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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 238

The "Gold" Cup

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 1

Presented to the winners of the First Test, Aldermen v. Trades Hall Secretaries. The Cup (pill cardboard) is inscribed: They Squared the Umpires." The aldermen won. In the picture are the Lord Mayor (Ald. Stokes). Mr. Luttrell, and Mr. J. Tyrrell…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Fine gold was quoted 1d lower, at £466 an ounce in London, on Wednesday, our correspondent cables. At the price mentioned the pound sterling…

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Western Australian Gold Yield

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

Our Perth correspondent telegraphs that the gold yield for March was 32,097 line oz., valued at £180,388, being a reduction of 387oz, rompared with the previous mouth, and a drop of 3204oz from…

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Volumnia Dispute Coal Still Unmoved

The Sun · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 9

No deyelopments occurred to-day in connection with the dispute between the seamen and the Commonwealth Line, regarding the cargo of…

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Coal Cargo. the Dilga, Involved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 9

An interesting development in regard to the Volumtila trouble wits the mooring yesterday afternoon of the Australian Commonwealth line steamer, Dil[?] alongside the Volumnia,…

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Mining. the Share Market

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

A stranger market prevailed for mining shares on 'Change yesterdayy, as reflected mainly in a rally in Barriers. Souths advanced 1/3 at 56/9, when 400 had been…

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Fruit in Coal Trucks. Growers Indignant

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 13

Owing to their facility to serve sufficient and adequate trucking facilities, growers of fruit in the westers district of New South Wales are…

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Miners Protest Against Anti-working Class Features

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

On two occasions the Kurri Kurri combined lodges of the Miner’s Federation have protested to the “Labor Daily” against “the anti-working-class cartoons appearing in the…

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Pelaw Main Miners Out Bosses Break Agreement

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 4

Pelaw Main Colliery has been idle since March 16. The stoppage involves a principle vital to all mine workers. Should Pelaw Main lodge…

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Ruhr Revolt Miners Slaughtered to Speed up Profits

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 3

At Dortmund, in the Ruhr Valley, 138 miners have been killed in a coal mine explosion. Red-eyed and desperate women…

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A Conference Bankers' Views On Gold Standard

Evening News · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 5

At a conference to be held in Melbourne on Monday Mr. Bruce will receive the views of the banks on the question of a return to the gold…

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Gold for Australia. Nearly Two Million Sovereigns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 10

Australian banks recently purchased 1,750,000 sovereigns from the Reserve Bank, capetown, [?] Africa. The gold was purchased recently by the…

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Money and Markets Gold or Paper? Britain Must Act People's Preference

The Sun · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 6

England definitely, though temporarily, surrendered the gold standard by the passage through Parliament of the Gold and Silver (Export Control)…

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Coal Lumper's Death

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 3

At 7 o'clock on the night of March 21 last, Samuel. Arthur Dunn, 31, a coal lumper, while working in the Wonlora, berthed alongside the steamer…

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Wonthaggi Mine the Tribunal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

The engineers (coal industry) tribunal, presided over by Mr. C. Hibble, on Thursday continued the hearing of the claims of the Amalgamated…

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Grit and Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 22

The first license to dig for gold in Victoria was issued at Ballarat on September 20, 1851. The first big return was from the…

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Where Death Lurks Great Mine Disaster Fifty-one Miners Killed by Fire-damp Compensation Granted by State

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 9

The following account of a disaster in an American coal-mine is from the Chicago "Daily Worker." of February 23:--…

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South Coast Mines Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 2

The Miners' Delegate Board has decided to convene an aggregate meeting on the Show Ground on Monday next to discuss the imprisonment of…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 20

The output of Tingha Tin for the month of March is reported as 4 tons, won from 5800 cubic yards in 280 hours. The amount realised was £670, while working costs were £510…

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