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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Municipal Coal Mine Twenty-two Offers Two Experts to Report

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

The Electricity Committee of the City Council considered the report of Mr. S. Y. Maling, acting general manager, at yesterday's meeting in…

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Black Colliery Sunbeam, Victoria

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 6

At the week-end meeting of the Wonthaggi West Maitland) District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. Asquith, presiding) there was a…

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Safety in Mines Commission Resumes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 6

The Surety in Mines Commission will hold its first public sitting this year at the No. 1 Industrial Court to-morrow, when Mr. W. H. Hamble, late…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 9

In the course of fairly brisk trading, mining share prices had an easing trend yesterday Among Barriers Souths dropped /3 at 81/9. Zines had fallon 1/3 at 54/6 since last…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 8

To-day's mining sales and quotaions included:- Silver-lead: Mt. lsa, 21/4½; Broken Hill Prop., 26/, 25/10½, b 26/, s 26/1½; Block 14, pref., b 11/, s 11/3; Block 14, ord., b 7/2, s 7/4 Junction North, 12/7, b…

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Working Octopuses "Coal-dredging" in Crete

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 8

In Australia small octopuses are sometimes used as bait. It is alleged, too, that they sometimes figure in oyster soup…

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Rich Gold Find Boulder Lode Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 8

A remarkable development was reported concerning a gold find in the HOrseshoe Mine. The great Boulder lode was cut at…

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Strike Extension Possible Sunbeam Mine Director Resigns Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

An immediate extension of the dispute affecting the Sunbeam mine is threatened. A member of the Enginedrivers'…

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Coal Lumpers Sacrifices for Unionism (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 6

Sir,--The "Sydney Morning Heram of January 21 publishes under the heading of "Loyalists' Plea--Remember 1917." a statement made by Mrs…

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Miners' Offer Ready to Confer "Kite Flying" London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. J. Cook) says that if the Prime Minister wants to see both parties again before the Coal…

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Colliery Baths South Coast Miners Impatient Thirroul

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 6

The urgent need for the provision of bathing facilities at every colliery in the Commonwealth was stressed at yesterday's meeting of Scurborough T[?] miners…

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Korumburra Coal. Boycott by Miners. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 9

Following on the decision of the Victorian branch of the Coal and Shale Miners' Federation to declare the Sunbeam Colliery at Korumburra "black," representatives of the…

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Transvaal Gold Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 15

The output of gold in the Transvaal in November totalled 787,000 fine ounces, as compared with 812,832 ounces in October, and 802,313 ounces in the like month a year ago. The following table gives the…

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Coal Export. Newcastle Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

The quantity of coal (including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle last week for places beyond the State was 112,476 tons, of which 85,539 tons…

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Several Mines Idle Rulli

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 6

Yesterday was a bad day for the mines of the South Coast. Exceistor Coliery censed, the reason made public being that it was an…

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Straight Australian the Redhead Mine Disaster

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 11

THERE must be a searching inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the explosion in the Redhead colliery last Thursday afternoon…

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Tubercular Miners. Employment Prohibited. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 14

The Minister for Mines (Mr. M. F. Troy) stated to-day that the Cabinet had approved ot the immediate issue of notices prohibiting the employment in, on, or about the mines…

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Mine Explosion. One Man Killed; Eleven Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 15

A disastrous explosion occurred in Redhead Colliery, near Newcastle, last Thursday, afternoon. One miner namer William Riley, a married man with two children…

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One-man Job Minister for Mines [?]

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the lodge to-day one of the miners of Scarborough Colliery protected against the Minister for Mines holding any positions in the…

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Boxer Works As Coal Trimmer. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 14

Some months ago, in England, an Australian boxer met "Bill" Bates, the middleweight champion of Kent, and a conversation upon Australian topics made Bates anxious…

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