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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Pei-ho Mines Action by Powers Removal Ordered Pekin, March 16

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 7

The Legations of the Protocol Powers have instructed their naval commanders at Tientsin to notify the Taku forts authorities that…

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To Help the Black and Gold Green Fruit for England

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 9

The sta[?]holders for the Sydney Grammar School fete, which is to be held next Saturday at the school. The fete will be officially opened by the Chief Justice at 3 p.m…

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Section of Mines Act Forgotten "Nominally Scrapped" Was There Apathy? Commission Surprised

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 3

An astounding revelation regarding departmental apathy or misconception reference to an important section of the Mining Act was made by the…

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Plunge on Reform Ends in Pleasing Fashion Cerise and Gold Effects a Surprise

Referee · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 6

Four pony races were decided at Kensington last Wednesday. Reform, in winning at 5 to 4, acted right in the interests of backers, but…

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Coal War? German Magnate Speaks Out "All Must Agree" Economic Locarno and Comity of Nations

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 1

The "get together" recommendations of the British Coal Commission are echoed by the great German mine-owner and industrial magnate Herr Thyssen, who, in a plea for an international pact for the control of the coal industry, declares that without an…

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Balmain Colliery Threatened Dismissals

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 3

At a conference between the Southern District Executive, the lodge officers and the management of Balmain colliery, held in Sydney to consider the trouble that has…

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The Golden Horseshoe Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 11

Our Perth correspondent telegraphs that Mr. A Montgomery the Government engineer, who recently made an inspection of the Golden Horseshoe mine, reports that the position of the mine at present is…

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Fields, Mines and Mountains

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 8

Know your own country. This place of [?] of a [?]fied endeavor, is in the neighborhood of [?]…

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New Guinea Copper Mines Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 11

New Guinea Copper Mines progress report is as follow:—Laloki mine: At open cut 7374 cubic yards overburden were removed from January 17 to February 22. Heavy rainstorms earned a land slip (removed…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 8

The annual report of the South Australia Oil Wells Company, to be submitted to the annual meeting of shareholders in Melbourne on Wednesday next, discloses considerable [?]…

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Safety in Mines Commission Period Extended

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 9

The Minister for Mines has extended the period of the Commission on Safety in Coal Mines to May 27…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 11

The receipt of reports yesterday afternoon that rain was falling at Broken Hill, and the consequent possibilities of relief from the water shortage had a stimulating effect on the…

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Western Coal Output 1,705,000 Tons

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 17

The output of coal from the western field now exceeds one and a half million tons annually. Last year production reached the record figure of…

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Let's Be Fashionable Gold, Silver and Bronze

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 12

THIS is an autumn of metallic tints— sometimes difficult to wear, but always smart! There never was seen so much gold…

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Broken Hill. Relieved by the Rain. Mines to Resume

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 9

A serious outlook at Broken Hill has been relieved by a heavy rainstorm, which commenced to fall shortly after midday. The water level in the Umberumberka dam rose…

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At Broken Hill Mines May Resume Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 5

A heavy rain storm broke over the Umberumberka catchment area this afternoon, and the reservoir has risen 12 feet 3 inches. Mr. Triggs, manager of…

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Help for Hibble What Miners Want Bruce Won't Intervene

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 15

Mr. Booth, M.L.A., who has been agitating for the appoinament of an assistant Commonwealth Industrial Commissioner, to expedite the hearing…

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Will Speed Up Coal Commission Extension to May 27

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 23

When the Commission inquiring into the question of safety in mines sat this morning it was announced that the Minister for Mines had extended…

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Secret of Hidden Rocks Diver Tells of Sunken Gold

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 4

UNTOLD gold is lying on a reef called "Hidden Rock'" latitude 50, south of Thursday Island. There is a huge chest full of ancient coins in the mouldering ruins of a sunken hull of a Spanish galleon. Only one handful…

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No Rush Warranted Gold in Queensland That Daintree Find Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 13

In reply to an inquiry from the Minister for Mines the warden at Cooktown advises that he has heard nothing further regarding the…

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