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Mining & the mines, 1929

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Rush for Work Miners Sign Up Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 6

Report's from the coalfields state that some miners fearing the rush to work when, the settlement is ratified, have already signed up under the conditions…

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Mine Accident Fall of Earth Two Men Killed London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 4

A poignant tragedy occurred at Viewpoint Colliery, Lanarkshire (Scotland), when two miners were buried by a fall of over 100 tons of earth. The…

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Mr. James, M.H.R. Earns Miners' Gratitude Federal Government Castigated Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 1

The Combined Mining Unions Committee carried a resolution to-day congratulating Mr. James, M.H.R. for the Hunter, for his valiant fight on behalf…

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Miners Signing on Fearing They May Be Left in the Rush Lithgow Men Reject the Agreement Union Committee Denounces Federal Treachery and Cowardice

The Daily Express · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 1

A report from the coal fields indicates that some miners, fearing the will be left when the rush sets in have already signed on for work at…

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Coal Dispute Miners Meet at Kurri Kurri Stormy Scenes Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 1

THE FIRST miners' aggregate meeting to consider the terms of the proposed settlement, of the coal dispute was held at Kurri Kurri…

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Hearts of Gold

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 2

Down in the great South Sea of the old travellers' dreams there is an island Continent of 3,000,000 square miles, and a young British nation of…

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Coal Dispute Miners Meet at Kurri Kurri Stormy Scenes Officials Howled Down Settlement Proposals Rejected SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 4

The first miners' aggregate meeting to consider the terms of the proposed settlement of the coal dispute was held at Kurri Kurri to-day. The meeting…

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Boots of Gold Boxer's Gift Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 1

This is my Christmas present to your Tuberculosis Campaign," said Camera, the giant Italian pugilist, handing over his huge boots to the…

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Mr. James and the Coal Dispute Canberra

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 1

Mr. James (N.S.W.), in a personal explanation, said that he desired to make himself quit clear in regard to what he had said on the coal trouble…

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Mine Vessels Missing in U.s.a. Waters Anxiety for Seventy Persons Aboard

The Daily Express · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 4

St. John's Newfoundland, Dec. 4. Another Newfoundland disaster occurred to-day, when silence continued to conceal the fate of seventy…

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Federal Parliament House of Representatives War Loan Liability Mr. James and Coal Dispute Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 4

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. R. F. Green (N.S.W.) asked why the Minister for Defence, Mr. Green, instead of the Minister for…

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Kurri Miners Reject Conference Agreement Proposals Committee Appointed to Carry on the Fight Delegates to Conference Warn Men of Helplessness of Strike Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 2

The first of to-day's miners' aggregate meetings, which was field at Kurri Kurri, attracted a gathering of between 4,000 and 5,000…

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Engine-drivers and Coal Owners Conference Fails Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 4

A conference between representatives of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Federation and coal owners, with a view to bringing about a…

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Secondary Industry for New South Wales Coal-fields Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 4

A move to establish an important secondary industry on the coalfields of New South Wales was announced to-day. A company, with the rights of…

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Coal Position Black Crave Doubts of Men Accepting Agreement Opening of Rothbury with Free Labor Likely Cabinet May Stop Dole to Miners Who Refuse the Work Offered Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 1

The Disputes Committee of the Sydney Labor Council left for the Northern coalfields to-day. This indicates that the Council has put into effect the policy resolved upon last night taking the mining trouble out of the hands of the industry…

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Gold Movement Commonwealth Government's Attitude Anxiety in London London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 4

Apropos of certain speeches made by the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Theodore, the city editor of the "Morning Post," says: "It almost seems from cable…

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Miners' Decision Government Will Know Result Early Next Week Cabinet to Consider Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 4

The Government expects to be in possession, early next week, of the result of the aggregate meeting, of the miners miners to consider the terms…

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General Strike in Coal Industry Labor Council's Decision "Acceptance of Terms a Gross Betrayal" SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 4

a meeting of the Sydney Labor Council was held last night behind closed doors. It was decided to recommend that the miners should declare a general strike in the mining industry throughout the Commonwealth unless…

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The Coal Trouble

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 2

Membe of the Sydney Labor Council, including Messrs. Garden, Ryan, and Kavanagh, visited Cessnock during the week-end, contending that…

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Coal Trend Hopeful Cold Reception to Sydney Labor Council Garden and General Strike Not Wanted Rumors of Moderate Miners Negotiating a Resumption Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 1

The coal situation in still serious. To-day in Sydney the Assistant Minister for industry (Mr. J. Beasley) had a conference with the Federal Treasurer (Mr. E. G. Theodore) on the new developments in the dispute…

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