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Mining & the mines, 1928

4,845 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 243

'Planes Will Be Eyes of Canadian Mining Boom Winnipeg

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 1

Northern Aerial and Mineral Exploration, Limited, is the name of the new company, with a capital of £1,000,000, which has been…

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UNEMPLOYMENT. Conference on Mar. 26 Government Aid. 60,000 Tons of Coal Purchased

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 17

The State Cabinet decided yesterday that the conference of employers and employees in primary and secondory industries to discuss unemployed prohlems should be held on March…

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Destiny of "Bribery" Funds Stockton-Borehole Miners Benefit by Nearly £600 Tribute to Mr. Hoare

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday -- When Mr. ("Bondy") Hoare, northern miners' president, some weeks ago dramatically announced that he…

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Class Hurdler Engaged Among Novices Chance of Gold Thread Suncoil May Be Hard

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 2

BY no stretch of imagination can the majority of the field for the Hurdle Race at Rosehill be considered at all classy…

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A Political History of Australia Bushranger Occasions Premier's Overthrow--Frank Gardiner and Sir Henry Parkes--John Robertson Attacks the Premier for leasing the Bushranger--The Mystery and Tragedy of Sir Frederick Pottinger--Robbery of the Eugowra Gold Escort. Chapter [?]Lvi a Political Overthrow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 10

One of the most extraordinary episodes in the political history of…

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Finance Howard Smith Ltd. Early Generosity and Its Aftermath Coal Depression Affects Profits

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 26

Ships and coal nowadays provide the main pickings for Howard Smith, Limited, but it does not own any vessels or coal mines. It is a holding company, and adds to its annual income by officiating as agent for some of…

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Gold for Nix Top Notch is Tip-Top for Punters NEWCASTLE

Truth · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 4

WITH only two starters in the Maiden Handicap at Wallsend, backers plumped for Top Notch, a filly who had run third at…

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"Bondy's" Bonus £540 Handed to Miners Cheers and Smiles Reserve of £60 Kept for Whiddon Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 5

The shabby looking building known as the Sulphide Hall, Second-street, Boolaroo, where the Stockton Borehole Miners' Lodge holds its meetings, was the scene of unusual activity this morning, when £600, handed over…

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No Gold in Casque D'or Gollan Goes For a Lick Remora Had an Easy Win

Truth · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 3

THE hitherto untarnished record of the Rossendale youngster, Casque D'Or, was stained by a really decent field at Rosehill yesterday. HAVING won at Menangle and Warwick Farm at his only starts…

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How Hinkler's Stars Twinkle What the Horoscope Says of His Future Why Air Hero Is Unconquerable Flies for Humanity—not for Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 22

IN the chart of Hinkler, Uranus and Neptune are placed on the cusps of the first" and eighth houses—the cusps of the most sensitive…

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£10,000 Writ by Gold Mining Co. Against Public Accountant

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 12

Messrs. F. G. Sherwood and Co., solicitors, acting on behalf of the Frederick Valley Gold Concentrators, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, to-day issued a…

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World's Coal Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 13

It is pointed out by the National Bank of Commerce in New York in a recent issue of "Commerce Monthly," that since 1913 the world's coal production has shown no decided…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 13

Weakness overtook tin ventures in Saturday;s mining share market, despite a substantial rise in the spot price of the metal oversea Selling pressure induced a preponderance…

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Bulli Miners Refusal to Work Charitable Relief

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 9

Though there is considerable unemployment among the Bulli miners, It is mostly their own fault if they do not get…

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F.e.d. and Miners Satisfactory Position

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 5

"All's well that cuds well." This was the keynote of the report delivery by secretary Mr. w. A[?] of the F.E. D. and F.A. to has [?] at the…

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Proto Training. Miners Complain. Loss of Wages. Abermain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 12

Much dissatisfaction exists in the northern, southern, and western coalmining districts owing to the loss in wages suffered by men who take up training with the Proto…

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Nine Burnt to Death Mine Bunkhouse Fire Princeton, B.C.

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 7

[?]KE men were burned to death and five seriously injured when a bunk house of the Cranby Mining Company caught fire…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Holden's Motors Capital for Land Co

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 6

It is not the usual practice of Holden's Motor Body Builders, Ltd., to issue interim statements of accounts; but at the half-yearly meeting of…

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From Mining Camp to Maharajah's Palace Seattle

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 1

"The crowning event of a true love match," is the declaration of Mrs. Jennie Miller concerning the marriage of her daughter Nancy to the…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime No Dividend Brisbane Drapers Another Cement Co. M'donell and Last

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 5

For the year ended january 21, the Brisbane drapery firm of M'Doneil and East, Ltd., showed a net profit of £13,263, as compared with £14,195 in the previous…

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