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Mining & the mines, 1928

4,845 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 243

Coal Contracts. £2,000 Saved. New Civic Methods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 16

The City Commissioners have apparently succeeded in securing real competition for the coal contracts for the municipal power-houses, and in doing so have made a saving for the…

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No Waste Miners' Economy Big Changes Costly Delegate Board Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 18

Economy in administration is the objective of the Northern Miners' Federation in abolishing the cumbersome and…

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Marts, Money and Mines Big Trading Building Colonies British South Africa

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 9

It was said of the old East India Co. that it governed an empire with a daybook and a ledger. In a similar way, the British South Africa Co. developed a…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Coal in U.k. Borodin Returns to China

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 1

MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S plain statement that there are 200,000 men in the coal-mining industry for whom there is no work and no…

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Too Many Miners. in South Wales. British Government's Proposals. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 15

In the House of Commons Mr. Ramsay MacDonald raised the question of distress in the mining area of South Wales. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Minister for…

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City Coal Contracts Two Are Let Hoskin's and Vale of Clydd Result of Experts' Tests

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 5

COALS from Hopkins, Vale of Clwyed No. 2 and Tyldesley coillestes have been adjudged. after tests to be the three that will meet…

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No Hope of Work for 200,000 Miners' Fate Tory Confession S. Wales Distress Naked Families London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 1

OVER 200,000 British miners are never likely to be employed again on the local coalfields. This startling admission was dragged…

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Redhead Collieries. Submitted to Auction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 8

The Redhead Collieries (situated about 12 miles from Newcastle), together with all plant, equipment, rolling stock and stores, including coal at pit head, was submitted to…

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Colliery to Close Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 20

Because of slackness of trade the Aberdare Central Colliery will be closed. Notices to the that effect will be issued to the men, numbering more than 680, this…

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Northern Mine to Close

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Owing to slackness of trade, Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., have decided to 'close Aberdare Central Colliery. Notices…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 13

Though the turnover was small, prices for mining shares were maintained yesterday. The only losses came from a reactionary swing in a few concerns which had made rapid…

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Smokeless Coal for Home Use London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 1

DR. J. A. RELOFSEN, fuel technologist, announced at Saltburn. Yorkshire, yesterday, that Dorman, Long and Co. had…

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Two Miners Burnt Paint Fumes Explode Broken Hill

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 6

Frank Acres and E. A. Coombe were severely burnt on the arms, body, and face when working in an empty boiler at the Central Mine last night. They were…

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Polo. Australasian Gold Cup. in Sydney Next Year. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 15

It was decided to-day that next year's Australasian Gold Cup polo competition shall be played in Sydney, not later than the last week in April…

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No Liquor or Gambling Direction in the New Coal-lumpers' Award Rates of Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 5

"No man shall take intoxicating liquor to his work aboard any vessel or place of employment, nor shall any gambling be carried on…

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20,000 Pieces of Gold Price of Her Husband's Life New York

The Sun · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 1

Disclosures in the Probate Court show that Ruth Snyder, who with her lover, Judd Gray, was recently electrocuted for the…

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Aberdare Central to Close Down 650 Men Out Other Mines May Follow Lack of Trade the Plea Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 6

ABERDARE Central Colliery, employing 650 men, is to close down. There is also a possibility of one of the two…

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Colorado Miners’ Appeal

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

To get money for the Colorado Miners’ Appeal, the Militant Women’s Group of Sydney is holding a competion, to be finalised on May Day…

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Kanowna Red Hill Mine

The Sun · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 4

Kanowna Red Hill Gold Mining Co., is to go into voluntary liquidation. The company has been endeavoring, under adverse conditions, to locate payable stone at its mine at…

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Mount Isa Mines, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 15

The following progress report has been received from the superintendent of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., for the period ended March 10:- Rio [?] Lode: No. 2B Diamond Drill borehole was…

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