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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Return

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 6

Kanowna Red Hill Gold Mining Co. reports having cleaned up a trial parcel of 220 tons of ore from Vendor's stope, for 51oz. 8dwt. gold…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 10

Fine gold was quoted unchanged in London on Friday at 86 an ounce. At the price mentioned the pound sterling would buy gold equivalent to 4,777…

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Gold for Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 13

The second shipment of gold for Melbourne from South Africa arrived on Saturday, when the P. and O. Company's steamer Borda landed 500,000 sovereigns for the Bank of…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 10

Our Darwin correspondent wires that Mr. J. R. Ross, mining expert, representing a Melbourne syndicate, has visited the Maranboy tin fields. He says that it is a low-grade…

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Cage Falls German Colliery Disaster LONDON, April 4

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 1

The cage carrying the ingoing shift into a colliery at Karnap, near Essen, Germany, crashed at the bottom of the shaft into another cage which was…

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Volumnia's Coal Returned Men to Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 7

Members of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Waterside Workers' Union will start to-day to unload the 3500 tons of Welsh coal on the Volumn[?]a into the…

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Miners' Earnings Compensation Claim Important Legal Point

Evening News · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 1

An appeal involving an important point under the Workmen's Compensation Act, will be heard by the High Court during its…

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Wonthaggi Mines Engineers' Claims Before Special Tribunal

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

The Engineers' division of the Coal Industries Special Coal Tribunal (Mr. C. Hibbie, Chairman), on Friday resume dthe hearing of the case of the…

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The Waterfront. Soldiers' Union. to Remove Volumnia's Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 11

A call for seamen to man the steamer Eromanga is to be made to-day. It is understood that the Seamen's Union will provide a crew…

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Crew for Eromanga Union Stands Aside Moving Volumnia's Coal

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 10

Returned soldier wharf laborers started this morning transhipping the 3000 tons of Welsh coal from the Volumnia into the Commonwealth liner…

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Coincidence May Be Gaoling the Boys and Storing the Coal

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 6

"On Wednesday afternoon, while returning from work, I noticed a number of waggons filled with small coat stowed in a siding at the South Bulli…

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Gaoling of Boy Miners South Coast Makes Strong Protest an Obsolete Act Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 5

Much indignation is being expressed among the South Coast miners over the arrest and imprisonment of the seven boys who…

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Miners Angry Southern Collieries Kembla and Bulli Troubles Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

The miners held an aggregate meeting at the showground to-day, about 800 attending. Mr. Rees, president of the federation, and Mr. Willis,…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 5

The Great Britain Sluicing Company, Limited, reports that the Y. Creek Tributer cleaned up on "Wednesday, 1st instant, sluicing 290 hours, for an…

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Dubbo Gold Cup

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 5

Dubbo Racing Club will hold its Gold Cup meeting on May 7 and 8. Entries [?]lose April 27. On improvements to the course and…

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This Gold Standard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 13

The Prime Minister yesterday met in Melbourne the representatives of the trading banks, who placed before him reasons why Australia should not restore the gold…

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Gold From Capetown Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 11

The steamer Euripides, which arrived to- day, brought £750,000 worth of gold from Capetown. Of this amount £500,000 worth is consigned to the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 13

Except in one or two instances mining share business was on a light scale yesterdny. Barriers were quiet, but held their position. "Hills" were steady at 26/, 300…

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Gold Standard Return Opposed Bankers' Attitude Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

Representatives of the Associated Banks to-day interviewed the Prime Minister, and opposed the return by Australia to the gold…

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Militant Miners. Resent Payaient of Fines. Imprisoned Wheelers. Disorderly Meeting. WOLLONGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 11

The miners' aggregate meeting, held to-day, was one of the most disorderly over held on the coast. The militant members were present in strong force, and subjected the officers…

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