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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Chaos Reigns Control of Miners' Fight Unions Disagree Enginemen Won't Work with Free Labor Cessnock

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 3

Members of the Kurri Subbranch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association have decided not to work at Richmond Main Colliery if free labor is employed on the coal…

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Mining Coy. Reunion

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1930 · page 6

The 10th annual reunion of the Australian Electrical Mechanical Mining and Boring Company will be held on next Sunday. February 23. Will…

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Australia's Silver Beaches Will Lure American Gold Westward Ho! Tourists' Eyes on Pacific

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1930 · page 6

A roseate picture, gilded with American dollars, of possible future tourist traffic between the United States and Australia is painted by Mr. Howard Truslow, travelling passenger agent of the Los Angeles Steamship Company,…

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Buying and Selling Credit £50,000 of Gold Debentures Offered to Public Subscribers What Is Face Value of Securities?

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1930 · page 10

INTEREST rates are higher as security values lessen. A State, with the assets and productivity of its subjects behind it, can borrow at say 6 per cent.; the owner of a valuable free hold can generally do so on first mortgage at 7½ per cent.;…

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The Truth About Motors. Beaten by a Day Michael Terry's Motor Trip to Tanami Gold Field Through Central Australia

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1930 · page 9

FULL of the excitement which comes from successful prospecting in the heart of the desert, and with a note of disappointment at having been beaten to the spot to peg out the first leases, is this account of travel through the interior by…

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Mines May Open Next Week: John Brown is Ready Peace at Last After Weary Fight? Wages Scale High Court Case Is Pivot Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1930 · page 2

The coal trouble may end this week. All immediate developments pivot on the High…

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English Plan for Creating Town of 3000 Inhabitants in N.s.w.: Captain's Flat Would Spend £800,000 Mining for Copper London

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1930 · page 4

A capital expenditure of £800,000 or more for the creation of a town of 3000 inhabitants is suggested as the outcome of proposals for copper mining at Captain's Flat, which London capitalists are preparing for submission to the New South Wales Government…

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Coal Industry. Richmond Main. Kurri Miners Uneasy. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 11

Uneasiness amongst Kurri Kurri miners about the possibility of Richmond Main colliery reopening with free labour in the near future continues unallayed. A special…

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Dole-robbed Miners (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 7

Sir,--Perusing your journal of Thursday I was rather interested in the concluding words. "Hang on," in an article on front page…

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Co-ordinating Relief for Miners Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 6

Wile a view of devising a better and surer means of securing funds to assist the locked-out miners and those cavllied-out several years ago a conference of the…

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Cannot Comply with Miners' Request Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 6

As the outcome of a conference held in Sydney, the Coalcliff Colliery Company has notified Mr. Sweeney. secretary of the southern district miners, that ofter the…

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Timber Workers Secrecy Prejudices the Miners (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 6

Sir,--Last year, when the timberworkers wore fighting so valiantly for the retention of their conditions, thousands of toilers in divers industries (who, before the advent…

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Southern District Mining Notes Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 5

Mr. Lowden, president of the Southern District miners, stated to-day that the Miners' Convention will be held in Sydney on March 18…

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For the Miners a Suburban Woman's Appeal (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 7

Sir,--In my town (Bankstown) there has developed that parochial narrowness of "Support you own town; patronise your own shops." From many angles that is…

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How Cokayne Got £3 a Day Camp Is Full of Wlodazkch More Miners on Coal Esthonians Put in Appearance Wild West Drama in Earnest Rothbury Compound

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

FEELING rather lonely, this week-end. Thirty-five of the rich went to town. The police mostly remained. But you should have seen the fun! Before the tourists lest the camp, full particulars of the description of every one of them were taken, to be…

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Miners Not Allowed to Attend Position at Balmain Is Now Acute

Daily Pictorial · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 2

A combined union meeting of engine-drivers, firemen, deputies, and mechanics was held yesterday at the "Painters and Dockers'" Hall,…

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Won Three Events But Lost Gold Sash Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 4

At the Speedway last night, Arthur Atkinson defeated Alby Taylor in a match race, beat Jack Chapman in the semi-final for the gold sash, and won…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Asst. Alliance Assurance Goodyear Tyre Co. Australian Alliance Assurance

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 6

Net premium income of the Australian Alliance Assurance Company during 1929 amounted to £116,655, which compares with £133,965 in the…

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"Accidental" When Brown Met Death Firing Justified Object of Riotous Miners Was Clear West Maitland

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 9

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. Reed, P.M.), when the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Norman Brown, victim of the Rothbury riots, was resumed today…

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Move to Re-start Richmond Main This Week? All in Order Coalfields Awaiting Events the Enginemen Fixed Relations with Miners Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 7

THE position at Richmond Main colliery is being keenly watched, so far as can be gleaned, everything is in readiness for the re-opening of the mine, and there is a feeling that a move will be made during the week…

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