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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

New Coal Mine ? Caban's Find 1280 Acres Taken Up

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

SERGEANT CABAN, one of the most popular police prosecutors at the Central Court, went away on his recent holidays with something…

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Mining Industry. Suggested Bonus on Gold. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

Mr. F. A. Moss, president of the Western Australia Mining Association, addressing the annual meeting, complained of the heavy burdons imposed on the mining industry by…

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Victimised Miners

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

Mr. Lysaght. M.L.A.. has been Informed by the Minister for Mines with reference to his representation on behalf of Mr. J. T. Sweeney, district…

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Gold Medallists

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 7

Gold Medallists in Sections C. E. and F. of the Writing…

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Gold Pass Grab

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

Sir.-In expressing my unsilated praise in our able leader--the greatest of all New South Wales Premier --I am compelled to record my disgust…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 13

Stackpool's Crystal reports that at the 200ft. level prospecting has been carried on north from the drive off the main winze. A small make of ore is showing fair values. The open cut…

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Fire in Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

A fire broke out in the White Lead mine curly qn Wednesday night. The tool and Store roms were destroyed. The fire was prevented from reaching the underground…

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Colliery Mechanics Percentage Levies W. Wallsend District Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

The business of the combined meeting of the combined meeting of the West Wallsend District of the Colliery Mechanics' Union,…

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Mining Share Barometer Rise

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

B.H. Proprietary, 26s 4½d--6d, Rawang, 29s--3d. Sulphide, 20s 10½d--1½d. Fall…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

To-day's sales and quotations included:- Siver-lead: Amaigamated Zinc, 30 /1½ 30/3, [?]30/3, [?]30/6; Broken Hill Proprietary, 26/, b 26/, [?] 26/1½; Block 14, pret., b 11/, [?] 11/3; Block 14, ord., 7/2,[?]…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 17

Steadiness was an outstanding feature of the mining share market yesterday. A further decline in metal prices tended to restrict the turnover.Among Barriers Norths gained,/6…

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Redhead Victims Miners Cease Work Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

With the exception of the men at Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Shaft Colleries, the whole of the district miners are not working to-day…

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Another Strike Threatened on City Railway Miners' Demand Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

When the striking City Railway miners asked the Railway Commissioners yesterday to abolish the machine pick used in the work,…

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That British Coal Subsidy Where the Money Goes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

A.J. Cook the British coal miners general secretary has according to recent cables asserted that during the last six months Sir Alfred Mond,…

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Water Famine at Barrier Miners' Anxious to Wait on Premier

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

Messrs. Quintrell and Smith brought before the Council of the Miners' Federation the position of Broken Hill relative to its…

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Sydney's Tin Gods Rapid Fortunes From Mines in the Orient

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

ENTERPRISE linked with science has written an Australian chapter in the East that reads like a fairy story. Fortunes are being founded with…

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Gold Standard Benefits in Its Train Banker's View London

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

The chairman of the Westminster Bank, Mr. Walter Leaf, speaking at the annual meeting of the bank, said that the return to the gold standard…

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T.B. Miners Well Provided for W.A.'s Liberal Provision Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 10

The Minister for Mines, Mr. M. F. Troy, has made fuller explanation of the provisions of the Miners' Phothsis Act. He points out that the…

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One Hundred Years in the Coal Mines This story of a Working-class Tragedy was written by Tom Tippett, Educational Director of U.M.W. of A., and published in " Advance " an

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

THE oldest living coal digger in America, or perhaps in the world, has shown up in Taylor ville, Illinois. His name is Charles…

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Signal Honor Foe Sir Edward Elgar. Presentation of the Beethoven Gold Medal

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 7

"No words of mine could adequately express the pride and pleasure with which we British musicians listen to the music of Sir Edward Elgar," said Sir Henry Wood,…

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