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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 238

Importation of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

Importation of gold into Australia is not a matter of surprise. All indications which the exchange situation between Australia and London, and between…

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Gold Imports for Sydney Banks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 10

Of the two shipments of gold being despatched from the United States to Australia, as reported in our cables yesterday, one is coming to the…

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More Capital Olympia Speedway Smaller Coal Profits

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the Olympia Motor Speedway, Ltd., has been convened for February's, when special resolutions dealing with an…

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Mining. Fluctuation in Tin Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 11

A movement in the price of tin almost continuously downward during the past two or three weeks has caused a little uneasiness locally as to how far-reaching the…

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Broken Hill. Miners' Claims. Bonus Rate May Be Accepted Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

Delegates representing the Broken Hill industrial unions, who had been on a visit to Melbourne attending the coference with representatives of the Broken Hill mining…

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Three Killed Each Day in Year in British Mines Appalling Casualties

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

EVERY day in the year three coal miners are killed and 580 injured in British collieries. This is the appalling deduction…

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British Miners. Six-hour Shifts. Revival of "Triple Alliance." London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, speaking at Doncaster, indicated that steps were being taken to revive the "Triple Alliance" of Labour…

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Risks That Miners Run Toll of 1924 Need for Reform Vital Proposals Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 6

"IN 1924 there was, without doubt, a greater number of, fatalities and accidents than in any other year in the history of…

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Old Lady Robbed Gold Sovereigns and Notes Arrest in Melbourne Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

Albert Charles Riley appeared at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. T. W. Cooper, P.M., on a charge of the larceny of a number of…

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Miners' Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

A compulsory conference summoned by the chairman of the Coal Tribunal (Mr. Charles Hibble) was held yesterday at the Commonwealth Offices regarding…

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Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 8

The fact that Australian banks are imposing gold to the value of roughly £1000,000 from the United States is proof positive that the Commonwealth Government may safely…

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The Collieries. Many Pits Idle. Wallarah Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 17

Two fresh stoppages ocourred yesterday on the northern coalfields. At Seaham No. 2 a strike occurred because the employees demanded…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company, in its report covering the year endod December 31, discloses a profit of £25,000, which is equal to that disclosed last year, and which is all…

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The Civic Coal Problem "Something Must Be Done" Lord Mayor Will Not Consider a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

The Lord Mayor (Aid. Stokes) said yesterday that he had no indention at present of asking the Labor party to consider the…

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Toll of the Mines

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 11

DISTRICT Chief Inspector Iceton, who is also President of the Miners' Safety Propaganda Committee of the northern colliery districts of N.S.W., at…

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Bribbaree Gold Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 15

The result of the third crushing at the Bribbaree combined goldmine, as announced yesterday, showed that a fortnight's work at the battery had returned 199½oz of retorted gold from 101 tons of stone treated,…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 12
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Fine gold, our correspondent cables, was quoted in London on Monday at 869 an ounce, a fall of 1d compared with Friday's rate. At the price…

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Broken Hill Miners. Claims Refused

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 7

Last week at Melbourne negotiations were continued between representatives of the Broken Hill Mine Managers' Association and representatives of the Broken…

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Accidents to Miners. Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

Lewis Pryor, a youth, had his right fool crushed and a bone fractured through the horse he was driving in South Greta colliery falling and rolling on him. Fred Burnett,…

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