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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Money and Markets Paper Money Issue Stationary Piling Up Gold

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 6

Although the total issue of Australian notes has remained stationary for six months, there has been fairly considerable change in the distribution of…

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Lives Cricket Roy. Kilner's Hobby Yorks. Mine's Hero with Rhodes in India Adelaide

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 2

No matter what happens in the third Test at Adelaide no matter whether centuries are made, or good bowling feats performed, the hero of…

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Our Financial Problems State Treasurer Has a Grievance Who Will Give Us Gold?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 6

While he has no personal grievance to air, Sir Arthur Cocks (State Treasurer) has returned from Melbourne with the impression that a small coterie…

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Collieries Idle Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 7

Nearly all the collieries on the Maitland field are idle to-day as a direct result of the shipping strike and the consequent lack of ships in Newcastle…

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Collieries Idle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 10

It is officially stated that a number of collieries on the Maitland and Newcastle coal fields have been rondered Idle to-day owing to slackness of trade, resulting from the…

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Northern Collieries. Strike at Pelaw Main

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 10

A strike occurred yesterday at the Pelaw Main colliery. A couple of miners demanded new picks, but they were refused because they had disobeyed orders on Friday to place…

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Gold Yield and Dividends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 11

The Queensland gold yield last year was £406,518. Dividends paid by Queensland gold mining companies amounted to £8421. A fair proportion of the gold would be won…

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A Gold Loan Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 8

Sir Arthur Cocks, the State Treasurer, had good foundation for his strong statements regarding the loan policy of Australia. This State has honourably…

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Bellbird. Mine Working Again. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 10

After a lapse of sixteen months, miners commenced work in the Bellbird No. 1 tunnel this morning. It was a pleasing sight to see the coal being bauled to the surface…

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Miners Fatally Gassed. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 9

Five miners were fatally gassed to the Kirkstyle Colliery, Glasgow, this morning.—Reuter…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 11

After a weak opening, the mining share market yesterday recovered part of the [?]way in the course of limited transactions. It was felt that considerable importance…

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Miners' Help for Lithgow Hospital Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 6

At a general meeting of delegates of the miners contributing to the Lithgow Hospital industrial scheme, Mr. J. Ward presided. Mr. Carroll was elected secretary…

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Broken Hill Mines Conference Postponed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 6

The delegates representing the employers in the Broken Hill mines were informed to-night by the representative of the Broken Hill mining companies…

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Loans in Gold State Treasurer's Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 10

The proposal of Sir Arthur Cocks that Australian loans abroad should be raised in the form of actual old for importation and coining and…

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Import Gold Solving the Financial Problem Treasurer's Views

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 4

Sir Arthur Cocks, State Treasurer, yesterday in discussing the problem of finance, that a solution of the difficulty, fraught with the less…

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General News Gold and Tin Find Near Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

ORANGE.--Mr. Fred Parish, of "Bexley" holding, 10 miles from Orange, has discovered a deposit of stream tin in one of his paddocks. He is also…

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Coal for Railways. New Zealand Inquiry. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 10

A board of inquiry has been set up to report upon the question of the utilisation of New Zealand and other coals on the dominion railways…

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Miner Crushed a Fall of Coal Accidental Death, Says Coroner Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 6

"Turn me on my side, Goorge, my heart is bursting," gasped Leonard Billet, as he was dragged from beneath a fall of coal at…

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Madrigal's Easy Win Led from End to End Luck Against Cerise and Gold

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 6

ITS strange but true that the better a horse's form the better the price on offer against it very often…

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Plot to Harm Labor's Paper Miners Hear Story Messrs Willis and Hoare at Cesnock Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 5

"YOU have impelled me by your question to say something I had no particular desire to stress. But what would you men think of…

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