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Mining & the mines, 1929

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British Miners' Plight Report to Miners' International

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 10

The reports made by the Miners Federation of Great Britain to the Miners' International Federation are full of interest as those who have read…

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The Voice of the Miners (To the Editor) the Mining Crisis

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11

Sir,--The [?] of the Miners' Federation must be continually on the alert as in the next movie of the coalowners. Throuhg the columns of the [?]…

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Miners Get Notice Twenty-six Collieries Are Owners Trying to Force Hands of Government? Public Opinion Strong Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 5

WHEN the miners employed in the collieries controlled by the Northern Coal Owners' Association received the long-deferred dismissal notices to-day, they glanced at them, shouldered their crib-cans, and made for home…

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The Coal Crisis

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11

Sir.--As tin interested member of the working class. I have been watching with keen interest the now rapidly-developing conspiracy of the coal barons and the…

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Collieries Affected. Maintenance Men Stay On. Newcastle

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

The following were amongst the collieries at which notices were issued, according to information available this afternoon, at the Newcastle office of the Miners' Federation…

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The Coal Struggle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11

Sir,--There are many Individuals who consider Mr. Bavin quite sincere to his efforts to consolidate the waning coal trade. Such sincerity, however. is…

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Coal and Glycerine

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11

Procedure recently developed at the North-west Experiment Station of the United States Bureau of Mines, Seattle, Washington, for measuring the…

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The Miners Get Notice

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 5

The fortnight's notice handed to the Northern miners by the Associated Coal Owners of the Newcastle-Maitland field is ridiculed by some of the miners as mere "bluff." Time will prove the correctness of this view, but it is fairly safe to…

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McDONALD on Coal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11

Sir.--I desire to nail down just another one of those many misstatements that flow so glibly from the mouth and pen of Mr. C. McDonald, the mouthpiece of…

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Mine-owners and the Law

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11

THAT "false old crone," as the famous Australian patriot. Dr. John Dunmore Lang, styled the "Sydney Morning Herald," is as false Evidence of this is provided by its issue of the 12th of this month…

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Miners to Confer. Meeting on

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

A meeting of representatives of all unions in the industry, which will also include enginedrivers, colliery mechanics, and deputies, will be held at the Federation offices in Sydney…

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Port Kembla Miners Try Co-operation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- South Kembla colliery has resumed operations on a cooperative basis. The men are…

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Miners "Off" Day West Maitland

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

Saturday 10 an off day in the coal mines, and no work is done beyond a little cleaning up at a few pits. The men will go to work as usual on…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 19

The mining share market suffered all-round weakness yesterday. Sellers were particularly active, and had to accept lower prices in all sections. Base-metal interests…

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Behind the Table Hit with Coal

The Biz · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4

At Liverpool police court on Thursday, Robert Askew was charged with having assaulted Thomas George Bevan, at Liverpool, on…

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British Coal. Export Prices. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 18

The Colliery Owners' Association has informed the Australian Press Association that the allegation that they are exporting coal to Australia at 14/ a ton while charging…

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A "Trust" Proposal the British Coal Industry

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 10

The London "Daily Express" wants the coal industry to be taken over by a trust, and asserts that this would "reabsorb" the great majority of the…

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It Was Black Pay Friday for 7000 Northern Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 1

AFTER WEEKS OF INDUSTRIAL SUSPENSE something definite happened on the coalfields yesterday. It came in the form of "notice' for 7000 miners. The "Pictorial" camera recorded the "falling of the axe" at Wallsend Colliery. Above: Men waiting to draw wages. Right: Miners holding up their notices…

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" ABSURD !" British Coal Prices Statement Denied London

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 1

"It Is absurd," said an official of the British Mining Association when referring to the Newcastle miners' statement that coal was being…

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Talk of Coal Thursday Set Aside Canberra

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said to-day that he would set aside the whole of next Thursday for a full discussion of the coal position. He…

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