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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Dividends Payable. Mining

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Broken Hill South, Ltd., dividend of 1/- per share, payable on February 24. Kamunting Tin: 6d. a share; payable January 31…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 13

The mining share market was neglected on Saturday, and prices weakened. Of Barriers, Souths dropped /9 to 44/3, "Hills" recovered /1½ at 23/10½. Mt. Isa at 27/6 was…

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Plenty of Coal Says Chief Commissioner

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 9

Late this afternoon the Chief Civic Commissioner (Mr. Fleming) stated that no anxiety need be felt about the City Council's coal supply, pending the…

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"Gas in Mine" Killingworth Danger Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 7

HEATING and an accumulstion of gas have been discovered in Killing—worth Colliery. The matter is causing much concern…

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Foreign Workers. Kalgoorlie Mines. Returned Soldiers' Protest. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 11

The influx of aliens is becoming very noticeable on the goldfields, and it is stated that foreigners are steadily pushing British workers out of the mines…

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Price of Coal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of yesterday's date appeared two letters attacking the colliery proprietors, both, by the way, anonymous. Such serious misstatements are made that they call…

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Coal Supplies. City Power-houses. Tests to Be Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 13

The City Commissioners have for some time been considering tenders for the supply of coal to the civic power-houses. The general manager (Mr. H. Mackay) has recommended…

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"Big Three" in a Dilemma Coal Tenders Prof. Barraclough to Help

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the tenders have has been in their possession for a fortnight. The Civic Commissioner have referred [?] to a committee…

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No Acceptance Till Coal Tested Civic Commissioners' Edict on Supplies for City Tests Start To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 10

The Civic Commissioners have deferred the acceptance of tenders for high volatile coal until laboratory tests have been made of the…

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Mine Closed Indefinitely Kembla Extended Miners Perturbed Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 6

Men at Kembla Extended, who have been idle for a fortnight, have now been told that the pit is closed indefinitely. They will remove their…

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Pirate Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 26

Our first problem was to place a nickel, a cent, and a dime on a circle marked 1, and by using two other circles, marked 2 and 3, transfer the…

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The Coal Problem

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

Quite recently there has been a systematised attack on the colliery owners of New South Wales, and we have been told by sundry correspondents to the daily press, all, by the way, anonymous, that the policy of the colliery owners is exploitation of the public by…

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Coal Supplies. Tests Commenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

A test of a quantity of coal supplied by Hoskins Brothers to the Sydney city electrical department was commenced at the City Council's power-house yesterday under the super…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 13

Depression continued to prevail in the mining share market yesterday, and the turnover was confined to a few concerns. None of the Barrier mining stocks proper was dealt…

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59,914 Tons City's Coal Reserves

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 15

City Council coal in stock on January 10, according to a report from the general manager of the Electricity Department (Mr. Mackay), tabled at a…

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Mines Are Idle Lithgow Slackness Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 6

A conference was held between lodge representatives and district of flicers and the Vale of Clwydd management with a view to coming to…

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Civic Coal War Tests Proceeding Mackay or Big Three?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

CITY HALL, employees are closely following the struggle for Power between the Civic Commissioner and Electricity General Manager Forbes…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Sale of Gas Shares Rubber Profits

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 8

The 15,000 shares, of 20s each, in the Manly Gas Co., offered at auction to -day by Mr. C. H. Crammond, of Richardson and Wrench, Ltd., were sold in…

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Latest Ideas Use of Brown Coal German Methods Perth

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 10

Dr. Cook, the senior chemistry lecturer of Adelaide University, after a visit to England and Germany, during which he studied fuel research…

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Coal Trucks Bolt N'castle Smash Guard Jumps Clear Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 5

FORTY empty hoppers and a guard's van were derailed at Hanbury Junction, near Walls-end, to-day…

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