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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Address to Miners Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

Messrs. A. C. Will[?], M.L.C., J. M. Badd[?], M.L.A., and T. Heare, north '[?] miners' president, will address a [?] at West Wall[?]end on Sunday…

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Trouble Threatens Sewer Miners Pay

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

Trouble threatens on the Northern Suburbs outfall sewer--a, Public Works Department job. It is alleged that 99 men were docked of their New…

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Another New Guinea Gold Rush

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

SALAMOA (New Guinea), Friday.-- in a new gold rush, Salte Creek; a tributary of Edie Creek, has been pegged from end to end, the men…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 19

Moving strictly in accordance with variations in metal prices, the mining share market was steadier yesterday, small rises in lead and tin being welcomed. North Brokens…

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Winning and Working the World's Coal Distilling Coal for By-Products The Baddeley Report (Continued), No. 12. Fuel Research Work on Coal and Oil Shale

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 10

In this instalment of the report, the carbonisation or distillation of coal for the two-fold purpose of producing coke and saving the valuable by-products, is minutely explained. Both the high temperature and the low temperature…

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In Gold Rushes Death of Pioneer Gulgong

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

Mrs. Elizabeth Drew, widow of the late Mr. J. H. Drew, died at Home Rule, at the age of 83. After following several of the gold…

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The Coal Trade. Proposed Bonus and Rebates. Case for the Mineowners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 21

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the No[?] thern Collieries' Association, in a statement made a[?]opos of the leader in Thursday's "Herald," asks:…

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Sought Old Man's Gold. Desperate Crooks Gippsland Murders Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 5

DESPERATE criminals from Melbourne are believed to have been responsible for the deaths of Richard Clements and his wife…

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Alleged Bribes. the Defence. Messrs. Baddeley and Willis. Address Cessnock Miners. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 17

Messrs. J. M. Baddeley. M.L.A., and A. C. Willis, M.L.C., addressed one of the largest meetings ever held in Cessnock in the Strand Theatre last night on the bribery charges…

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At Last! Women in Trousers ! Undisguised and Uncovered, They are Among Latest Paris Fashions EVENING : Gold Lace Paris, February 16

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 11

"Buyers Europe-wide are being initiated into new spring fashions, which include many novelties," says the "Daily Telegraph…

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Starr Shines Gold-digging Cutie Who Isn't

Truth · Sunday 19 February 1928 · page 9

EVEN a mop of auburn curls cannot disguise Muriel Starr, and her less frivolous personality peeps through her present incarnation as a…

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Coal, Lead

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 6

TWO conferences of far-reaching importance are being held in different parts of Australia. On their outcome the…

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Guinea Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 13

Guinea Gold Co. reports that the investigations during the past few months of Mr. E. Broughton Jensen, the company's field superintendent, who recently came to Adelaide from…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 13

Discussing the coal situation and the effect of the increasing competition of oil, Mr. Frank Hodge, a member of the National Fuel and Power Committee in Britain, recently stated:…

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Guinea Gold's Progress

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 16

Mr. E. Broughton Jensen, Guinea Gold Company's field superintendent, who recently came to Adelaide from New Guinea to consult the directors upon matters connected with the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 13

Saturday's mining share market continued to reflect the trend of oversea base metal prices, silver-lead concerns easing in favour Slightly, and tin stock showing small gains…

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Hoare's Bribe What Miners' Think (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 6

Sir.--I would like a small space to ask Mr. Hoare a few questions: (1) Did he take into his confidence any of the Federation officials, or any outside…

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CLOUDBURST. Man Drowned at Lithgow. Flood Water Disappears Down Colliery. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 12

A cloudburst occurred at Oakey Park, [?] Lithgow, this afternoon, when a man namad John Brennan, 67 years of age, was drowned. A remarkable feature of the storm was that…

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Miners' Express Confidence in Willis and Baddeley Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 1

At a crowded meeting of combined miners lodges at West Wallsend to-day, at which Messrs. T. Hoare, Northern Miners' president, A. C. Willis…

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New Secretary for Western Miners T. Schroder Elected Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 4

The result of the ballot for the election of district secretary of the Western Miners, in place of the late Mr. Fred Gregory, was declared to-day. There…

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