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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 238

Kandos Mine Closed. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

A report from Kandos states that the local colliery closed down on Friday last, the services of the miners having terminated on that date. Ostensibly tho company has closed…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

Carpath[?]a Tin Mining Co., N.L., has declared a dividend of 6d a share, payable March 27 to shareholders registered on March 1[?]. Crude are hauled and treated by the North…

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Kiwarrick Gold Find. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

Despite the unsatisfactory report made by the Mines Department as to the possibilities of the gold find at Kiwarrick, near Wingham, some work is still going on there. It is…

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Mining Shares. Values Decline

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 4

Moderate activity was displayed in the mining share market yesterday, and the drop in metals lent a weaker tone to the market, tin shares particularly…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

To-day's mining sales and quotations included:- Copper: Hamppden Cloncurry, 5/2. Silver-Lead: Broken Hill Proprietary, 26/3; 6 weeks, 26/4½ b 26/1½, s 26/3; Block 14, pref., 8/1, b 8/1, s…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 11

A general decline in metal prices brought weakness to the mining share market yesterday. Values for nearly all the principal stocks were on a lower basis. Barriers were…

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Financial. Gold Currency. British Authority Hesitant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 11

The United States and Sweden alone of the countries of the world have an effective gold standard. Their currency notes are interchangeable for gold. Gold may be procured…

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Kandos Mine Closed No Improvements Made Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 6

Kandos colliery is closed. It is alleged by the company that the miners refrain front lining skips beyond the water level…

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Raid on Gold Attack Beaten Off State's Nuggets Saved

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 8

In the good old days of which the Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) is fond of writing, bushrangers used to slick up and rob the gold escorts…

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Mt. Kembla Mine Enormous Profits Owners and Czar-like Methods Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 3

Discharging the case of the members of the Mount Kembla Miners' Lodge, who have been sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment for "aiding in…

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Gunnedah Colliery

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 9

Owing to a dispute at the Gunnedah Colliery the mechanics—blacksmiths, fettlers, and handy men—have tendered 14 days' notice to the management…

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Ruined Mines

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 12

Dear "Myee."—It is very hot here this afternoon—at least, it feels hot. but the thermometer has not even reached 100 degrees so one cannot…

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Miners Jailed. Force Miners Council to Organise Resistance!

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

Forty-two of the miners employed by the Mount Kembla Colliery Company have been sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for taking part…

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Kawarau Gold

The Land · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

Few speculative ventures have aroused the interest that has marked the launching of the Kawarau (New Zealand) gold proposition…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Fine gold, our correspondent cables, was quoted in London on Wednesday at. 868 an ounce, a fall of Id on the week. At the price mentioned the…

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Miners Welcome Labor Council's Disclosures

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

A large combined meeting of the Stanford Merthyr, Richmond Main and Pelaw Main miners' lodges at Kurri Kurri discussed the “Labor Daily” on Sunday…

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“Truth” Boycotted. Northern Miners Definite

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

The recent anti-working class utterances the Sydney “Truth,” which has specialised in propaganda against the Seamen's Union and the Communist. Party, have filled the…

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Miners' Appeal An Important Point

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 8

An appeal by colliery owners against the decision of the District Court Judge in a workmen's compensation case was dismissed by the Full Court to-day…

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Kembla Miners Recent Sentences an Adjournment

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 9

Reference was made in the Full Court yesterday to a pending application for a writ of prohibition against the Arbitration Court and the Mount…

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