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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Decorative Heels Patterns of Gold, Silver, Steel and Diamante

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1928 · page 16

MADE from the tiny skins of the Very youngest of young kids are the gold and silver slippers thai Fashion decrees shall be worn for dancing. The skin is soft and resilient, and yet wears well,…

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England Rattled! King Coal's Throne Tumbles Into Abyss of Industrial Chaos

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1928 · page 5

Peace may have her victories, but the Great ?Peace has brought into being the most wonderful ^miracles of organisation. The assault upon the throne of King Coal was…

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No Gold Bricks for "Solbrick" Chrylyssa's Poorest Race £1000 To £400 in One Hand

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1928 · page 2

AND everyone is wishing "Mr. Solbrick" a Happy New Year. He will need all those good wishes to make it a financial success if he should experience the atrocious luck in 1928 that he did in 1927 with his little filly, Chrylyssa…

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Oil in New Zealand The Operations of Coal, Oil (N.Z.) Limited the Elbof Subterranean Surveys

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1928 · page 6

The oil situation in New Zealand has reached an interesting and important stage, thanks to the enterprise of Coal, Oil (N.Z.) Limited, who have engaged the Elbof Geophysical investigators to locate the…

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Wiluna Goldfield Capital Raised to One Million Prospects Bright

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1928 · page 6

Following the passage through the West Australian Parliament of the Bill for the construction of a railway to Wiluna Goldfield, a cable…

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Visits to Coal Mine Mostyn's Movements

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 11

The Lord Mayor to-day emphatically denied a published statement that. In company with Alderman English, he had "made visits to Spring Vale…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 9

Gold was quoted in London on Friday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11 per ounce fine, a decrease of one halfpenny on the price ruling since Wednesday…

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Mining. Mount Lyell Progress Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 9

Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Ltd., has supplied the following progress report for the fortnight ended December 21:- North Mount Lyell Mine.—Tons extracted, 5044…

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Coal Contracts Neede Lithgow Trade Dul Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 4

Lithgow takes a keen interest in the holding up of the city coal contract. The local mines re-open on Tuesday and the question is of ac[?]…

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Coal Bunkers Ablaze

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 11

A fire broke out in the coal bunkers at the Balmain electric light works, Margaret-street, early to-day. The names were extinguished by the Balmain…

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"Coal-eating" Episode

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 7

Actors and actresses have a prejudice against doing anything on the stage that will interfere with their…

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Gold by Air San Francisco

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 1

THE first gold shipment by sir has arrived safely at Mills Field. "The Spirit of the…

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Broken Hill Miners. Reject Companies' Proposal. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 9

At a mass meeting of the Workers' Industrial Union yesterday it was resolved to reject the proposals of the mining companies for reduced wages and longer hours, as…

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Miners' Federation Has Gloomy View Need for "Cohesion, Unanimity, and Discipline"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 12

KURRI KURRI, Monday. -- Dealing with the prospects for 1928, the annual report of the Miners' Federation stated: --…

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£30,000,000 Mine Closed New Year Passing of Famous Mount Morgan Romantic History

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 12

On New Year's Eve there was written one of the most important obituaries of the year. At midnight, Mount Morgan,…

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Mining. Ventures for the Poor Man. Reason's and Further Suggestions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 11

The article entitled "Mining—Ventures For The Poor Man," by "R.S.," which appeared in this column. is most tragic reading to say the least of It, and "R.S." has done…

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Mines That Will Resume Those That Will Not 'Black' Electricity? Election of Executive Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 6

Members of the Miners' Federation who are fortunate enough to be connected with the working collieries will resume again…

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To Be Amended N. Guinea Mining Law Marr Tackles Problem Canberra

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 11

The publication of a handbook and gazetteer of New Guinea has been decided upon by the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Marr)…

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£56,000,000 Claim for Property Taken by Soviet Mining Coy. Deprived of Valuable Russian Holdings Director in Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 12

PERTH, Monday. -- Mr. Leslie Urquhart, chairman of directors of Russo-Asiatic Consolidated, whose properties in Russia were expropriated by the…

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Mining. Phin Soon Tin Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 15

Directors of Phin Soon Tin Mines, Ltd., in their report on the company's operations for the period extending from the date of incorporation to August 31, 1927, state that…

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