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Mining & the mines, 1924

4,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 228

Mischievous Report Coal Strike Bogey Miners Annoyed

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

The leading executive officers of the Miners' Federation this morning expressed surprise and indignation at a report in a morning paper declaring…

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Four Northern Collieries Idle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--It is reported that lack of trade has caused the idleness of two of the collieries in the northern field. To-day four…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

The quantity of coal (bunkers and cargo) shipped at Newcastle for the week ended January 18, for places beyond the State was 112,669 tons, of…

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Newcastle-wallsend Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 15

Newcastle-Wallsend Coal, in its annual report covering the period ended December 31, discloses a profit of £25,000, which is exactly the amount required to pay the dividend of…

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The Mines Sydney Sharemarket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 11

Barriers are coming into their own again! Stocks in the producing companies were strongly supported on and off 'Change yesterday, with the result tha…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 15

Easily the heaviest turnover in mining shares for many months was recorded on the Stock Exchange yesterday. With the impetus of all-round advances in metal…

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Mining Bribbarrees Rising Hills Active

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 5

The mining share market was again [?] this morning, but a on the [?] side, the aggre[?] volume of [?] transacted was lower. Hills held [?]…

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Coal Profiteers in U.S.A. Outrageous Exploitation

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 17

Wholesalers in the coal industry in the United States during recent years have been taking profit at the rate of more than 200 per cent. over their pre-war…

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Miners Will Demand The 1919 Log Immediate Action Shadow of Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 9

It was learned yesterday from a usually reliable source that the Coal Miners' Federation will place before the proprietors almost immediately a…

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Copper Mines. Move to Abolish Night Shifts. Manager's Warning. Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 14

In a current issue of the "Worker" it ia reported that the A.W.U. delegate meeting, held in Brisbane, decided to ask the Minister for Mines to amend the Mining Act in the way…

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Black Mountain South Coast Mystery Coal 50,000 Tons Lie Rotting Who Owns It, Who Bought It, Who Paid? Can Mr. Hughes Answer?

Evening News · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

A COLOSSAL stack of coal estimated at 65.000 tons. and originally costing over £100,000, has been lying between Bulli and Thirroul since 1917. For six years it has been deteriorating in a paddoch near the…

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British Labor Members Were Starved and Gaoled Men Who Suffered Cruelties of Competition Now Sit on Labor Benches--over 10 Miners and 18 Journalists Gallant Fight Against Injustice. Prime Minister on Power of Press

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

WHAT are the aims and ambitions of the British Labor Party? The best way to answer this question is to describe the careers and personalities of its members. The majority of those Labor members who now sit in the House…

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Powder Dispute at Bellbird Mine Miners Complain of Quality of Powder--Mine Thrown Idle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Bellbird Colliery was thrown idle to-day, due to a dispute over the quality of powder supplied to the miners…

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The Collieries. Two More Strikes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 11

There were two further strikes yesterday on the northern coalfields. At the Bellbird colliery the management ran out of supplies of the explosive generally used,…

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Exemption Given to Invincible Colliery

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 6

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--At Lithgow Mining Warden's Court the Invincible Colliery Co. applied for suspension of labor conditions on…

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Misleading Statement Concerning Miners

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 6

A morning daily set out to show yesterday how a general strike of miners throughout Australia in February was probable…

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The Mines Sydney Sharemarket

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 9

Mining shares continued to meet with a strong market on 'Change in Sydney yesterday. It was not, however, quite so strong or active as earlier In the week…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of gold in London on Tuesday was 97/11 per ounce fine, an advance ot 6d since Friday. At this price the pound sterling…

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Discovery of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 6

Sir,--A monument to the gold discovery and discoverers requires that the record should be historically correct. An early account credited the…

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