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Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Bombshell Labor Council Excited "Miners Should Resume" Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 14

A mild sensation was caused at the meeting of the Trades Hull Council last night by a resolution moved by the Federal secretary of the…

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Warning Issued to Miners Central Council Ruling Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 5

THAT a misunderstanding had arisen regarding a resolution carried by the Central Council yesterday, that all men who had not received…

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Barrier Miners Leave A.l.p. Aid “Workers’ Weekly”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Jan. 29.—The fortnightly meeting of the W.I.U. of A. (Barrier district) decided last night to cancel the district’s affiliation with…

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Kurri Casks Three Alibis 99 Miners Fined Kurri Kurri

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 10

FIRST b[?]vent to the [?] changes [?] 84 [?]bteh were [?] Kurri Kurri Court to-day…

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Two Dismissed Case Against Miners All Others Fined Kurri

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 14

When the hearing was resumed today of the cases in which ill northern miners were charged with having continued in an unlafwul assembly at at prima facie…

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Coal Dispute. Prospect of Settlement. Hope Dwindling. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 12

Little hope exists in Newcastle for the early settlement of the coal dispute. Advice given to the rank and file of the mining unions by the miners' official organ this morning is taken…

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Miners’ Convention a Policy for Class Conscious Workers Manifesto of Mineworkers’ Minority Movement

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

The Mineworkers’ Minority Movement is composed of all those who believe that only by militant and concerted action on a common policy can…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime Bank Rates More Reductions Bond's Industries London

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 7

The bank rate has been reduced to 4½ per cent. NEW YORK Thursday. The Federal Reserve Bank directors…

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Money Pinch As Coal Arbiter? Political Leaders May See Eye to Eye

Daily Pictorial · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

Will the financial situation consolidate hitherto divergent Federal and State interests in bringing about a coal settlement?…

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Who Are the Scabs? Surely the Miners, Who Are Living on Their Fellow Workers

The Land · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 4

"A Worker," Auburn, writes:- We often see this vulgar term in print since the coal strike. The man in the street is just beginning to…

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Australian Bonds Payment of Interest. Gold for London. Statement by Mr. Scullin. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 11

In a joint statement issued to-day by Mr. Scullin and Mr. Theodore, reference was made to the anxiety existing in some quarters in London in regard to the financial position of…

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Lorry Stoned Had Coal From Millfield-greta Ambush at Weston First Clash Since Batonings Cessnock

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 9

THE driver of a motor lorry, carrying one of the first loads of coal from the newly re-opened Millfield-Greta colliery, was stoned at Weston at dusk yesterday…

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Gold Tinge Should Win Kensington Flying Looks Best Bet Opposed Against Moderate Lot Allanah and Strength Also Appeal

Arrow · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 4

With 13 races facing them at the pony inciting at Kensington to-morrow, racegoers will reed more than the average amount of luck to come out on top. One who looks certain to trouble the judge is Gold Tinge in the first division of the Flying Handicap. At her only start at the ponies…

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W. I. R. is Workers’ Answer to Bavin’s Threat to Starve Miners on the Job in Kurri Working-Class Aid For Front-Rank Fighters Collecting Depots Wanted Everywhere

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 1

The Australian section of the Workers’ International Relief has just been established. As its name implies, this is an…

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Coal Mines Bill. Amendment Defeated. LONDON, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 18

The House of Commons, in committee on the Coal Mines Bill, discussed the proposed reduction of the worklnr day to 7½ hours. The debate primarily ranged round Sir Robert…

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Coal Dispute. " Mine May Reopen. Rumours in the North. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 18

Miners in the north are gravely disturbed as a result of rumours that one of the larger South Maitland mines may reopen with cut wage labour at an early date…

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More Miners Children

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 5

Mrs. Munday will bring fifty more miners children from the coalfields on Monday next, and is seeking homes for them…

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Scullin's Dilemma Help for Miners Vic Labor Council's Request Re-opening Mines Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 5

RECENTLY the Trades Hall Council preferred a request that the Federal Government should provide sustenance for coal miners in the…

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Canterbury Dance for Miners

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 8

One of the many functions being organised by the A.L.P. for the purpose of providing relief for the miners and their children, is a dance which…

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