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Mining & the mines, 1924

4,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 228

Feathers and Tulle Favored by Fashion Return of Tulle and Fringe--The Simple White Gown Bright Colors and Gold Shoes Necks "Not Worn"

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 7

The neck has gone into retirement, that is, it will be closely swathed away in the coming season, the scarf having come once again into our hearts…

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A Three Miles Walk on the Stope How the Scarborough Tunnel Miners Travel Underground--Rich Company Withholds Decent Road--And There are Other Troubles in the South

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Great dissatisfaction is expressed by employees at Scarborough Tunnel Mine with the refusal of the management…

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Rescue Stations for Coal Mines

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 3

George Walters Kurrl Kurrl writes, urging the establishment of rescue stations in coal mines. He says:…

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Idle Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 2

Five colliories in the northern district were thrown Idle by strikes yesterday. They were: South Wallsend. Wallarah, Neath, Hobburn No. 1, and…

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Coal Strikes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 10

Additional strikes occurred yesterday at several collieries in the northern district. South Wallsend was laid idle on account of the men refusing to work because a…

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Wife O' Mine

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 47

Wife o' Mine, day after day, Cheering me along the way; Patient, tender, smiling, true, Always ready to renew…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 11

The Gold Producors' Association report that the price of Gold in London on Tuesday was 94/7 per ounce fine, which was the same as on the previous Friday, At this…

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Coal Export. Newcastle Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 4

The amount of coal shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State was 103,623 tons, of which 66,085 tons represented…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 9

For the week ended May 10 Crowa South Gold Options report having commenced driving north in the centre of the 17 feet lode, the face of which is said to show all quartz, for a [?]…

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Bellbird Mine. Concrete Stoppings. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 8

Men in Proto apparatus are still busily engaged in the last section of the Bellbird colliery, which was explored on Monday. There are four wooden stoppings and four concrete…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 11

Metal prices having met with a reverse, the mining share market responded by displaying signs of weakness yesterday, in contrast to the firm, showing made earlier in the week…

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Declared "Black" Mount Kembla Mine WOLLONGONG

The Sun · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 10

The Mr. Kembla mine, which has been idle for some time, has been declared "black" by the Minors' Delegate Board, which sat yesterday…

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Coal at Werris Creek. Werris Creek, Wednesda[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 10

A noted geologist visited the district this week, and declared it to be codl-bearing. Arrangements for boring have been made, and within six weeks information will be definitely…

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Declared "Black" Mt. Kembla Mine Delegates' Action WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 7

Mount Kembla Mine has been declared "black" until such time as the management is prepared to carry out the…

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Pin -Pricking Tactics at Cessnock Mine Payment Refused for Upturned Skips-- Inferior Explosives at Neath Lead to Mine Being Idle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Cessnock No. 2 mine, has been Idle for two weeks owing. In the men's opinion, to a deficits breach of Mr.Hibble's…

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Bellbird Gases Ventilating the Mine Building Air Bases Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 6

When operations were resumed at Bellbird mine this morning, the men not wearing respirators were able to venture as far as the first air base…

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Oil Steamers. Gold Shell Due Sydney May 20

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 4

The British Imperial Oil Co., Ltd., advise the following latest reports of oil steamers:— Gold Shell is due at Sydney on May…

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Mining Litigation Broken Hill Companies Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 11

Liberation between the North Junetion Broken Hill Mine Co. and the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine Co., In which the former company claimed…

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Rescue Work Resumed at the Bellbird Mine Consolidating the Air-lock -- Phone Found in Workable Order -- Danger of Black Damp

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wednesday -- weu[?] was resumed to-day at Bellbird in consolidating the air-lock at the point explored on Monday…

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Northern Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 7

A strike occurred yesterday at Stockton Borehole colliory on account of a demand made by the men for oilskins. Work was resumed at Wallsend, Neath,…

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