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Mining & the mines, 1930

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Unemployed Miners Will Not Accept Work. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 1

At a meeting of unemployed at Kurri Kurri last night it was decided to stand firmly behind the Miners' Federation and not accept employment at any…

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Northern Miners Applications for Work Received by Every Mail Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 1

Inquiries this morning elicited the information that applications for work in the northern collieries were still being received by every mail. Some days…

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Land Taxation Gold and Racecourses to Pay Alterations in Assessment Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 2

Several alterations in the assessment of land taxation are proposed by a bill introduced into the House of Representatives by the Treasurer (Mr…

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Miners Enrolling Steady Response of Applications for Work Several Companies Report Good Enrolement Rumors of Reductions on Southern and Western Fields Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 2

Inquiries have elicited the fact that applications for work on the northern collieries are still being received by every mail, but some days are…

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Mines Will Open Collieries' Association Announcement Sufficient Men Now Offering to Resume SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 1

THE CHAIRMAN of the Northern Collieries' Association, Mr. C. McDonald, said yesterday that so many men had offered for work that…

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Mines Will Open Announcement of Collieries' Association Sufficient Men Now Offering to Resume Pits Will Open Even If Full Complement Is Not Available Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 1

The Chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, Mr. C. McDonald, said to-day that so many men had offered for work that it had been…

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Miners' Federation Annual Conference To-morrow Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

The annual conference of the Miners' Federation will begin at the Trades Hall on Tuesday. The militants will advocate an all out policy in order to…

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100 at One Mine Owners Are Satisfied Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

"The owners are satisfied with the response, so far, and expect on Monday or Tuesday to get a very large number of applications," said Mr. C. M…

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Gold Shipment on Comorin £1,000,000 ABOARD Delay May Mean Lost Interest LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 1

The possibility is mentioned of loss of interest on the million sovereigns, shipped from Australia by the P. and O. liner Comorin, due to the delay…

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Coal Dispute Many Applications for Work Sufficient Labor to Man Lare Pits Date of Resumption Not Fixed Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 2

Representatives of the associated coal companies in Newcastle yesterday claimed that applications from miners and outside labor for work in their mines have more than doubled the number received on Friday, and…

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Miners Enrolling

The Daily Express · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

The response to the offers of work on the coal fields up to Saturday was stated to be about 25 per cent. of the full number required, though…

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British Government Facing Anxious Week Opposition to Coal Mines Bill LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 1
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An anxious week faces the Government in the House of Commons when the Coul Mines Bill again comes for ward Thursday is regarded…

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The Coal Position

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 2

A further attempt, made last week, to bring about a settlement of the coal [?]ble failed—Just as all previous attempts had failed. The…

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Miners' Federation Annual Conference To-day Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 1

The annual convention of the Miners' Federation begins in Sydney to-morrow. It is expected to last a week. There is a long agenda to be…

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Coal Dispute. Owners' Offer to Work Satisfactory Response Engine Drivers to Meet. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 1

The response to the mine owners' call for labor has been so satisfactory that the owners will hold a special meeting on Wednesday to consider what mines…

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Coal Dispute Re-opening Mines 428 Applications SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

THE CHAIRMAN of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. M. M'Donald) said yesterday that 428…

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Bounty for Gold to Stimulate Mining Canberra

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

Various methods are being adopted by the Commonwealth Government to ease the acute depression, one of which is the encouragement…

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Miners' Federation Annual Convention Coal Trouble Not Discussed SYdNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 2

The annual convention of the Miners' Federation opened in Sydney to-day. It is considered that the deliberations will either end, or…

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Re-opening Mines 428 APPLICATIONS For Work at One Colliery 75% of Complement Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

The chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. M. M'Donald) said to-day that 428 men had applied for work at one large colliery…

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