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Mining & the mines, 1928

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£5,976,343 Lost by Miners in Wages Costly Stoppages

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 11

Startling figures of the losses sustained by coal miners through strikes were given at the Coal Conference to-day…

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Strike of Miners. Animus Against Member of Hospital Board. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 12

Apparently with the sole object of bringing under the notice of the Government a grievance which does not concern the colliery at all, the miners at Scarborough colliery…

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'Huge Joke' Coal Charges Langwill Laughs "Never Got Money" Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 10

"AS my name has been connected by Mr. Hoare with some indefinite charges, the nature of which is not very…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Revenue Drift Haymarket Land Revenue Account Debit

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

Prudence in the promise that steps shall be taken to fund the revenue deficit accumulated before the present Administration assumed office, is…

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N.Z. Miners Lead For a Militant T.U. Movement Wellington, (N.z.)

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 1

The Miners’ Union sent along a splendid batch of working class resolutions to the agenda of the Alliance of Labor Conference, including:—…

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Militant Policy Will Save Miners Leaders Fail To Organise For Coming Fight Vital Sydney Conference on March 3

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 1

By Our Mining Correspondent Militant miners, the moral, financial and organisational degeneration of the Miners' Federation must be…

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Why Our Overseas Trade Was Lost Hoare Makes Grave Charges Underhand Practices Alleged "Miners Have Been Too Long Suffering" Crisis Is Prophesied

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 5

SERIOUS charges were made before the Coal Conference of owners and miners' representatives, convened by the Government, and presided over by the Minister for Labor and industry, Mr. Farrar, when Mr. J. Hoare, Northern Miners' President, yesterday alleged a series of…

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"Pit Ponies Fed; Men Starve" Miners' President Challenges Owners at Coal Parley

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 7

The introduction of industrial differences--principally in the northern district of New South Wales--largely distracted the…

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Abermain Colliery. Dispute Unsettled. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 18

It has been decided by a conference, representing the miners' lodge officials and enginedrivers and deputies, that, if the acting superintendent declines to meet a deputation on…

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Mount Isa Mines, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 19

The following progress report has been received from the mine superintendent of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., for the period ended February 15…

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South Maitland Mine. Department's Precautions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 21

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Chaffey) has received a report from the chief inspector of coal mines (Mr. J. P. Hindmarsh) with regard to the accumulation of water in the South…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 19

An unbroken series of falls in metal quotations reduced the mining share market to in activity yesterday. Consequent on a holdingoff policy, few stocks were dealt in, and prices…

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More Employed Barrier Miners Broken Hill

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 3

The number of men employed along the line of lode at the end of February was:--Amalgamated Zinc 13, North 1084, British 460. Junction…

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Water in Mine "No Cause for Alarm"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Chaffey, has received a report from the Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, Mr. J. P. Hindmarsh, with regard to the accumulation of water…

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No Third Shift Steelworks Miners' Decision Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 1

At a meeting of the Steelworks Shaft Lodge to-day, the request of the Hoskins' firm for three shifts was fully discussed…

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Twelve Killed. in Mine Accident. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 17

A report from Berlin says that an astonishing mining accident occurred in Westphalia, resulting in 12 men being killed and 35 seriously injured. Two largo cages, one…

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Coal Charges No Royal Commission Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 6

Despite the further disclosures by Mr. Hoare (Northern Miners' president), the Prime Minister again emphatically declared to-night it is [?]…

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Barrier Mines. Junction North Closed. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 18

Owing to a water shortage, caused by a break in the Umberumbarga main, the North and South mines stopped work to-day. The British mine kept working, and Central…

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Miners' Strike Hospital Dispute Illawarra Mix-up Wollongong

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 7

Four hundred arid fifty miners at Scarborough have ceased work as a protest against the retention of the…

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Coal Industry. Conference Adjourned Price Increases. Collective Contracts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 17

At the conference of representatives of the coal-owners and the miners' delegates yesterday, the chairman (Mr. Farrar) said there were some points upon which he desired…

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