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Mining & the mines, 1926

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Mount Isa Mines Annual Accounts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 10

The accounts of Mount isa Mines, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1925, show that ore sold during the period realised £1103, while interest, etc., brought in £540. Expenditure at…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 10

Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., has declared a dividend for the year ending June 30, 1920, of 16 per share, tax free, in London. This will be payable on April 30, and the transfer…

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Price of Fine Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 10

The price of fine gold, our correspondent cables, recovered ½d to 84s 11½d per ounce in the London bullion market on Friday…

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Coal Report. London, March 12

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 7

The Miners' Delegate Conference has decided to refer the Coal Commission's report to the districts, and call a further conference…

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Shares in a Colliery. Disputed Application. London, March 12

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

The story of 2500 unwanted shares in the Wallerawang Colliery, Ltd., in the name of Lady Coghlan, wife of Sir Timothy Coghlan (Agent-General for New South Wales), was…

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Reported Gold Find Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 6

News has reached Cairns of the reported discovery near Daintree River of a rich gold find. Dowell and Ferguson are the…

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Rich Gold Find. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 12

A message from Cairns says a rich gold find is [?] 12 miles from D[?]intree. Dawell and Ferguson are said to be the discoverers. The report has caused a rush to the spot…

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Mining. the Share Market

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

Average week-end business was tranacted on the mining share markot on Saturday. Operations In the sliver-lead section were confined to North B.H. and Zinc Corporation. The…

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An Obsolete Act Miners Want It Repealed

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

Considerable discussion ensued at the meeting of the Central Council of the Miners Federation in relation to the provision of the Masters and…

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Miners' Minimum Pay Owners Asked to Confer

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the W.I.U. of A. (Mining Department) states that in accordance With directions from Central Executive he…

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Into Share Capital the Miners' Loan Lodge Supports Ballot Muswellbrook

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge the following minute, which was submitted by the council, was endersed by the…

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Gambler's Gold a Borrowed Tenner Turned Into £1600 MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 7

A man walked off the Caulfield racecourse on Saturday with more than £1600 in his pockets, won on a borrowed "tenner."…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, March l5, 1926. Coal and Power

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 10

The more the industrial situation in Great Britain is considered the more evident it becomes that the report of the Coal Commission must be regarded as one…

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Brilliant Motoring at Maroubra--Surprises in Pennant Bowls--Paddington's Cricket Defeat--Thrilling Cycling at Maroubra Brown Retains Gold Helmet Lucky Phil Garlick Bartlett's Car on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 9

The roar of well-tuned automobile and motor cycle engines was again heard at the Maroubra Speedway on Saturday afternoon, when a large…

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Road Work Relief. Absorbing Miners

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 3

In response to representation by Mr. A. A. Lysaght, M.L.A., for the relief of the men lately employed at Kembla Extended, the Department of…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 8

The mine manager of N.T. Mica reports good mica in Lee's. Bray's, and Pedlar's shafts, particularly in the latter, which he describes as "a splendid show." Developmental work is…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

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

Business on Change to-day included:- Silver: Amalgamated Zinc, b 29/6, s 30/3; Broken hill Proprietary, 26/7½,b 26/7½ s 26/9; Block 14 ord., 8/, 8/1, 7/11, b 7/10, s 8/; block 14, pref.,…

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Mining. the Share Market

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

In the course of quiet business, variations in mining share prices were small yesterday Barriers were a shade easier. Zincs lost /3 at 51/, and Sulphides (400) dropped /1½ at 19/1½…

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Kembla Coal-loading. Port Kembla

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 6

In a statement concerning the coal loading methods at present in vogue at Port Kembla, District Engineer M. MacTaggarl, of the Public Works…

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Losses Through Mine Disasters Effect on State

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 1

Inspector H. G. Hutton told the Safety in Coal Mines Commission to-day that the question of lighting in mints was vary important…

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