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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 225

Balmain Mine Council and Shares No Power to Buy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 4

The city solicitor is of the opinion that the purchase of shares in the Balmain coal mine is entirely outside the power granted to…

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Almost Ready Newcastle Steel Works Coal Only Obstacle

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 7

According to a statement made to-day by the Minister for Works (Mr. Ball), it should not be long before the Broken Hill Steel Co.'s…

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Coal Blockade Little Chance Here Victoria's Vain Plea

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

The request of the Wonthaggs miners' delegates that the federation in this State should take steps to prevent coal going into…

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"Not Thin=skinned" Coal Tribunal Chairman Coalminers' Resolutions

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 7

The sittings of the Coal Tribunal were resumed at the Commonwealth Buildings to-day. The chairman said that before…

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Iron to Gold Wedding Rings Changed with Times

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 6

Samuel Johnson, the caustic compiler of epigrams, was responsible for the unromantic definition that—"a ring is a circular…

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Miners Move Political Unity A.L.P. & Trades Hall Birds in their little nests agree

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 1

Strenuous efforts are being made to encourage the proposals recently put forward by the Trades Council for amalgamation with the A.L.P. on…

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Coal Tribunal. Chairman Resents Criticism. Miners' Resolutions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

The proceedings of the Coal Tribunal were resumed at the Commonwealth Bank yesterday, when there was a full attendance of representatives of the proprietors and of the…

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Kandos Collieries, Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 7

Interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum for the six mouths ended December 31 last has been declared by the directors of Kandos…

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Coal Supplies. Isolation of Victoria. Miners Defer Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

The threat issued by the Miners' Federation to declare "black" coal supplies destined for Victoria is not regarded seriously in wellinformed local union circles. None of the…

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Northern Collieries Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 6

The chairman of the Coal Tribunal has been asked by Mr. T. Hoare (president of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation) to intervene with the object of…

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£20,000 Wasted Far East Trade Wrong System Exploiting a Gold-mine

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 1

NEW SOUTH WALES is wasting nearly £20,000 a year on the system of Trades Commissioners in the Far East…

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Ivanhoe Gold Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 11

Ivanhoe Gold Corporation, Ltd., has declared a dividend (the 96th) of /9 per share, less English income tax. The dividend is payable on March 7 in shareholders registered on February 21…

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Balmain Mine Probing Its Merits

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 4

Should the City Council consider the merits of the offer to sell to it 100,000 shares in the Balmain Coal Mine? On the casting vote of Sir Allen…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 7

Tongkah Harbor return for last week was:--From Harbor dredging. 11 tons; and from Bangtao, S tons of tin oxide. Rose Thistle, and Shamrock reports…

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Newcastle. Coal Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 10

During the week ended Friday afternoon 64,654 tons of coal were shipped interstate and overseas from the port of Newcastle. These figures were made us as follows:-…

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Miners and the A.l.p

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

The council of the Coalminers' Federation has decided to recommend its district branches to affiliate with the A.L.P. However, the affiliation is only on condition that…

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Balmain Colliery. Offer to City Council. a Legal Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 8

The city solicitor informed the electricity supply committee of the City Council yesterday that the council had no legal power under its statute to purchase an interest in the…

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Possible Coal Explosion and the Victorian Fuse Wonthaggi Dispute and the Coal Tribunal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

The possibility of the Wonthaggi (Victorian) coal-mining dispute having repercussive effects in this State remains. Labor circles here suggest that employing interests in Victoria, having considerable coal stocks, are willing to dispense…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 11

Healthy conditions obtained for mining shures on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and enhanced prices were freely paid for basemetal stocks. Fifteen hundred B.H…

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"Worse Than 1920" Miners Position To-Day

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 7

When the sitting of the Coal Tribunal was resumed to-day evidence was given by Thomas Hadfield, a miner, who said that he did not think…

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