Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers

Date: 1879-1899

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-41/03

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1896-1960

By: Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers

Reference: MS-Group-0219

Description: Consists of correspondence from various individuals and organisations 1929-1968, Miners Union daybooks 1897-1949, minute books kept by the union 1896-1960, accounts and financial statements 1950-1966, and printed material from the Grey Miners Central Committee. Also includes some Big River material such as day books, minute books and paysheets. Source of title - Supplied title Formed on 6 June 1896. The first general meeting was called on that date, and miners met in Reefton to form a union in response to the Consolidated Gold Fields Co Ltd move to reduce wages. The union was registered on 6 August 1896. Quantity: 18 volume(s). 7 folder(s). 1.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed mattter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers, 1970 and 1983 (A83-026)

Date: 1889 - 1939

By: Loney, George Henry, 1871-1957

Reference: Eph-D-GOLD-1880/1939

Description: Includes: 1889: Te Aroha and Ohinemuri News, 20 November 1889. The Te Aroha Silver and Gold Mining Company's reduction works (3 copies) 1919: The Westland Gold Prospecting Syndicate Limited. From "The Weekly Press", Christchurch NZ, May 28th 1919. 1934: Inangahua Goldminers. Industrial agreement, published and issued by the New Zealand Government Department of Labour. G H Loney, Government Printer Wellington, 1934 1936: Blackwater Gold-miners - Award. Published and isssued by the New Zealand Government Department of Labour. By authority G H Loney, Government Printer, Wellington, 150/11/36-15046 Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and photolithograph, on broadsheets and posters, sizes varying around 590 x 450 mm.

Date: 1941 - 1954

By: New Zealand Workers' Union; Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday, 1923-2005

Reference: Eph-A-LABOUR-Davies

Description: Includes membership tickets of J A Sweeney, working on the Cobb River Hydro Scheme, for the years 1941-1950, 1953, 1954. Also includes three tickets for J A Sweeney for the Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers, and two vouchers from The Blackwater Mines Ltd. Illustrations on tickets include a portrait of Michael Joseph Savage, and the Hon Arthur Cook. Most show two workers shaking hands, and the motto "Tatau tatau altogether". Quantity: 16 tickets. Physical Description: Offset prints, on tickets, sizes varying up to 102 x 170 mm.