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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 238

A Woman Leaves Two Million. Vast Fortune Founded in Gold Rush Days: Death Duties Amount To Over £670,000

The World's News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 46

One of the very few women millionaires in England is shown, by her will, proved recently, to have been Mrs. Millicent Emily Salting, of 49 Berkeley Square, W., London,…

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Northern Collieries

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 4

The Northern Colliery proprietors Association has refused to attend a conference asked for by the Safety in Mines Committee. The latter…

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Safety in Mines Miners Resentful NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 2

The Safety in Mines Committee, which met at the Trades Hall to- day, was much agitated by the refusal of the Colliery Proprietors' Association…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 4

Delay in the declaration of the North B. H. Company's dividend was no doubt responsible for the sharp setback in the shares, which fell from…

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Glitter of Gold

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 3

Australia is an auriferous country. At frequent intervals discoveries of gold are reported-- within the last week or so two finds have been…

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No Mine—no Sense £3,000,000 Was to Cheapen Coal Sup plies and Power, But Now? Justify This New Idea Lord Mayor's Latest Ridiculous Proposition

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 8

THE Lord Mayor has now made another change of front in regard to the £3,000,000 coal urine-electric power house scheme—and this is the most ridiculous of all in many respects. HE now says that the Council does not intend to purchase a coal…

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Hoarded Gold George I. Coins Prove Unprofitable London

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 4

A laborer walked into a Blackburn bank and deposited 990 sovereigns of pre-Victorian gold. He explained that these had been…

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Finance—commerce—real Estate Importing Gold Bankers Take Action: Effect on Currency and London Exchange

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 2

The recent cable announcements that cold. In being shipped from New York to several of the Australian Banks have caused a considerable stir in financial circles. So far…

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Migrant Mary Anns Treated As Slaves Long Hours and Little Pay The Haughty Mistress with the Gold-Handled Lorgnette

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1925 · page 7

SINCE one Migrant Mary Ann has had the courage to hale her haughty mistress before tho Bench for wages and secure a verdict, the probabilities are that we shall have an avalanche of similar cases…

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That Coal Yield What It Really Means the Demands of the Miners

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 6

[?] The figures [?] eyes.What a [?] of cool this would…

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Sewer Miners Unionising

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

Sir:-- Re letter from Mr. Tom Doyla secretary of the United Laborer's [?] The meeting was a combined affair…

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Financial. Gold Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 11

There are strong advocates, especially among the banks, that the Commonwealth Bank should purchase gold, especially in preparation for the time when Australia will return to the…

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Gold's Hosiery Winding Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 11

A special meeting of shareholders of Gold's Hosiery Mills, Ltd., has decided by resolution that it had been proved to the satisfaction of the meeting that the company cannot by…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 11

The small mining share turnover transacted on Saturday concentrated chiefly on silverload interests. Supported by the metal market, Carriers made a further recovery. Norths rose…

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Coal Industry. British Position. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 9

Mr. Frank Hodges, speaking at Cross Hands (Carmarthenshire), was outspoken respecting proposals to save the coal industry from ruin. He said that the international markets for the…

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Mining Shares. Barriers Improve Further

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

Silver-lead concerns received firm support on Saturday, and most of the business done was in this section of the market. North B.H. was up…

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Wedding Bells a Gold Bridesmaid ' Murphy-chamberlain

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 7

ST. JAMES' CHURCH was chosen for the marriage on Saturday afternoon of Miss Peatrice Chamberlain, eldestg [?] of Mr. and Mrs. C.J…

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Gold and Tin Rich Find Reported CATHCART

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 8

A tin and cold find has been made about six miles from Cathcart. The seam runs in a north and south direction in an alluvial swamp, with hills…

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Kiwarrick. Ground Pegged Out. Visit to the Goldfield. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 9

This morning Mr. H. F. Pearson, Inspector of Mines, and inspector under, the Explosivos and Inflammable Liquids Acts, representing the Mines Department," Sydney, visited Kiwarrick…

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Money, Mining & METALS Increasing Business Felume on Change-- Perkins Climb Higher-- Cumberlands See 99-- Starkeys in Demand-- Bellbird on the Rise. Also Wallsend-- Metal Prices Push Barriers Up. but Mr. Isa Loncer--Territory Mineral Co's Capital--Ladouict's Half-yearly

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 8

[?] morning business on [?] was of [?] volume and loss had been [?] on [?] full days. [?] continue to improve [?] with the better trade…

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