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Mining & the mines, 1929

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Coal Profits Federal Campaign Report of Commission

The Daily Express · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 1

Justice Davidson, chairman of the toil Commission, in a statement tonight stated the Commission would resume public sittings in Sydney on…

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Coal Report in Government Hands. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

The State Treasurer, Mr. Stevens, announced that the report of the Royal Commission on the coal Industry had been handed to the…

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Farmers’ Morale Better Than Miners’ Minister’s Comparison West Maitland

The Daily Express · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 1

At a meeting of farmers of Lower Hunter, held at Morpeth. at which the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) was present, speakers asked…

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Miners Strike Safety Lamps Wanted Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 4

Miners at the Ayrfield No 1 colliery have struck work. They say that they will not resume until safety lamps are installed. Two small ignitions of gas…

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Premier Interviewed Miners' Secretary Seeks Proposals Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

The general secretory of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. J. Davies, interviewed the Premier, Mr. Bavin, to-day regarding the Coal Commission's…

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British Miners Shorten Hours Proposal London, Sept. 22

The Daily Express · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 4

The Minister, [?]nes, In a speed [?] that, as soon as Parliament re-opened [?] would be taken to reduce the [?] hours…

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British Miners Hours to Be Reduced London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 1

The Under Secretary of State for Mines, Mr. Ben Turner, speaking at Sheffield, said that immediately Parliament was re-opened steps would…

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Miners Not Bound by Findings Statement by Official Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

The secretary of the combined mining unions, Mr. D. J. Davies, said that his committee never passed a resolution agreeing to accept the finding…

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Coal Profits Commission's Report Hopes for 'A Settlement Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 1

The report of the Coal Commission on the northern owners' profits in ten specified collieries discloses that the profits are slightly over 2/1[?] per…

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Coal Commission Conference of Parties May be Called Profit Per [?]on Disclosed SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 1

The report of the Coal Commission on the northen [?] owners' profits in ten specified colliries discloses a profit slightly over 2/1½…

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Coal Commission Profit Per Ton Disclosed Conference of Parties May be Called Union Officials' Charges Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

The report of the Coal Commission on the northern colliery owners' profits in 10 specified collieries discloses a profit of slight over 2/1½ a ton…

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Coal Fields Government Proposal Will Miners Accept the Reduction? Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 2

Mr. Bavin, referring to the trouble on the northern coalfields, said it would be a disaster of the first magnitude if this deplorable dispute was…

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Cabinet Action Seeks Miners Views

The Daily Express · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 2

After the Cabinet had considered the coal Commission’s report to-day, the Premier, Mr. Bavin, wrote the Secretary of the Miners Federation,…

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Miners Lodge. Shortage in Funds Newcastle

The Daily Express · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Glebe miners lodge last-night the aneditor Mr. Kelly declared that between £400 and £590 of the Lodge's funds…

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'Miners' Funds Moneys Not Accounted for Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Glebe miners' lodge last night, Mr. Kelly declared that between £400 and £500 of the lodge's funds could not be…

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Coal Trouble Prospects of Resumption Outlook Not Bright SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, referring today to the trouble on the northern coal fields, said that it would be a disaster of first magnitude if the…

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Letter From Premier to Combined Mining Union Acceptance of Proposals Urged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

After Cabinet had considered the Coal Commission's report today, the Premier, Mr. Bavin, wrote to the secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr…

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The Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 2

The Coal Commission found that the owners profits amounted to a little over two shilling per ton, but there appears to be little prospect of…

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