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Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

More Mass Police Ready If New Attack Comes Mines May Be Sealed Talk of Lewis Guns Rothbury

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

Since Friday's dramatic marches and the successful mass picketing at Ashtonfields, all has been quiet…

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Rank and File Will Decide Miners' Future Policy To-morrow Peril Film Ablaze City Theatre Two Dragged to Safety

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

Jack Woods, assistant operator, and a spool boy, Arthur Campbell, were in peril yesterday afternoon when at the…

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Machine Guns and Barbed Wire at Rothbury Strong Guards Are at Strategic Points Guns Intended For Use Only if Men Break Through Miners Said to Have Bombs

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

BRANXTON, Saturday -- A sensational statement that the police in the Rothbury compound are heavily armed, and that Lewis guns have arrived at the pit for use in emergency, was made to the…

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The Mines. Ministry Firm. "Coal Must be Hauled"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

State Ministers asserted last night that the Government was more determined than ever to see that the law was observed, and that those who wanted work in the coal-mines would be…

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Miners' Mine Going Well Contract Success Press Canard Denied

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

A MALICIOUSLY misleading caption: "Couldn't produce enough coal to pay own wages," headed a reference to the Balmain coal mine in…

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Lithgow Collieries. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

It is hoped that the Hartley Vale Colliery will resume next week. It has been closed down since mid-December. Mr. Campbell Roy, president of the Western Miners'…

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Coal-mining Industry. International Agreement. LONDON, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

The first international agreement has been achieved in the history of the coal-mining industry. British and Polish exporters are pledged to be guided in future by a…

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Yesterday's Coal Developments

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

An army with banners--selfstyled "the Workers' Army"--marched through Cessnock yesterday. The procession…

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Miners and the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 10

Ashtonfields colliery is an unassociated colliery near East Maitland. Because of some trouble with five or six miners in that pit, it was closed…

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Miners' Secret Service--Domain Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

"We have our secret service, we know which policeman killed Norman Brown," said Mr. T. "Bondy" Hoare in the Domain yesterday…

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Britain's Trade Coal Exports Recover

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 16

LONDON, January 11.--British trade ended the year on a minor key, imports and exports showing substantial decreases, partly owing to…

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Appeal to Western Miners. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

Messrs. R. Hatton, president of Cessnock Miners' Lodge, F. Sheridan, delegate of the Richmond Main Lodge, T. Hourigan, president of the Paxton Lodge, and L. Tyrrell,…

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25 P.c. Cut ? at Balmain Mine

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

A reduction of 25 per cent, on the wages of miners, deputies and mechanics at the Balmain colliery, has been made, according to good authority…

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Oil Shale and Coal Re[?]ources

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

A shale and coal oil [?] association was formed as a result of a meeting in Sydney to-day. The shale oil industry, said [?]…

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Financial. Gold Standard. Restored in Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 13

The decision to remove the embargo on the export of gold from Japan took effect on Saturday, Japan, after an interval of 13 years, is again on the gold standard. The…

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Mine Idle [?]Arch for Lost Youth Lithgow

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

The State Mine is idle, as the men are searching for Robert Moulds, a 15 year, old boy, who is lost in the mountains somewhere between the…

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Bellbird Colliery. Safety Men Threatened. Refrain From Going to Work. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

Members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association who were employed at Bellbird Colliery were subjected during the week-end to intimidation at their homes at…

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Miners Search Missing Mate Left Shooting Party Lithgow

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 10

Robert Moulds, [?], one of a party of lads who went shooting yesterday, is lost somewhere in the mountains between the railway colliery and the State forest…

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Miners' Relief Fund. Do Much Promise Little How the Total Grows

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

Promise little and do much! Get interested in the Miners' Relief Fund on that basis. Then will be built up a fund that…

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