breaking up of a Communist…

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Miners' Convention Expected to Call Aggregate Meetings This Week Two Charged Alleged Jury Rigging Suicide Fear Cyanide Found in Pocket SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 5

There was a sensational development in the case of alleged jury rigging, when two men were before the…

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SAVING 5/ TO 6/ a Ton Reorganisation of Coal Industry Royal Commission's Report Board of Control Recommended Coalowners Blamed for Hold-up Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 7

The report of the Royal Commission which inquired into the coal industry, Mr. Justice Davidson (Chairman), Mr. H. W, Gepp and Dr. Keith Ward, was presented to the Governor to-day. It is a voluminous document…

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Colliery Inspections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 2

The northern executive of the Miners' Federation has been furnished with reports of the visits made by District Check Inspector Hoare to several of the…

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Miners to Discuss Coal Position at Aggregate Meetings on Monday Next Week Miners' Meetings Dates Fixed Maitland and Newcastle SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 5

The dates of the aggregate meetings at which the coal position will be placed…

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The Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 6

One effect of the report of the Coal Commission will probably be a demand on behalf of the community for a reduction in the price of coal. As…

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