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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Mine Disputes. Balmain Colliery to Reopen. Tribunal's Order

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 9

The compulsory conference, convened by the chairman of the Coal Tribunal (Mr. C. Hibble) to deal With the dispute at the Balmain colliery, met at the Commonwealth Bank…

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W.a. Collieries Threatening Trouble

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 8

Trouble is threatened at the Collie (West Australia) colliorles over a clause in the ward dealing with the minimum of shifts per fortnight, of…

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Balmain Colliery Getting Ready for Work

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 6

Work was not actually re- started at the Balmain Colliery this morning, but the fan, which had been stopped, was set going, and other preliminary…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 8

Bribbaree Gold Mining Co. report a crushing of 63 tons for a return of 146oz. of retorted gold. The battery ran 56 hours, time being lost during boiler inspection and alterations…

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Gold Discovery. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 12

Gold has been found at Thougla by th[?] brothera named Taylor. The find is situated south-west of Kangaroo Creek, about eight miles from Corryong, and is half a mile from…

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Mining Shares. Small Turnover

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 4

Yesterday's mining business was quiet, and was mostly centred around silver-lead concerns. Barriers had a slightly better tone. Hills slipped back…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 11

Quiet business marked tha opening for the week of the mining [?]re market yesterday. Barriers, which made the principal contribution to the turnover, were firm. Norths…

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Two Miners Hurt Falls of Stone NEWCASTLE,Monday

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 5

Two miners, while at work, were injured by fails of stone to-day. Robert Lewis, 55. of Edden Street. had his right thigh fractured in the…

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Missing Millions of Workers' Gold Where Has It Gone?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 8

Much has been talked about the wonderful 700.000.000 on the U.S.A. Do the people of Australia realise that the savings banks of Australia…

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Bars of Gold £250,000 Arrives First Since 1918

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 9

"Tell me, gentle stranger, are there any more at home like you?" Gold! Bars and bars of it!…

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"The Man" in the Street (To the Editor) That Mines Report

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 4

Sir.-- The continual complaints of the coat Barongs in the capitalistic paper that the coal trade is falling off. and the chairmen…

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Gold Standard Immediate Restoration Urged by Chairman of Commonwealth Bank

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 4

Immediate removal of the export embargo on gold is advocated by Mr. J. J. Garvan, chairman of directors of the Commonwealth…

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Gold for Sydney. To Arrive in Sierra. a Small Shipment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 9

A small shipment of gold will arrive in Sydney to-day by the steamer Sierra from San Francisco. It will be the first import of the precious…

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Gold From U.s.a. the First Shipment and Plenty Left

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 1

Fer the has time in Australian history, gold has come from America. The Oceanic where Sierra to-day…

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Three Mines Idle Men Cease Work Yesterday But Will Resume Pending Conference Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 5

Cardiff. Borehole, and South Walls and collieries were idle to-day. When the men assembled at the pittop and tunnel this morning they were…

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Money and Markets Gold Shipments Bullion for Australia Largest Imports for Years

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

Gold to the value of approximately £3,000,000 is now on the water en route from the United States to Australia. The first of the recent shipments which…

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Pressing Need for Safety in the Mines Time for Owners to Act Discontent on All the Fields How to Avert Catastrophe Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 6

A WAVE OF SURPRISE and resentment engendered by the refusal of the colliery proprietors to meet the miners in a safety conference, has swept the upper and lower coalfields…

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Balmain Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 20
Also in The Daily Telegraph

In consequence of the order of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal (Mr. H[?]bble) that the Balmain colliery should be prepared for a resumption of work, the enginedrivers started…

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Balmain Mine

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 6

Work is to be Mummed at the Balmain Colliery to-day in terms of the settlement reached in Monday, The shiftmen are to start to-day and…

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