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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

1,140 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 57

The Mines Thirty Pits Re-open To-morrow Northern Mines Resuming SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

THE CHAIRMAN of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. M. M'Donald) estimates that thirty pits will be re-opened to-tnorrow…

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Miners Instructed to Report for Work

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 3

Colliery proprietors and representatives of the Miners' Federation were in conference all Friday afternoon discussing arrangements for a…

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Mine Workers Resume on Northern Pits Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2
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Members of the Richmand Main and Pelaw Main miners' lodges signed on at the colliery offices this afternoon. Shot firers, deputies and shift men…

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Coal Dispute Settlement Reached Resumption on

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

After only a short sitting on Thursday morning the conference between representatives of the coal owners and miners reached a complete…

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Premier's Reply to Owners and Miners No Remission of Sentences

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 3

The state Cabinet reviewed the coat position in the light of the agreement between the owners and the miners for a resumption of work on…

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Coal Fields Thirty Pits to Open No Hitch Anticipated Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

The Chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, Mr. McDonald, to-day estimated that thirty pits will he re-opened on Wednesday…

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Thirty Pits Will Re-open To-morrow Northern Mines Resuming Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2

The chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. M. M'Donald) to-day estimated that 30 pits will be re-opened on Wednesday. The full…

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Columbia Mine Seized by Bandits

The Daily Express · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

BOGOTO (Columbia), May 26. Rifle armed bandits, reported to number 100, and asserting themselves to number 400, seized…

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Emerald Mine Seized by Bamdits Bogota (Colombia)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

Over 100 bandits, armed with rifles, and asserting themselves to number 100, seized the Bonscuez mine, which produces many of the world's finest…

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Rothbury Miners Employment Elsewhere Mr. Weaver's Statement Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr Weaver), said to-day that nothing was known at Rothbury of any bitterness among miners regarding the…

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Carrying Coal Probable Rail Rate Reductions. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 2

The Cabinet to-day have a lengthy consideration to the proposed reduction in freight charges on coal, and, although no official information has…

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Carrying Coal Probable Rail Rate Reductions SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

The Cabinet gave a lengthy consideration to the proposed reduction in freight charges on coal, and, and, although no official information has…

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New Guinea Gold Arrival in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 2

It is reported that a consignment of gold, valued at £87,000, has reached Sydney from the New Guinea goldfields…

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Captain's Flat Railway Agreement with Mining Company Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 6

The State Government today decided to enter into an agreement with he Lake George Mining Company under which a railway line to Captain's Flat…

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Coal Reduction 3- to 33 LOCALLY 46 TO 49 for Export Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

The cabinet to-day gave lengthy consideration to reduction in freight charges on coal, and although no official information was given regard…

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Coal Dispute Last Minute Hitch No Resumption To-day Lodges Seek Explanations NEWCASTLE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 2

A last-minute hitch has occurred, and work at the northern mines will not be resumed to-morrow as stated. A number of lodges claim that…

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Coal Dispute Last-minute Hitch No Resumption To-Day Lodges Seek Explanations NEWCASTLE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

A LAST-MINUTE hitch occurred and work at the northern mines will not be resumed, to-day, as stated. A number of lodges claim…

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Coal Mines Agreed Wom Vul Commence on Monday Next Miners' Lodges and Federation Reach Agreement Work for 10,000 TO 12,000 Men Immediately in 35 Mines Newcastle

The Daily Express · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 1

A meeting of delegates from all lodges met at Newcastle Trades Hall to-day to hear detailed explanations of the leaders regarding the…

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35 Mines Ready Work for 12,000 Men Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 1

The chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, Mr. McDonald, said to-day that the northern colliery owners were prepared to…

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