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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 238

Miners Resent Distortion Cessnock Protests

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 1

In reporting the meeting held recently at Cessnock, when Messrs. Baddeley, Willis and Rees spoke on behalf of the “Labor Daily” directors, and Comrades Garden, Rae and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 14

Mount lsa Proprietary Silver- lead, Ltd.. has received the following report from the untie manager:--Out on Her Own: No. 1 tunnel-- Continuing to break ore. Carted to tamp 271…

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"God, and Acres of Gold."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 3

The Presbyterian Church, on Sunday night, held a very large congregation of adherents and their friends, who listened intently to an eloquent sermon by the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 13

There was no change yesterday in the prevailing conditions of the mining share market. Silver-lead interests remained inactive. Among Barriers. "Hills" cusod /l½ at 25/4½,…

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Criticism Annoys. Qld. Mines Minister Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 8

Mr. Jones, Minister for Mines, has replied to the recent criticism of the mine administration made by Mr. R. Bowes, secretary of the Bowen River…

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American Gold Coin Shipment for Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 14

American gold coin to the value of £ 400.000, has been landed in Melbourne by the steamer Port Brisbane from New York. The shipment was for a private…

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Gold for Motor Car. The Trader Gasped

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 19

A motor trader in Melbourne on Wednesday last must have thought that the proposed return to the gold standard had become an accomplished…

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Let Down at Kembla Miners Again Beaten by “Constitutionalism”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 1

Mt. Kembla miners have gone back to work, beaten, not by the (bosses, but by their leaders. After a great fight lasting six months, during which time all the…

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Miners' Federation Rank and File to Confer Policy and Rates

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 5

The Council of the Miners' Federation at Its last meeting decided to recommend the holding of a conference of representatives directly…

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Dashed to Death Eighty Miners Awful Scene After Disaster Paris, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 1

Eighty miners were coming up in a cage at the Werlenbach mine, in the Moselle district, when the cage crashed a thousand feet…

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Money, Mining & METALS Boost in Tongkah Compounds and Drop in Thabawleik—Bawra Advance—Only 2 for Wireless Ctg

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 3

Only 2 for Amalgamated Wireless etc., on which 40 has been paid: And this with broadcasting in the boom, and this Government-controlled concern enjoying…

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Miners' International

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

The British Miners' Federation has proposed that Mr. Frank Hodges shall be appointed secretary of the International Miners' Federation. — Press…

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Idle Colliery. Wheelers' Darg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 12

According to official reports which reached Sydney yesterday a stoppage occurred at "Hebburn No. 2 colliery owing to an argument between the miners and the wheelers as to the…

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Mining

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 5

North Mt. Farrell, N.L.: 1/a share; payable March 28. Pioneer Tin Mining Co., Ltd.: 9d a share; payable April 4…

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Coal-dust Danger

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

An investigation of the explosions hazards in industrial plants using pulverised coal as fuel. Which has been conducted by the United States…

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Truck Shortage Lithgow Colliery Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 4

Matter were brought to a head at the Lithgow Colliery this morning, when men refused to go in until trucks were on the siding…

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King Coal: and His Oppressed Subjects Misery of the Miners in Land of Dollar-worship

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

THERE is much misery among the miners of the United States. Although King Coal reigns in certain districts, he is an absolute monarch, without bowels of compassion for his subjects. The Chicago ''Daily Worker." for February 13, gives the…

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Miners' Grievances. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 18

A meeting was held last night between the membors of the Mine Managers' Association and the executive of the Workers' Industrial Union to deal with grievances of companies…

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Hampden-cloncurry Copper Mines, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 19

Although actual expenditure, including £5040 incurred at the idle mine, amounted to £8046, the accounts of the Hampden-Cloncurry Copper Mines, Ltd., for the half year ended August 31 last show a…

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Aliens in Mines Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

Strong exception is taken to the employment of alien miners at Wonthaggi while Australians and also British…

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