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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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"All Out!" Out Maitland Miners Shy West Maitland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

It is understood that the Miners' Lodges on the South Maitland field, who are now engaged in testing the feeling of members on the proposals for the…

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Fall of Coal Doctor's Wife Imprisoned Otago (N.Z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

A fall of coal occurred in a coal mine on Mr. Matheson's property, tit Kurow Otago, New Zealand. The doctor's wife, who had gone into…

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Killed Outright When Car Overturns Into Disused Mine SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 1

At Mount Cameron, Tasmania, yesterday, the failure of the steering gear of a ear caused it to overturn into some disused mine workings with the…

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Waste on the Farm Turned into Gold Sounds Like the Millennium

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

When Mr. W. Dohnt, of Eumungerie broached this subject at Saturday's meeting of district farmers and graziers, all present sat up and took…

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More Days Work If Accept Owners' Plans Coal Miners Better Off SYDNEY

Western Age · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

Mr. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, in a broadcast speech last night, said that the owners, firmly believed that by…

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More Days Work. If Accept Owners' Plans Coal Miners Better Off. SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

Mr. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, in a broadcast speech last night, said that the owners firmly believed that by…

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The Coal Trouble. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

The Minister for Mines visited Rothbury yesterday, and met the camp officials who asked whether he intended to open more mines. Mr…

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Coal From Rothbury Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

Thirty seven truck loads of coal from the Rothbury mine arrived at Newcastle last night…

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More Rothbury Coal 37 Trucks Reach Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Western Age · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

Another batch, comprising 37 truck loads of coal from Rothbury mine, arrived at Newcastle last night…

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More Rothbury Coal. 37 Trucks Reach Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

Another batch, comprising 37 truck lands of coal from Rothbury mine, arrived at Newcastle last night…

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The Coal Trouble Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Wearer, is of the opinion that every miners' lodge should be afforded the opportunity of taking a secret…

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Federal Government Takes Hand in Coal Dispute Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 2

Urged by their supporters for many months past to take a hand the coal trouble, the Federal Government has at last decided [?]…

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Local Jottings. Lucknow Pups Gold Mining Co., N.L.

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 8

The secretary reports: No. 1 shaft, 125ft level, first crosscut S.W. driven 12ft and cutting small veins carrying arsenical pyrites…

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The Coal Trouble

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 10

An earnest effort is made by this writer to put all the facts in connection with this unfortunate matter in a clear and…

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The Coal Trouble Newcastle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 8

Matters in connection with [?] prolonged coal dispute seem to [?] taking a definite shape, and [?] on the northern fields are not [?]…

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Coal Imports and Exports Sydney

Western Age · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 3

The Convention of the Australian Workers' Union adopted a resolution moved by Mr. C. L. Gray, of Smith Australia, with regard to the coal…

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Refusing the Dole 1000 Miners Affected "Black" Ban to be Stronger the Economic Position Cessnock

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 1
Also in Western Age

When members of the Miners' Federations applied for the usual fortnightly dole at the Cessnock Police Station yesterday their claims were refused. Nearly 1000 men draw the date at…

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Deadlock on the Coal Fields Fads of the Industrial Dispute. Economic Negotiations

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

The complicated deadlock on the coalfields is easily defined—an economic difficulty, capable of settlement by reason, fanned by a few…

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The Coal Strike. and What It Is Costing the Country. Destitution and Starvation

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 8

With the northern coal trouble where it was a year ago, with an economic position pressing heavily upon industry, with the largest…

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