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Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

No "All-out" Lodges v. the Rank and File Position of Enginemen Miners Won't Have Outsiders Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 8

DESPITE the Rank and File Conference decision for an "all-out" policy, several miners' lodges rejected the proposal at meeting yesterday and last night. THE Abermain No. 1 Miners' Lodge was largely attended. The minute recommending the "all-out" policy was the subject of a long discussion. The…

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Judge Beeby Makes New Interim Award On Miners' Log of Claims. Pre-stoppage Rates and Conditions Owners Will Probably Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 11

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, Judge Beeby, giving judgment on the miners' new log of claims, found that a serious industrial dispute existed; fixed February 18 as the date of hearing; and made an interim award prescribing the pre-stoppage hewing rates…

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Judge Beeby Makes New Interim Award Coal and Shale Employees Declares No Argument Will Affect His Duty "Crisis in Industry" Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

IN the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Beeby delivered judgment regarding the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation's log. recently served on employers in the various States. His Honor said he found that a dispute extending beyond the limits…

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Miners in Court. Alleged Removal of Rothbury Rails Each Defendant Is Fined £10 P.M. Deaf to Counsel's Submission "There Is a Case" Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

AT the conclusion of the Crown evidence to-day in the case in which eleven were charged in connection with the Rothbury trouble on December 16, Mr. Clancy and Mr. Braye submitted there was no case to answer…

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Police Terror Rages; Workers’ Army Grows Intimidation Fails Fierce Hatred for Police on Coalfields “They Won’t Catch Us Unarmed Again ” Miners’ Wives to the Fore

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Jan. 19.—Four demonstrations of miners were broken up by armed police from the Rothbury fortress on Wednesday…

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"I Wont!" Says Mr. Scullin Emphatically Secret Cabinet on the Harbor Bavin May Rush Election Coal Crisis As Tory Slogan Govt.'s Financial Bog

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 1

THAT, the Bavin Government is hatching plans for an early appeal to the people under conditions which it hopes will be favorable because of the Northern coalfields trouble, was confirmed yesterday by the Premier's frantic eagerness to deny the fact…

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Coal Crisis Is Working - Class Crisis Only Two Solutions Capitalist or Communist New Tasks Require New Tactics and New Machinery Only ‘All Out’ Will Prevent Defeat

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The coal lockout, which has been in operation for 11 months now, has tested and found wanting all the methods of craft and sectional unionism,…

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Kandos Colliery Dispute Western Miners Threaten Sympathy Strike. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 18

Unless the supply of coal being sent from Lithgow to the Kandos cement works is stopped western miners will take "certain definite action." The district board of…

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Miners Entombed. Queensland Colliery. One Man Killed. Survivors' Terrible Ordeal. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 17

One man was killed and two injured in Aberdare colliery at Blackstone, near Ipswich, at 8 o'clock this morning, when a fall of earth entombed four men…

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Scullin Coaxes Coal Owners "Set an Example and Open Mines"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.--Urging that the leaders of industry should "set an example of tolerance and reason," the Prime…

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Distilling Coal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 8

The Lancashire Foundry Coke Co., Ltd., of Moorefield, Altham near Accrington, was registered on November 11 with a capital…

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Coal From Spain

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 8

The Spanish Cabinet has approved the Bill brought in by the Minister of Finance authorising the import into Spain of 750,000 tons of British coal. --…

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"Politicians' Slimy Fingers In The Coal-Miners' Pie" Expert's View of Tragedy Plain Words on Coal Problem "Commonsense Needed" Minister Who Blundered Owners Must Take Reduction of Cost Duty of Miners

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 10

HERE are some plain words and some clear thinking on the great coal tragedy. They come from a well-known student of industrial economics who for…

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British Coal Trade "Brisk" Snowden Sells Coal to Italy

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 8

The London "Compendium of Commerce," which views things ln the coal and other Industries from the owners' point of view. says that as far as coal…

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Southern Miners' Ballot Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 6

The Southern District Miners' ballot for representatives on the board of management and the convention will be held throughout the district on [?]…

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More Miners' Children in Sydney

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 7

Another party of miners' children arrived in Sydney yesterday from Abermain and Weston. under the charge of Mrs. Munday…

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Grim Drama in Q'land Mine Battle for Life Man Buried Under Fall of Coal Ipswich

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 1

ANOTHER grim drama of coal in which a miner's life is at stake, is being staged at Hart's Aberdare Colliery Ipswich…

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Papuan Gold Areas' Leases

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 16

Mr. Reed, leader of Papuan Gold Areas' prospecting party, reports having returned to Pt. Moresby from the field. He pegged seven leases on the Tiveri River--six of 300…

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An Old Gold Town

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 15

EUNICE CHRISTIE (Stewart's Brook).—I will give you a description of Stewart's Brook an old-time goldfield. The brook consists of two branches, one rising at the foot of…

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Flood Lighting Its Use in Mines

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 8

The value of flood lighting has been recognised in many Industrial spheres throughout the Commonwealth. Amongst those who…

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