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Mining & the mines, 1928

4,845 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 243

Big Electric Scheme Mines Re-opened Captain's Flat Activity

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 1

THE Lake George Mines at Captain's Flat, in the Queanbeyan district, are reported to be doing so well that the engineer-in-chief has asked the…

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Mining Shares in London London, February 29

The Sun · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 4

Quotations (middle prices) for mining shores listed on the London Stock Exchange, Included:--B.H. Prop. 22s 3d. North B.H. 77s 6d, B.H. South 41s, Hampden 11s 1½d. Mt…

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Work Continues at Mount Lyell Miners See Reason Burnie Ta[?]

Evening News · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 15

A FURTHER serious industrial upheaval on the Mount Lyell field was averted by a majority decision of the engineers, who…

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Fined by Mates Spoke to Boycotted Man Determined Miners Lithgow

The Sun · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 6

The 600 employees of the State mine are determined to continue their ostracism of one of their number, who, is said to have taken work in…

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"Rather Sinister" Mr. Mcdonald Replies Coal Conference From Page 14

Evening News · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 13

AFTER the luncheon adjournment, of the conferences of mine owners and employees to-day, the president of the Colliery Owners…

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Marts — Money — Mines and Maritime No Indication Potato Supplies Eggs Sell Well

Evening News · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 5

So FAR, no messages indicating the supply of potatoes from Tasmania next week have been received by agents in the farm produce section of…

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Steam Jets Due to Burning Coal "No Volcanic Origin" Katoomba

The Sun · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 10

The theory is advanced that the steam jets discovered at Bleackheath are due to the percolation of water during the recent heavy rains on to…

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The Barrier. Break in Water Main. Supply Cut Off From Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 11

The Water Supply authorities have announced that, owing to a break in the main of Umberumberka, the water supply to the mines will be shut off to-morrow, and the…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Burma-malay Tin Placer DEV.'s ISSUE Katu Tin Dredging

The Sun · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 4

In a cable message, which has been received by the Sydney office of Burma-Malay Tin, Ltd., Mr E. N. Mulligan, the managing director of the…

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"Broke the Law" Coal Owners Are Assailed "Why Exports Fell" Royal Commission Pressed for

The Sun · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 13

Payments to secret funds, not shown in the books; heavy overcharges to foreign buyers of coal, resulting in the loss of export trade; illegal evading of a Federal Act which fixed the price of coal were some of Mr. T. Hoare's allegations against colliery…

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Peace at Mines Minister Seeks Views on Willis' Scheme Coal Conference Sounded

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 9

AT the coal conference to-day the Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Farrar, sought the opinion of employers and employees regarding the scheme outlined in the "Sunday News" by Mr. A. C. Willis, M.L.C., regarding…

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“The Miners ’ Friend” Baddeley, Property Owner Cassnock Miners Awakening CESSNOCK

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

John Marcus Baddeley. whose heart bleeds for the miners, is a typical example or how a politician ran climb on the backs of the workers to a position…

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Trice of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Wednesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11 per oz. fine, an increase of ona farthing on the day…

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Russian Aid to Miners Paris

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

The Russian Miners’ Union has sent 30,000 francs to the French Miners who have been on strike against wage cuts since September…

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Help the Colorado Miners San Francisco

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

The mine-owners of Colorado are meeting iu conference, planning to make a new attack on the miners and the “agitators” who, they allege, are…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 13

With movement in metal quotations still against them, sellers w[?]s compelled to give ground in the share market yesterday. Norths alone of Barriers withstood the retarding…

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Hospital Crisis Miners Cease Work Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 6

Scarborough coalery employees stopped work this morning as a protest against the Government nominee on the Illawara Cottage Hospital Board,…

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Miners' Wants Conference Discusses Co-operation Minimum Wage?

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 13

The conference representatives of the employers and employees in the coal industry called by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Farrar), to consider the ways and means of revising the industry adjourned to-day to a…

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Railway Coal 1,750,000 Tons a Year

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 15

Last year approximately 1,750.000 tons, or nearly one-quarter of all the coal mined in N.S. Wales, was consumed by the railways. Of this huge…

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International Miners’ Unity Russo-swedish Pact To Kill International Scabbery

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

Following the last congress of the Swedish Mineworkers’ Union—which decided that steps should be taken “to maintain active international connections…

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