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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Currency Habits of the Community

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 12

In the event of a return to the gold standard in Australia demand for gold on the part of the public is likely to be made. The novelty of…

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Gold Producers. Six Years' Operations. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 17

While the sterling dollar rate of exchange and the London-Australian exchange position remain as they are the Gold Producers' Association cannot export gold to the advantage of…

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Gold Standard an Early Return Mandated Circular

Evening News · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 6

While the great majority of British financial experts have declared themselves in favor of an early return to the gold standard, there are still…

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Strike Threat 40,000 Miners Give Notice LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 15

Forty thousand Rhondda (South Wales) miners have tendered strike notices for May 1, stating that they refuse to work with non-unionists…

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The Entombed Miners Little Hope Moving Scenes London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 1

IT is now officially stated that 38 men are missing as the result of the sudden flooding of the Scottwood mine, 26 of them being…

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Miners Trapped. Inrush of Water. Hope of Rescue Abandoned LONDON, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 15

Thirty-three miners were trapped in Montague pit, Scotswood, near Newcastle, owing to the inflow of water due to holing. Nearly 300 were below when the accident…

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Gold - Seeders of New Guinea An Account of the Bialolo Gold fields, 3000ft Above Sea Level, in the Wildest Part of the Territory

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 8

IT is too march to expect that more their a very small percentage of people should ever have heard of such a place as Morobe. To say that it is in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea is to add…

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Trapped in a Mine Without Hope Inrush of Water Lives Imperilled London, March 30

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 1

A number of miners were trapped in Montague pit, at Scotswood, near Newcastle, owing to an inflow of water, due to holing…

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Money, Mining & METALS Slump in Amalgamated Wireless Shares Continues, Ctg. Paid to 46 Falling to 16 -- Weakness in "Sun" Newspapers Quote -- Starkeys at 189 -- Williams Weak -- Blue Metal Firm -- Mining Interests Lack Lustre or Animation -- 4d. for Crown, paid to 10-

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 8

The slump in Amalgamated Wireless shows no sign of abatement. At 16 yesterday the contributing shares, on which 46 bus been paid, were [?]6 per cent. below…

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Interesting Pictures. Goldfields of New Guinea. Features of the "Sydney Mail."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 14

Gold seekers whose thoughts have been turning towards New Guinea will find an article in this week's issue of the "Sydney Mail" of great interest. It contains…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Fine gold was quotes 1d higher, at 867 an ounce in London on Tuesday, our correspondent advises. At the price mentioned, the pound sterling…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 10

Christmas Gift Gold Mining Co. reports that the Boulderson's lode is showing a strong body of are at the face. At the Federal lode the rising stope west of the main rise is…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 11

The tact that business was limited to two calls, on account of the Stock Exchange annual cricket match, was conducive to listlessness in the mining share market…

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Wonthaggi Mine Engineers' Claims Before Special Tribunal

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 8

A sitting of the engineers' (cool industry) special tribunal, under the chairmanship of Mr. Charles Hibble, was held at the Chamber of Commerce,…

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Alien Workers Displace Aussies Mines and Weirs

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 8

Representations have been made to the lender of the Victorian State Labor Party (Mr. Prendergast) by the Wontraggi branch of the Coal Employees'…

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Failed at Odds on Gold Quest's Bad Luck

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 2

"As soon as I touched him with the spurs he bucked," said Albert Cal[?]nan after riding the odds-on favorite Gold Quest into second place in the Ascot…

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Buried in Mine. Hope Abandoned. Thirty-eight Men. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 9

It is stated by the mine officials that the number of man entombed by Monday's disaster in the Montague pit at Scotswood, near Newcastle, was 38, of…

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Luck of Callinan Just Gets There on Thurles Gold Quest Bucks

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 8

Albert Callinan, the most capable of the jockeys licensed by the A.R.C., had only three mounts at Ascot yesterday, but it is doubtful if he has experienced…

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Mount Isa Mines, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 11

The following progress report has been received from the mine superintendent of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd, for the period ended March 15:- In the Simpson are athe No. 3 shaft, Black Star,…

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