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Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Back to Work Enginemen Defy Executive Want to Join Miners Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

THE executive of the F.E.D. and F.A. is seriously perturbed at the refusal of a number of its members to obey its instruction to refuse work…

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Rich Strike of Gold "Quartz Liberally Studded" But a Warning!

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--What is hailed as a rich gold strike has been made by four St. Arnaud prospectors on Wilson's Hill…

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America's "Free Gold." Plan For Investment Abroad. New York, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 17

The "New York World" states that the Federal Reserve Board is considering a plan for investing abroad, at from three to five per cent interest "free gold" now held idle and…

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Coal Tactics Resuming Work Unassociated Pits (Continued from pge 3) NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

ALL unassociated mines in the lower coalfield will be at work within a few days. The matter of a resumption of unassociated…

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Rich Gold Reef. Found at St. Arnaud. Heavily Studded Stone. Melbourne

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

Four men are reported to have struck a rich gold reef near St. Arnaud. Working on virgin ground to the north-east of the old Lord Nelson mine and almost at the…

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Interim Award Legal Brennan States Position Usual Practice Grave Responsibility on Owners and Bavin Miners, Too Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 1

THE Federal Attorney - General stated to-day thai it seemed to him absolutely incomprehensible why work on the Northern coalfields…

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Great Finishing Run Carries Amounis to Victory in Rosehill Stakes "Bashers?" Attack on Mine Worker "Spies' Work" Followed From North?

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 5

Following the attack last night on Charles Millard, aged 28, one of the workers at the Rothbury mine,…

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Thousands Face Poverty If Miners' Food Relief Stopped Ban Stays 44 Men Decide for 10,000 Resentment Shown Federation Funds Are Fast Dwindling Cessnock

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

In refusing to lift the black ban on the coalfield hotels where the police are quartered, the miners have openly defied the ultimatum issued by the Premier (Mr. Bavin), and it is considered certain that State food relief…

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Summons to Federal Labor Members A.l.p. on Friday Week Sharp Debate on Coal Crisis Macpherson's Wild Outburst Change of Face Queried

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 5

"That all New South Wales Federal Labor members of the House of Representatives and the Senate be summoned to a special meeting of the Central A.L.P. Executive next Friday week, to determine ways and means of giving effect to the determinations of the recent conference held…

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Holiday for Miners' Children Wollongong

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 2

At a meeting of the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council, the question of inviting the children of Northern miners to visit the South Coast was discussed…

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"Give Them a Show" Scullin's Team and Coal

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 2

At a meeting of the Dalley Federal Electorate Council hold at Rozelle on Thursday night last a motion of confidence in the Scullin Government was…

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Scullin Coming Talk on Coal & Money Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 2

When seen to-night the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), said that he was going to Sydney to discuss the financial position of Australia with the…

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Struck It? Gold Quartz Improving St. Arnaud Find Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 2

Further success was met to-day by the prospectors who discovered rich specimens of gold-bearing quartz at St. Arnaud, near the once-famous Lord, Nelson mine. Time and the result of the trial crushing alone will…

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Crystal Drops Mean Gold Glorious Rain Has Made Many Hearts Light with Optimism for the Future

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 12

PAIN, rain, rain—Crystal drops that mean gold to men, and bring smiles to faces made grim by the touch of drought and adversity. Rain over last week-end has made heavy hearts light, and will help many a man on the land to negotiate that corner around which prosperity lies hidden…

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Balmain Colliery. Miners Remain at Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 12

Miners employed at the Balmain colliery on Saturday ignored the "black" embargo imposed by the enginedrivers. The enginedrivers, who have gone on strike because of…

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POLICE v. MINERS

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 4

Sir,--Being a constant purchaser of your valuable paper, also a unionist, I read of the police dash with the miners, who are fighting for their…

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"Miners Know Best"

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 9

"If Mr. Weaver is open to take any advice, 1 suggest that he withdraw the workers from Rothbury, and cease to intimidate the unemployed miners,"…

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For Miners' Defence

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 6

At a meeting of the Trades Union Defence Committee held at the Trades Hall to-day, arrangements were finalised for the collecting of funds to…

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Ara Creek Gold

Daily Pictorial · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 14

At the statutory meeting of Ara Creek (New Guinea), N.L., the chairman stated that the company should be producing gold in four or five months, and the board…

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Preston Colliery. Strike Setiled. Werris Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 11

The Preston colliery strike was settled today, and work will be resumed on Monday. The action of the men in refusing to work wide bords during the afternoon and night…

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