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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Cage Crushes Miners Thirteen Killed, and 35 Hurt in Germany BERLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 4

A party of 13 miners was killed and 35 others were injured in a cage smash at a Recklinghausen colliery…

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Miners Crash to Death Cages Fall Down Shaft Big German Disaster Cologne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 1

WHILE two cages, carrying 4[?] miners, were descending the Ewald mine. In the R[?]r, to-day they crased to the bottom of the shaft…

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Arthur Envies Midas Sand Into Gold Turn Institutions Would Benefit Lachlan Macquarie Publicity

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 6

DR. ARTHUR, Minister for Health, longs for the King Midas touch that turned sand into gold. If the Minister could but acquire the Bondi Sandhill and call in Midas, then indeed would the sorrows of patients in overcrowded [?]…

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To Save the Coal Industry Collective Contract Plan Discussed by Owners and Men Need for Urgent Decision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 5

THE Coal Mining Conference convened by the Minister for Labor and Industry, to discuss means of restoring the oversea trade, and to relieve unemployment existing in the industry, yesterday concluded consideration of the economic questions involved…

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When Boys Sweep for Mines--Moulding Our Naval Manpower

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1928 · page 23

WHERE would Sir Joseph Porter, the pompous old humbug…

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A Row-over Riverview Gold Cup Two Races to Glebe

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1928 · page 13

The Riverview Gold Challenge Cup, for senior eight-oared crews, resulted in a row-over for the Mosman champion eight yesterday…

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Empty Larders South Coast Miners in Parlous Plight Position Worst on Record Wollongong

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1928 · page 2

The industrial position in this district is the worst on record. Hundreds of men are out of work, while others are being put off weekly. At the Port…

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DISMISSALS. Abermain Colliery. Threat of Strike. Abermain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 12

The officers of the Abermain No. 1 miners' lodge have been advised by the Abermain-Seaham Coal Company that it is intended to cavil out 110 employees owing to slackness…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 13

Trading in Saturday's mining share market, although of moderate dimensions, took a more favourable turn through the influence of a recovery, after a series of falls, in the…

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World's Gold Question of Future Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 16

The question of the world's stock of gold and future supplies has exercised the minds of currency authorities in all leading countries since the war…

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Western Australian Gold Output. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 12

The output of fine gold in Western Australia during February was 32,120 fine cunees compared with 28,560oz for January and 31,353oz for February of last year…

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Miners' Strike Threat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

ABERMAIN, Monday.--Unless the notices of dismissal served on the ten members of Abermain Miners' Lodge are withdrawn, all…

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"Should Be Closed" Obsolete Mines Davies' Contention Many Ills of Coal Trade Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 6

Desperate urgency is apparent in the need to reorganise the coal trade, for it has been allowed to [?]to such an extent that thousands of men are now [?]…

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Old Vic. Mine Closes

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

The directors of the Ajax mine have decided to close down the property. For many months shareholders have continued paying calls in an expectation that prospecting work…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 13

A small mining share turnover was not indicative of a better feeling in the market yesterday. Buyers were prepared to quote more freely, engendering a steadier tone to…

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Coal Industry. More Dismissals. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 11

In consequence of the slackness of trade prevalling in the coal-mining industry, 29 men, representing all classes of labour, employed at the Lidsdale Colliery, have been…

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London Mining Prices London, Monday.y

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 7

Middle quotations for Australian mining shares are:-[?]…

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Liquid Fuel From Coal Experiments Under Way Vancouver (B.c.)

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 12

Addressing the Canadian Club, Mr. G. A. Julius, director of the Australian Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, pleaded for more…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime New Issue Bank of Australasia Motor Contracts

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 7

Mr. Palmer Kent, inspector of the Bank of Australasia advices that the superintendent of this bank has received notification from the court of directors…

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Coal Conference Miners Want Minimum Weekly Wage

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 8

The Coal Conference appointed by the N.S.W. "Nationalist" Government to inquire into the problems affecting the coal industry in an endeavor to recapture lost…

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