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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Coal By-products

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 9

Australia is one of the most wasteful countries in the world as it falls to make use of its minerals and their by-products, and in its neglect in the…

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Mr. Weaver Returns. Visit to Rothbury Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Wearer) returned to Sydney yesterday, after a visit to the Maitland coalfields. He stated that everything was satisfactory…

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The Price of Coal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 9

The price o' coal, the price o' coat. That's how it all began. For the workers' enormous wage, alack! Was reducing dividends, gear, and stack…

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No Embargo on Coal?

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

"It is not likely that the Federal Government will consider an embargo on imported coal," said the Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) yesterday…

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Miners' Children Ready on

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 7

ALL miners' children who have to be back at the coalfields for school are to meet Mrs. Munday on No. 1…

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Plant Delayed by Coal Stoppage

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

MR J. TODHUNTER, rolling mills superintendent at the Broken Hill Proprietary's steel works at Newcastle is a frequent visitor to America…

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A Tremendous Death-roll 2500 Miners Killed Annually

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 9

For many years the United; Mine Workers' Union of America has sought to drill into the minds of the American people the facts in regard to the terrible toll of life and limb that is taken each year by the coalmining industry. That union pointed out from time to time that an average of 2500 men lose their lives in and around the mines each year; that 150,00 to 200,000 non-fatal accidents occur; that in addition to the…

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The Facts Balmain Mine Trouble Why Enginemen Stopped

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 5

STATEMENTS in the evening Press from the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union relative to Balmain colliery [?]…

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Rich Gold Find in Victoria Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

A RICH gold reef has been discovered near St. Arnaud by four prospectors at a depth of ten feet…

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Drilling of Miners. Report to Federal Government. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

Following a request from the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Bavin) that the Federal Ministry should issue a proclamation tinder the Crimes Act to prevent the drilling…

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Pickets Balmain Mine But All Quiet Enginemen to Meet

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

PICKETING of Balmain Colliery, by members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association, started at 6 a.m…

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Wouldn't Allow Miners' Band to Play Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

At Wollongong Council meeting held last night, permission was refused the Kurri Kurri Pipe Band to parade and take up a collection while in Wollongong…

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Coal Dispute Ah Efforts at Settlement Have Failed

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 4

There has been practically no change in the coal position on the northern Molds in New South Wales during tho week. The slips taken by the police to…

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Govt. Refuses to Place Embargo on Imported Coal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 1

NOTHING will be done by the Federal Government to prevent the entry into Australia of certain cargoes of English…

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Case for the Miners Mr. Davies at Bondi Conspiracy Exposed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

A COGENT and lucid survey of the great mining struggle on the northern coalfields was given last night at the Coronation Hall, Bondi…

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Our Enormous Coal Deposits Standards Association on Industry's Future

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 9

The report of the Australian Standards Association indicates that with its vast coal resources. Australia is one of the most fortunate countries in the…

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Fuel Economy Coal Spirit May Replace Petrol and Benzole

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 13

According to eminent authorities in different parts of the world, coal will piny an even greater part in transport development in the future than in the…

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Kurri Band. Street Collection for Miners. Refused at Wollongong. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

At a meeting of the Wollongong Council last night an application for permission for the Kurri Kurri Band to play in the streets and take up a collection in aid of the northern…

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Decorative Ideas Lavish Table Appointments ol Glass mid Gold

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 16

It In curious to notice Hint while furniture becomes plainer and [?] in design there is a tendency for the furnishing and decorations of the home to…

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Dangers of Mining Causes of Falls of Ground

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 9

The following instructive article appeared in the "Colliery Gunrdian": -- A fact not appreciated is the actual potentiality of a mine to cause…

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