Sydney City Council Inquiry to Be Held Into Coal Contracts Sydney
It was announced last night that Judge Thomson has been chosen to inquire into the City Council coal contracts. Chief Civic Commissioner…
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Mining & the mines, 1928
972 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 29 of 49
The Coal Ring
From "Justice":— I will try to show why coal should be not more than half the present price at Newcastle; thus reducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mount Morgan Mine to Be Reopened Shortly Brisbane
It is reported from Rockhampton that the Mount Morgan mine will shortly be reopened. A new company is to be formed with a capital of £200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Richmond Main Miners Object to Woman Doctor Site Will Not Be Allowed to Visit District Hospital Sydney
The Richmond Main Miners' Lodge having protested the Kurri Kurri District Hospital has decided not to allow Dr. May Harris to visit the…
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It has been reported that a further 20 men were put off at the North mine on Saturday, six of them being boiler hands and members of the Federated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Morgan Mine Work to Be Resumed by a Southern Group
It was announced at Rockhampton on Saturday that a southern group of financiers and mining men had secured an option over the Mount Morgan gold,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Coal Representative of Company Speaks of Advantages Adelaide
Mr. T. Ryan, a former member of the South Australian House of Assembly and later of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, arrived from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining in W.a. Lake View Star Report for June
The manager of the Lake View Star, goldmine has cabled to the directors that in the Chaffers lease, at the 2770 feet level, the south drive has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Railways Reduction in Tender Prices for the Supply of Coal Newcastle
Quotations for the supply of coal to the Railway Commissioners indicate that a spilt has developed in the ranks of the Coal Owners Association. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balmain Colliery Claim for Overdue Wages
Between £5000 and £6000 are due to the miners employed at the Balmain colliery in wages according to a claim made on the management by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Morgan Mine Townspeople Rejoice
Lively interest has been created in Rockhampton and throughout the district by a report regarding the reopening of the Mount Morgan mine…
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The Royal Commission which will inquire into the city council coal contracts will be on a different basis to that which inquired into the Bunnerong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Unemployed Fitfy Tons of Coal Granted for Relief Sydney
Messrs. E. M. Horsington and M. A. Davidson, Ms.L.A., were advised to-day by the Chief Secretary's Department that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Unemployed Government to Give Coal. to Aged and Helpless People
Superintendent W. F. Dimond received a telegram late this afternoon stating that the Cabinet had decided to supply coal for the use of aged and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Position Mr. M'donald's Comment on Suggested Conference Sydney
Referring to Mr. J. M. Baddeley's suggestion for the holding of a conference representing the Commonwealth, the State Governments, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for South Australia Tasmanian Offer Unlikely to Be Accepted Adelaide
It is understood that the South Australian Government will not accept the offer of the East Coast of Tasmania Development Company to supply coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining in New Guinea New Prospecting Company
A company with the title of Bismarck Range (New Guinea) Gold Exploration, No Liability, is being formed in Sydney. The company's object is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amazing Scenes in Miners' Conference Hand to Hand Fight President Joins in (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 18
Amazing scenes were witnessed at the conference of the British Miners' federation at the Handudno Town Hall in Carnarvonshire (Wales)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinaman Fatally Shot on N.Z. Gold Diggings a Man Suspected Auckland (N.Z.), July 18
A Chinese named Joe Chem was shot in a hut at the Kyeburn gold diggings in Central Otago yesterday and died later. It is reported that a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owner of Large Colliery Reduces Price of Coal Others May Follow Suit Sydeny
It was stated to-day that one of the largest colliery owners in New South Wales has broken away from the coal vend and reduced the price…
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