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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Coal Leases Removing Restrictions Private Development

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 11

Cabinet to-day decided to remove some of the restrictions on coal leases to enable coal lands in the Clarence and Richmond river districts to be…

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DUBBO R.C. Gold Cup Meeting

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 6

DUBBO Racing Club will stage its Gold Cup meeting on Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4. Prize money totals £1000…

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No Reduction Coal Freights for City Council

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Civic Commissioners to-day, it was announced that the Railway Commissioners had declined a request for…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Amalgamated Zinc London Loans Loans for Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 8

A loan of £500,000 will probably be offered, in London, at an early date, by the Melbourne City Council. If the council approve a…

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More Mines? Coal Leases Private Enterprise Scores State Reservations Slitted by Cabinet

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 1

Despite the continued depression of the coal industry, the Government has moved in the direction of opening up additional coal mines…

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Monthly Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 7

The quantity of coal (including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle during last month for places beyond the State was 248,541 tons, of which 206,701 tons…

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Dividends Payable. Mining

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 5

Larut Tin Fields: 6d. a share; payable March 30. Thabawleik Tin: 1/ a share; payable April 26…

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New Shaft at North B.H. Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 20

Unofficial advice has been received that the North Broken Hill Co., after putting down bores to the bottom level, has finally selected a site for the new shaft, and has started sinking…

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'Unwarranted' Neilson's Remarks Miners Delegates Are Emphatic

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 1

That they were in no way responsible for the remarks made relative to the "Labor Daily" on Monday at the A.L.P. Conference…

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Coal Freight. No Reduction for City Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 10

The City Commissioners requested the Railway Commissioners to reduce the freight on coal from contracting coal mines to the city power-houses, stating that other large users…

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Mining. Mineral Supply. Aids to Development

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 17

With the great growth of Industrial operalions the extension of transportation facilitics and the creation of innumerable new articles there has spring up such a demand…

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Sydney's Nightmare of Noise Cacophony of Coal Handling and Gasworks

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 7

If the nerves of the present generation of people are to be preserved, the aid of science will have to be invoked and the intervention of municipal councils sought to combat a…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Excess of Imports Profits on Biscuits

The Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 4

Easter Vacation Ends The Easter vacation of the Australian Stock Exchange ends to-day. In each of the State capitals business…

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State Cabinet. Preparing for Session. Coal Leases to Be Thrown Open

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 15

The State Cabinet met yesterday to complete the measures which will be submitted at the financial session which commences on Tuesday…

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Mining. Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 13

A large increase occurred in the Queensland gold yield for the three months of the present year ended March 31. The yield for the period was 6131 fine ounces, valued at…

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A.L.P. Conference. Coal Industry. Proposed Pool. Miners' Scheme Discussed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 12

Soon after the A.L.P. conference met yesterday, Mr. A. C. Willis submitted a motion to deal with the coal mining industry. The motion proposed that in order to…

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Honan's Gold Cup

Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 13

As L[?] E. S[?] owner of Honan, was in Sy[?] Jockey Club's autumn meeting, opportunity was taken to present him with the Moorefield Race Club's…

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Miners Paid Off. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 12

Slackness of trade is responsible for the paying off of 50 men at the Invincible Colliery at Cullen Bullen. All classes of men are being included. The seniority principle,…

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Coal Leases. Reservations Lifted. Labour Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 12

The former Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley), on behalf of the State Parliamentary Labour party, yesterday issued a statement criticising the State Cabinet's recent decision…

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Gold Thread Badly Hurt in Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 31

Gold Thread sustained an injury to the back when he came down in the Hurdle Race at Randwick yesterday. He was unable to rise, and was…

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