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Mining & the mines, 1929

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More Light on the Coal Position

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 10

SEVERAL salient facts about the position in the coal-mining industry, which all along have been known to anybody who has studied the subject, but which hitherto have not boon publicly acknowledged by those who sit in high places, have been brought into the spotlight as…

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Direct Action Wins Miners Reinstate Victimised Officials

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3

At Rangal coal mine the chairman and the secretary of the miners’ lodge were told by the manager, when their drive cut out. that they were no…

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Dismissed. Bellbird Miners. Employers' Decision. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 13

Miners employed at the Bellbird colliery received 14 days' notice of dismissal this afternoon. The announcement was received very quietly, and there was no comment…

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Coal Inquiry Is Refused Bruce Ignores Appeal Miners' Leaders Clearly Explain Grave Issues Startling Details of Profiteering "Go Back to Bavin" Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 1

THE deputation from the Miners' Federation, which wailed on the Prime Minister this afternoon in the hope of inducing him to grant an immediate Commission of Inquiry into the coal situation in New South Wales and Australia, found, as was not altogether unexpected, that Mr…

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Old Gold Digger Mr. R. Baxter Dlad

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 7

A LINK with early N [?] by the death [?] Robert [?] Glebe Point…

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VOLUNTEERS Branch's Strike Offer Coal and Timber Crisis

The Land · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 5

An offer by the Koorawatha branch of the F.S.A. to call for volunteers if necossary in connection with the coal and timber…

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No New Scheme Reducing Coal Price Bavin's Statement

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 11

So far the only result of the New South Wales Cabinet deliberations is an intimation by the Premier (Mr. Bavin) that the Government is…

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At Abermain Notices Are Served Miners and Officials Newcastle

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 11

Minors and mine officials employed at Abermain Nos. 1, 2, and 3 received the following notice to-day:-- "Take notice that, my company…

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Balmain, .Catamaran Miners’ Council Endorses Slave Conditions Full Description Next Week

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

The Miners’ Council, after hearing a pop-eyed report from H. Doran, a discredited ex-“Red,” decided last week that conditions under the collective…

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To Fight Book Ban and Slave Acts Miners’ Council of Action CESSNOCK

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 1

A council of action, representing seven miners’ lodges, the Cooperative Society, the O.B.U. of Unemployed, the A.L.P.. the Militant Women’s…

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More Bolshie Gold Queensland Workers’ Reply to Lawson’s Forgery

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3

J. Britt (list 496) lb/-. V. Push 5/-, W. H. Fratter 10/-. R. Fox 20/-, J. Evans (list 1) 20/-. M.O.P.R. 8/-. Panpilloff (list 148) 55/-. T. Collins (list) 50/-..A…

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Marts, Money and Mines D. Mitchell Has Lean Year 5 P.c. Dividend

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 6

For the year ended December 31. 1928, D. Michell and Co., Ltd., made a net profit of £11,334, as compared with £15,039 for 1927. The comparison is…

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United Miners Will Win Craft and District Isolation is Suicide LITHGOW, N.S.W.

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

Some time ago mass meetings were held throughout the coalfields which were addressed by delegates from the Colliery Mechanics, Deputies, Engine…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip D. Mitchell's Div. Reduced to 5 P.c

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3

D. Mitchell Pays Only 5 per cent. Operations of D. Mitchell and Co., Ltd., as general merchants, etc., yielded results for 1928 which were not…

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Events of the Day Coal Crisis The Cabinet Makes an Effort to Save the Situation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4

The N.S.W. Cabinet intends to make an effort to rebabilitate the coal industry, and, after spending practically tho whole of Wednesday…

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Miners Get 14 Days' Notice on Northern Coalfields Owners' Drastic Move Jobs Terminate on March 2 Thousands of Men Affected Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 9

IT was stated by officials of the Northern Miners' Federation this afternoon that practically all Association collieries in the Maitland coal[?]elds had issued dismissal notices to miners. The notice states: "On and after March 2…

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Spanish Miners Their Union Colliery

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 10

The following is a copy of a report from the Spanish miners to the Miners' International. It has been received by Mr. D. Davies, the general secretory…

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Coal Miners Dismissed. From Northern Collieries. Thousands of Men Affected. Meetings to Discuss Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 17

The members of the Northern Colliery Owners' Association yesterday pave 14 days' notice of dismissal to the whole of their employees on the northern coalfield, except deputies, engine-drivers, and pump-hands. About 10,000 men are directly and possibly another…

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Coal Resources Sabotaged Ways of Mining Companies

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 10

The attempt at present being made by our State and Federal Governments to resuscitate and stabilise the coal industry is very commendable and…

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Eleven Thousand Miners Face Unemployment in 14 Days Notices Issued at Associated Collieries Government Intervention Hoped for Before Expiry Coal Industry Approaches Crisis

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 3

Over 11,000 miners on the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields have received 14 days' notice of dismissal. There is great speculation as to whether the proprietors intend to enforce the notices, or whether their action is intended…

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