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Mining & the mines, 1928

4,845 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 243

Barrier Mines Inspection

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

A party of directors of various Broken Hill mining companies arrived in Adelaide by the express from Melbourne yesterday. The visitors included Sir Robert Horne (chairman of…

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The Coal Problem

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 8

The problem of the idle coal mines can be stated in a few words. The pits are idle because trade has been lost. To recapture that trade the price of coal must be reduced. The…

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Banknotes for Miners; Dawn Surprise Union President Brings £597 Roll to Pit Mouth "To Keep Mine Open"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Northern Miners' Federation, told the men from Stockton Borehole Colliery…

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Be Mine! Leap Year Letters

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 7

Couched in exactly the same language as the letter which Mr. W. H. Brown, vice-president of the Limbless Soldiers' Association,…

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Balmain Mine Inspector's Report Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

In his report of an inspection of Balmain Mine, District Cheek-Inspector John Patterson, states that doors leaking in the Main West. In this connection he…

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Miners' President's Startling Disclosure Says He Was Bribed to Keep a Colliery at Work Hoare Produces the Notes to Surprise Meeting Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 6

OVER £600 in crisp, red-backed ten-pound notes were handed "Bondy Hoare, Northern Miners' President, by an individual alleged to he an emissary of the proprietors, to keep Stockton Borehole miners at work…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

Improvement made in the tone of the mining share market at the end of last week was not retained yesterday. This was most apparent in the case of Barriers, for which…

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Those Goal Reserves Miners are Suspicious of the Government

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 12

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--The Government's offer to help the unemployed by obtaining 60,000 tons of coal from, the north, to be stacked for…

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"Strikes Not Cause." View of Miners' Official. Nationalisation Favoured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 11

"There is no doubt that the coal industry is facing a serious period in its history," said Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, yesterday. "On the one…

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Oil From Coal No Longer Experiment Perth

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

Mr. De Bernales, a prominent mining investor, who returned from London to-day. said that he had investigated the extraction of crude oil from…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Syd. Ferries Problems Motor Finance

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

The keen interest taken by shareholders in the management of Sydney Ferries, Ltd., was evidenced by the large attendance at the annual general…

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First Practical Step to Control Industry Tassie Miners Mr. Lazzarini's Tour

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

Upon his return from Tasmania, Where he and Mrs. Lazzarial have been spending a short holiday, Mr. C. C. Lazzarial, M.L.A sounded a note of…

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"Copper, Silver, Gold" Is It a Game of Chance?

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

Charles Alfred Stanton, a showman, who was convicted at the Court of Petty Sessions, Wollongong, on January 9, on an information alleging that…

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Money Banked Story of Coal Bribes Director's View "Benevolent Gentleman Unknown"

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 13

Astonished beyond words was Mr. Albert Sims, chairman of directors of the Stockton Borehole Company, when he read the assertions of Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Northern Miners' Federation, that, as a bribe to keep the men working,…

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Misima Gold Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 17

Our Port Moresby correspondent telegraphs that advice has been received that an Australian company is willing to take over the Misima Gold Mining Company and…

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Miners' Federation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 16

The annual meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation commenced yesterday, and will be continued until the end of next week. Mr. D. Hayward, president of…

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"Bribe Medium" Hoare Divulges Name Coal Charges Statement at Miners' Council

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 11

The name of the mysterious medium, through whom, it is asserted, bribes to keep the Stockton Borehole Colliery working reached the individuals for whom they were intended, was divulged by the author of the bribery…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 1

The amount of coal (including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle during the week ended January 27 for places beyond the State was 58,145 tons, of…

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Monthly Coal Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 7

The quantity of coal (including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle last month for places beyond the Slate was 234,136 tons, of which 203,215 tons…

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Civic Coal Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 2

In response to the call for tenders for the supply of low volatile coal to the Sydney Municipal Council, there was only one tender, and the…

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