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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 238

Polycletan for the Cup Virgin Gold and Wallace Mortlake Also Dangerous Review of Likely Cup Candidates

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1925 · page 2

THE chief attraction at Randwick to-morrow will be the second leg of the double, the Sydney Cup, and in view of his remarkably good form in recent weeks. the majority of punters have sorted Polycletan out as the best proposition in the…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 9

The secretary of the Mt. Isa, Proprietary Silver-Lead, Limited, reports that the No. 1 drill hole on the Ibus lease has so far disclosed a width of 216ft of ore…

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Money Market. Gold From South Africa

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 7

A shipment of £250,000 In sovereigns from South Africa has been landed in Sydney by the steamer Euripides. The gold was consigned to the Bank of…

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Their Own Bosses Miners' Experiment LONDON, April 11

The Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 5

The Miners' Federation is successfully working the Vauxhall Colliery. Men working full time are earning 13s 9d a day…

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Miners' Wages. Strike or Co-operation London, April 11

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

The miners employed at Nestor colliery (Cheshire), which is losing money, decided last night not to accept the owners' proposal that they should work the colliery themselves…

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Mine Inspectors Mt. Iceton's Reports Wallsend, Wallarah and Rhondda Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. J. [?]ceton (District Check inspector) and Mr. J. Means (local inspector) made an inspection of Walls- end Colliery, and report as follows:--…

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Virgin Gold's Fast Finish Unlucky to Lose a Secret Told

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 2

Prier to Showing its hand in the w.f.a. race on Saturday at Randwick, Virgin Cold was not considered class enough for w.f.a. events, at least not by most people, still…

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Five Thousand Starving Great Mining Strike New York, April 10

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 1

In Nova Scotia, 5000 persons, mostly women and children, are facing starvation, as a result of the strike of coal miners in mines operated by the…

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Prince of Wales Plague Causes Delay on Gold Coast London, April 10

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 1

A message from Kumassi (West Africa) reports that the Prince of Wales received a great reception from dense crowds…

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Mining. Gold Mining on the Rand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 11

Mining conditions on the Rand at the beginning of this year were much better than they were two years ago, according to a special correspondent in the…

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Dubbo Gold Cup

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 8

Entries close on April 27 for Dubbo Racing Club's Gold Cup meeting (£1000 in stakes and trophy worth £100) on May 7 and 8…

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Coal: in Three Pictures

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 4

"The hooter's gone, Evan-- if you don't hurry up "you'll lose the shift, said his wife. Thus adjured Evan gulps his tea…

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Return to Gold.. the World's Production

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 4

One of the important post-war problems which is exercising the minds of bankers and commercial men generally, both in Australia and overseas…

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What Miners Expect with Labor in Power Pressing Reforms

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 6

FEW industries carry the same risks in regard to the lives and limbs of the men engaged therein as that of coal mining. On the other hand…

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Money Market Free Gold Market the Bankers' Position

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 8

Since the early days of the late war there has been an embargo on the free export of gold from Australia. It was a war measure, justified only…

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Stayers at Weight-for-age Lilypond Should Win Cumberland Stakes Virgin Gold Will Be Dangerous

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 1

THE Cumberland Stakes is a race that never attracts more than a few starters, and our real stayers are not more numerous this year than in the past, so there will be no exception to the general rule…

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State General Elections Will Be Held on May 30 the Premier Minimum Wage Many Problems Superfluous Miners Macdonald's Position

Evening News · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 1

ON reassembling, to-day, the [?] dependent Labor Party passed a resolution in favor of the const[?] of a National Commission to…

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Monetary and Commercial. Financial. Sterling Value. When to Link Wit[?] the Dollar. Mr. Keynes on Gold Risks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 11

The first article concluded with a relation of the slump which followed the raising of the Federal Reserve Bank rate in New York. It was such a slump which Mr. Keynes…

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The Mines Mount Isa Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 12

The progress report of the Mount Isa Mines for the period ended March 31 last states with regard to the Simpson area that a feature in the developments is the satisfactory average of…

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Kawarau Gold

Referee · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 14

When you make ah ordinary sporting bet you know exactly what the odds are going to be if you win. You don't know quite as much as that in the case…

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