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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 202

Problems of the Miners “Sharing of Work” Worsens Conditions 30,/- a Week in Burrum, Q. Mines

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 3

Dear Comrades: In the “Workers' Weekly,” of May 5th, the C.C. of the Communist Party invites discussion on the problems…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 5

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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On the Job Conditions at John Darling Colliery

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

To enlighten the readers as to what the employees are being forced to submit to, the following is an instance. Three summonses have been issued…

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Gold Nugget Found on Road

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday. --Weighing 10½ ozs., a solid gold nugget was found by George Taylor and Wil…

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Northern Miners Meet Internal Matters Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 10

"The Committee of Management was called together to deal with specific questions of an internal nature," stated the Northern Miners' president, Mr. T. Hoare,…

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Documents Stolen From Miners' Secretary. Union Affairs Involved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 11

Mr. A. Teece, secretary of the Miners' Federation, reported to the police that a number of important documents dealing with the organisation of the Miners' Fedeiation were…

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New Labor Party Move by Miners is Likely Willis's Future

The Sun · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 10

THOUGH officials of the Miners' Federation, who visited Newcastle yesterday, were silent on their return to…

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Man Collapses In Overheated Mine. Two Others Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 11

Arthur Unwin, 37, a member of the Boolaroo Mines' Rescue Brigade, was seriously gassed while an official party was making an inspection of an overheated underground area in…

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BY - Election at Bulli Miners' Delegate Bd. Meets Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 4

In connection with the Bulli pre-selection ballot a special meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Federation was held this evening, and the following…

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Continuous Shifts Mining Opposition to Latham's Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 9

PERTH, Thursday. -- The consensus of opinion of mining authorities on the Golden Mile, where the majority of the large mines in the…

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Labor Is Disturbed New Group a Possibility Significant Moves by Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 9

MINERS' Federation activities, which are moving quickly to a climax, may have a direct influence on a realignment of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 12

The price of gold to-day was £6/3/2 an ounce fine, compared with £6/4/ yesterday. BEQUESTS FOR MISSIONARIES. Marian Smith left an estate of £238,266,…

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Bulli Seat. Miners Demand Ballot. "Fight Against A.L.P. Executive." Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 11

The southern district miners are determined to resist the attempt by the State A.L.P. executive to dispense with a pre-se[?]ection ballot in choosing the official State Labour candidate to…

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Miners' Papers Stolen Thieves Enter Home of General Sec. of Association 'Drunken Man'

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 13

THE police are investigating a robbery that took place on Wednesday night in a flat in Goulburn Street, city occupied…

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Britain's New Trade Treaties Australian Coal Will Be Seriously Affected London

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 1

A FEATURE of the new trade agreement between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Norway and Sweden…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip National Bank of Australasia Dividend 5 p. c

The Sun · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 7

Improved Result for National Bank in its report and balance-sheet for the year ended March 31 last, the National Bank of Australasia, Ltd.,…

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Tit for Tat Gold Pass Hopes May Be Dashed Memories of 1924

The Sun · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 9

PIQUANCY has been added to the gold pass controversy by the recollection of action taken in the…

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Men Fight for Lives in Mine's Deadly Fumes Overcome by Carbon Monoxide Gas at Shortland Rescue Drama One Unconscious; Two in Last Stages of Exhaustion Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 May 1933 · page 7

BATTLING for their lives through an atmosphere charged with the deadly fumes of carbon-monoxide, in a…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle An[?] District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 20 May 1933 · page 5

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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