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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Price of Fine Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 10

The price of fine gold in London on Friday, our correspondent cables, was 84s 9[?]d per ounce, compared with [?]s 11½d on Wednesday last…

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Paper for Gold London

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 1

The police arrested two men and two women who were touring the provinces buying gold louis from the peasants for 95 paper francs each,…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 13

Fair business was transacted in the mining share market on Saturday. Barriers made a better showing than of late. Hills gained /3 to 27/6, and North improved /6 to £6/9/6…

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Long Strike Ends. Pennsylvanian Miners Washington, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 11

The secretary of the Department of Labour (Mr. J. J. Davis) to-day confirmed an announcement by the Governor of Pennsylvania (Mr. Gifford Pinchot) that the strike of…

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Gas Flame Redhead Mine Explosion What Inspector Says Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 9

The Redhead mine disaster inquest entered on the eighth day of hearing at the Newcastle court-house to-day. The evidence of a miner, Thomson,…

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Germans Busy Mining in New Zealand Auckland

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 7

Germans are getting busy in New Zealand since the embargo on their activities has been lifted. A wealthy German syndicate…

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Brown Appears for Last Time Maroubra Speedway' Gold Helmet Event

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 3

A very interesting programme bar been arranged for next Saturday afternoon racing at Maroubra. and it should attract a big crowd of…

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Wanted Gold Got Police Instead Clever Work by Detectives Ruse That Failed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 5

An attempt to induce a battery manager to sell gold from the Ajax Mine at Daylesford was frustrated by detectives on Saturday…

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Idle Collieries. Miners on Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 11

It was reported yesterday by the Northern Colliery Owners' Association that the Bellbird colliery was idle on account of a funeral, and that the miners at Stanford-Merthyr,…

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Coal Export. Newcastle Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 5

The quantity of coal (Including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State was 75,958 tons, of which 60,595 tons…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 13

The mining share market rules strong throughout yesterday. Though Barriers were not extensively dealt in, only one stock, that of Broken Hill Proprietary, closed lower. A…

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Coal for Peru Killoran to Load

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 3

The coal export trade from Newcastle has of late yearn languished, and is but a fraction of its former volume. This in said to he duo to the…

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Price of Gold London, February 15

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

The price of gold is 84s 10d an ounce fine…

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Short Work Time South Coast Mines Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 8

The periods worked by the colleries of the Coast for the pay just ended are anything but eacoutaging. The times got in by the various mines…

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Gas in Mines Dangerous Percentage Nose Should Detect It

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 9

Stanley Mackenzie, superintendent of Hebhurn Collieries, resuming his evidence before the Coal Commission to-day. was submitted to exhaustive…

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Closer Unity in Mining Important Decisions

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 6

An important conference was held at the Trades Hall on the 11th last, between representatives of the W.L.U. of A. (Miners Section) and the…

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Mining and Rubber. Prosperous Industries. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 10

Mr. R. F. Barker, who arrived by the Malambar, on a visit to Australia after an absence of five years, said that mining and rubber were both prosperous in the Federated…

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Miners and Their Needs Bruce Unsympathetic Local Boards Urged Machinery Is Denied

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 1

THE Prime Minister Posed as the friend of legitimate trades unions in his appeal to the electors of the Commonwealth last…

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Money and Markets Rates for Money Outlook for 1926 Influence of Gold Flow

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

Although, since the summer of 1924, there has been a net outwards movement in gold from the United States, and the combined reserves in that…

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'Better Ventilated' Australian Coal Mines

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 15

James Johnstone, manager of the Richmond Main Colliery, giving evidence before the Coal Commission today, said that his experience of 27…

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