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Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

"All Quiet" Coal Front Police on Watch Meeting To-day Cessnock

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 7

THE coalfields are quiet to-day, and last night passed without incident, police motor cyclists…

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High Court and Coal Case Decision Reserved--Is It a Lock-out?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Judgment was reserved by the Full High Court to-day, after eight days' sitting, on Judge…

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Panozzo Sticks to His Guns Fascism Before Mining Corrimal

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

Corrimal mine was idle to-day, the whistle not having been blown by the management last night. The lodge yesterday and also at a meeting…

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Coal Case in High Court. Argument Concluded Lock-out or No? Area of the Dispute Decision Reserved Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

THE High Court resumed the hearing of the coal case to-day. Mr. Menzies, K. C. (for the owners) declared it was reasonable to infer…

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Scullin Renews Peace Offer in Coal Deadlock Owners Reject? But Will See Prime Minister Significant Hush Bavin's Mission in Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 7

THE latest move in the coal dispute is the renewal by the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin, of the Federal Government's offer to make good the reduction in the wages of the miners as proposed under the terms of…

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Coal Settlement Prospects Darker; Owners and Mr. Scullin's Terms Won't Run Hunt's Bad Luck Wrist Broken Cannot Meet Dr. Peltzer

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 11

"Don't run!" With this advice the Australian half-mile record holder, William Hunt, left his medical…

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Labour Defence Army Formed at Trades Hall. Miners Planned Mock Battle Postponed After Baton Charges. Labour Member's Appeal to Mr. Scullin. "Disarm the Coalfields Police."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 13

The Greta section of the Labour Defence Army planned a mock battle for Wednesday night, but when news was received of the police baton charges in the Kurri and Cessnock areas the drill was postponed. Before the postponement it was learned that the police flying squad,…

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Fresh Optimism that Coal Trouble Will End New Desperate Peace Efforts To-day Owners' Hurried Meeting; Urgent Proposition From Scullin Police Dominate Coalfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 3

With the mining centres now dominated by police power, desperate efforts to find a solution of the coal trouble will be made to-day by the Prime…

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Transport by 'Plane Plant For Bulolo Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 16

Guinea Airways. Ltd., announces that on the exercise of the option by Placer Development, Ltd., over the leases on the Bulolo belonging to Guinea Gold, N.L.,…

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"Good As Gold" Miners Always Pay Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

A TRIBUTE to the honesty and integrity of the coal-miners was made by Mr. C. G. Holdaway, secretary of the Cessnock and Maitland…

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Newcastle Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 19

Profit of Newcastle Coal Company for the half-year ended December 31 was £408, against £780 for the previous half-year, and a loss of £860 for the corresponding half of…

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New Colliery. For Lithgow District. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 18

A new colliery will be opened on Monday at the base of Hassans Walls. Six men will be employed. The Hartley Vale colliery is also developing…

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Crisis on Coal Fields Many Clashes Between the Miners and the Police Special Force May Bb Enrolled

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 4

The dispute in the northern coalfields has reached a critical stage, and there have been repeated clashes between the miners and the police. The temper of…

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Newcastle Coal Co's Small Profit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 16

The Whitburn and Victoria Tunnel mines of Newcastle Coal Mining Co., Ltd., in common with other associated mines, did not work during the half-year ended…

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British Coal a Great Revival

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 9

Viewed all round in the light of the Board of Trade returns for October, it cannot be said that British trade is improving (says the London…

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Coal Position at a Glance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

Mine owners rejected Mr. Scullin's terms, though peace negotiations have not closed. Northern miners decided…

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Zig Zag Colliery. Men Still on Strike. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 18

The dispute at the Zig Zag colliery has not been settled, and the colliery is still idle. As the result of a fire at the change-house, clothes belonging to miners were destroyed…

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More Coal From Rothbury Newcastle

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 7

Another train load of coal from Rothbury was brought to Newcastle to-day. It consisted of 31 trucks containing 290 tons of coal, and arrived at…

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Coal Lockout Hits Big Shopkeepers Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

THE prevailing depression caused by the locking-out of miners on the coalfields has seriously affected business firms…

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The Church and the Northern Coal Fields

The Methodist · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

A few days ago the Rev. W. H. Jones, General Secretary of Home Missions, received a letter from one of our ministers in a circuit on the South Maitland coal fields which throws a vivid light on the…

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