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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

132 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 3

To fight the system of "black" declarations on the coalfields, the Government has decided to discontinue the grant of food relief to all…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 6

Rumor was current in Sydney on Friday that Strong pressure is about to be brought on Mr. Scullin in an attempt to force the taking over of…

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The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 3

An important development in the coal position occurred on Tuesday. The general secretary of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's…

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The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 3

A message from Cessnock states that the driver of a motor lorry carrying one of the first loads of coal from the newly re-opened Millfield…

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The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 3

Summonses have been Issued against Mr. Rowland James, M.H.R., and Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., for alleged illegal utterances on the coal…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 5

Local miners lodges, in conjunction with the Pelaw Main and Stanford Merthyr lodges, are working feverishly to prevent any action being…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 3

The coal trouble may end this week. All immediate developments pivot on the High Court case, which will be heard to-day. While Judge…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 3

Summonses have been taken out by Edward Wallace Patton, a member of the Communist party, charging Inspector Mackay with assault and…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

As the miners' leaders are in Melbourne, it is unlikely that the suggested coal conference will be held to-morrow…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 1

A murderous attack was made on a free laborer at Newcastle late on Sunday night. Benjamin Paul and his brother Henry were talking…

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The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 3

Direct losses from a year's dislocation of industry through the coal stoppage:—Coal miners have lost in wages, £2,000,000; other miners have…

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Coal Crisis Sydney. 4 p.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

With regard to Mr. Bavin's proposed conference between the mineowners and miners, a telegram was to-day received from Melbourne from…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 7

Remarkable advice was given by Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., to a meeting of miners organised by South Maitland militants an Weston on…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 4

Miners who were unemployed before the northern mines were closed down are to be given assistance by the Miners' Federation when…

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Coal Award Sydney, 3.30 p.m. Declared Invalid

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 7

The High Count to-day delivered its reserved judgment upon the validity of Judge Beeby's second interim award made on January 23 on the…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 3

The air bas been cleared to a certain extent by the High Court's decision that the second interim coal award of Judge Beeby was bad in…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 3

The mine [?] of the Scheka muno G.M. Co. (S.L.), operating at Bell's Creek, reports having crushed 34 tons of ore from the 214ft. level,…

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Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 3

All eyes will be focussed on the conference between the owners and the miners, which was held yesterday in Sydney…

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Coal Conference Fails Again

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 1

Declaring that they had a mandate from the rank and file, representatives of the combined mining unions refused to accept any but the pre-stoppage…

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Applications for Work On Northern Collieries

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 2

Inquiries this morning elicited the fact that applications for work on the Northern Collieries were still being received…

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