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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

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British Coal Question

Manilla Express · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 2

The Prime Minister and cabinet ministers associated with mines and employment have met representatives, of coal industry…

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Mungindi Football. Gold-tops Beat Garah

North West Champion · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 1

There was no football at home on Sunday last, as the Gold Tops travelled to Garah and played the Garahites, whilst the Mungindi team could not…

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Expensive Coal Inquiry Royal Commission May Cost £52,000 SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 1

The cost of the Coal Royal Commission Enquiry is expected to reach £52,000 by the time the inquiry ends in December next. The most expense…

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Gold Moree Club

North West Champion · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

Members of the about Club competed in a Bogey Handicap [?] Sunday last, and J. Snodgrass was [?]ly one to prove himself the equal of the…

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Ample Coal Stocks SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 1

Although it the gas supplies wore affected by the coal dispute, the Railway Commissioners and City Electric department report ample stocks…

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Timber and Coal Strikes. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 2

N[?]arly £2,000,000 in wages have been lost by the workers throughout New South Wales as a result of the to[?]ber workers' suike and the…

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Northern Collieries. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. McDonald. Chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, says that the mine owners are prepared to confer at any time with the combined…

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The Coal Trouble Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 1

McDonald secretary of the Northern Collieries Association, says the owners are willing at any time to confer with the combined mining…

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Church and Coal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 2

The mining onions have not yet decided whether they will be represented at the conference with owners arranged by the Council of Churches…

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Mining Industries Meet

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 1

The combined Mining Industries Unions met to day in Sydney when the proposals of a conference with the proprietors was discussed…

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The Coal Situation

Manilla Express · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 2

Representatives of the mining unions met in Sydney yesterday and by a majority of only one rejected a motion in favor of…

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Coal Strike. Effort by Churches. Miners Willing to Confer

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 7

The invitation extended by the Council of Churches to the mining unions to appoint representatives to address the council next Thursday was…

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Coal Commi[?]

North West Champion · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

It is understood [?]ission Report [?] in 1927 [?] a few days…

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Coal Commission's Report. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

The Coal Commission's report, dealing with colliery profits for 1927 will be presented to the Government within the next few days…

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First Gold Lease. Perth

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

At Bullfinch on Saturday, the Premier Mr. Collier unveiled a tablet on the first lease petted out on Eastern goldfields which led eventually to…

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Coal Commission Report to Be Presented. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 1

It is understood the Coal Commissions' report, dealing with the colliery profits of 1927, will be presented to the Government within a few…

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The First Gold Lease Tablet Unveiled at Bullfinch W. A. Led to Rich Gold Production Perth

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 1

At Bullfinch, W. A., on Saturday, the Premier unveiled a tablet on the first lease pegged out- on the Eastern goldfield, which led eventually to…

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"Rank and File" Advice for Coal Settlement Cessnock

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 September 1929 · page 1

Speaking here yesterday. Reverend Owen Evans, with the aid of a large number of workers in the coal mining industry, believe the compromise was…

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Trouble at State Coal Mine. Lithgow

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1929 · page 2

Move than 600 employees of the Stae coal mine at Lithgow refused to work yesterday because they alleged that the seniority clause, observed at all…

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Queensland Gold Yield

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

A further decline occurred in the Queensland gold yield for August, and for the eight months ended August 31, compared with the corresponding…

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