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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 238

Gold Standard Necessity Recognised "Earliest Possible Moment" LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

Mr. Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons, said that the Government was fully agreed as to the necessity of returning to the gold…

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Price of Coal Unjust Increase Mr. Willis' Views the Council Contracts

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 4

INSPIRED reports relating to the alleged intention of the City Council to acquire a coal mine to be used in conjunction…

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Thirty Killed in Mine Explosion Hundred Others Missing Firedamp Disaster in Westphalia Berlin, February 12

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

A shocking coal mine disaster has occurred at Dort[?]mund, a Prussian town in Westphalia, due to an explosion of firedamp. The first report received was to the effect that 80…

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Mining in the West Royal Commissioner From South Africa Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 6

Mr. Kingsley Thomas, who has been appointed by the West Australia Ministry as a Royal Commissioner [?] inquire into the mining industry [?]…

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Sensation Over City Coal Labor Caucus Split Involves Over £16,000 Inquiry Wanted Into Contracts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

Labor aldermen staged a sensation at the Town Hall yesterday over the civic coal contracts, when there was withdrawn, without any explanation, a notice lodged with the Town Clerk to rescind the three coal contracts agreed…

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"Back to Gold" Absurd Cry of Money Lords What "Deflation" Would Bring Misery and Starvation for Thousands

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 5

You cannot get a grip of finance, currency, banking, "the instrument of exchange," unless the question be considered as if gold had no existence.--Sir Robert Giffen. THE MONEY LORDS, through their paid Press, are renewing the cry,…

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Northern Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 14

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday that Duckenfield No. 2, Cardiff Borehole, and South Wallsend collieries remained idle in consequence of industrial…

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Miners Injured in Queensland State Colliery Inquiry Board's Report

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 9

The Inquiry Board's finding relating by the accident which occurred at Hartley State colliery (Queensland) has been announced. After reviewing…

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Whitburn Colliery

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 9

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Mining in Britain the Dawes Scheme How It Affects the Miners

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 9

The following interesting and sensible article upon the Dawes Scheme as it affects the worker appears in the Cardiff "Collier Workers' Magazine" for December: --…

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INDUSTRIAL (Before the Commonwealth Deputy Registrar.) Colliery Mechanics

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 9

The matter of The Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association. Hunter River District, New South Wales, which was listed for disposal in the…

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Financial. the Gold Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 19

Whether we should return to gold depends upon whether Britain should consider it desirable that she should return. The argument for that connection is the manner in…

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Pearls From the Coal-pit

The World's News · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 41

Pearls of such beauty and purity of color that experts are said to be unable to pronounce them other than genuine are being made from pit coal by two Swiss chemists…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 18

To-day's sales included:—Broken Hill Proprietary, b 26/4½, s 26/6; Block 14, pref., s 7/; Block 14, ord., 2/11, 2/10, s 2/11; Junction North, 8/1, b 8/2; North B.H., 98/6, 98/ (50), 97/9, b 97/6, s 98/3; South…

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Mining Notes. Bribbaree Combined

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 4

The mine manager reports for the fortnight ending February 6 as follows:—No. 3 South-east Level: Stoping over this level has been carried out…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 19

All-round increases in base-metal prices did not prove sufficient to enliven the mining share market yesterday. Changas in prices on the day were insignificant. In view of…

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Mining Shares. Crowns Weak

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 4

There was little of interest in the share market yesterday. Business was of average dimensions, and prices held fairly firm. Junction North showed…

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Coal Contract. Council Tenders. Investigation Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 17

Reform aldermen and a section of the Labour aldermen at the Town Hall yesterday agreed that there should be a thorough sifting of all the circumstances of the recent coal…

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They Gave Their Lives for Coal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 10

Every cemetery in the Coal Country is grim evidence of the heavy toll of workers' lives taken the mines. Thousands of pathetic little headstones tell the story of the hitter struggle. Here lie the victims of the Bellbird tragedy. This photograph was taken some time ago, and since that date the graves have hern carefully tended…

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Gold Standard Britain Wants It London, February 12

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 1

Replying to a number of questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that the Government had…

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