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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

4,845 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 243

The Coal Contract

Evening News · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 8

The endeavor of one of the ex-aldermen of the defunct City Council to make capital out of the fact that the Civic Commissioners granted interviews with coal contractors, has elicited a…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime C.S.R. Holdings and Trustee CO.s' Guinea Gold

Evening News · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

Last week the directors of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., announced a proposed alteration in the deed of settlement in regard to the holdings of…

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Miners Locked Out Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

Men working for a contractor at Moonia mines, who are members of the Milling Section of the A.W.U., complain that they have been locked…

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Aid to Swedish Miners MOSCOW

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

The Central Committee of the Mine Workers Union of the Soviet Union has despatched 50,000 roubles (£5500) to the Swedish striking miners. This…

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Miners' Union Finances Secretary's Defence

The Sun · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 13

Are New South Wales miners overtaxed to support their Federation? Answering criticism that the Federation is an expensive luxury for the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 13

The effect on prices of yesterday's quiet business in mining share was desultory for the most part. Quotations for a majority of the leading stocks scarcely varied. Souths,…

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Coal Tenders. City Council's Supplies. Commissioner's Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 12

The Chief City Commissioner (Mr. Fleming) replied yesterday to a statement made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. M. Burke, who had alleged, in respect of City Council coal…

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Miners' Wages Broken Hill Parley Broken Hill

The Sun · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 13

As the result of delegates taking back to the unions a recommendation of the industrial Council, that the managers be asked to resume the…

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Mining in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 6

The total value of the mineral production, including gold, in Queensland, last year was £1,646,999, being an increase of £37,250 over 1926. Excluding the gold value the mineral…

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Plenty of Gold in Queensland Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

THE annual report of the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the total value of the mineral production,…

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Miners’ Leaders Bankrupt “Look to the Government,” They Cry

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 1

At the annual dinner of delegates of the Queensland Colliery Employees’ Union, Mr. Dan Rees (general president of the Miners' Federation)…

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Miners Stand Pat Broken Hill Decision Broken Hill

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 8

The Workers' Industrial Union has rejected a recommendation from the Barrier Industrial Councell, that the mining companies should be asked to…

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Make May Day A Mass Challenge To Bruce Coal Pools No Solution For Miners’ Problems Press for 30-Hour Week and £5/10/ Weekly Wage

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 1

One hopeful sign in the mining situation is the attitude taken up by the Northern District Delegate Board in the meeting recently held, at which they decided upon certain necessary steps to be taken for the purpose of carrying on a struggle with the coal owners…

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Hidden Wealth Discovery Near Oberon Platinum and Gold

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 3

A recent rich discovery of platinum gold and homs at Mt. Worong, in the Oberon (N.S.W.) district, may justify the faith of old ploneors that it is a…

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Coal Crisis Owners' Views Mr. McDONALD Takes Up the Cudgels

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 6

MR. C. M. McDONALD, chairman of the Northern Colliery Proprietors, comments as follows on the article written by the general…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Rubber Outlook Plantation Loss Dunlop Rubber Co. (England)

The Sun · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 8

Sir Eric Geddes, chairman of the directorate of Dunlop Rubber Co. (England), informed shareholders, at the annual meeting held in London…

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Civic Methods Are Queer Business Circles Amazed Late Coal "Tenders" Arranged Chief Commr. Explains

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 6

AMAZEMENT, to say the least, has been created in Sydney business circles at disclosures made in Parliament concerning the coal lenders for the City Council. It is remarkable that one of the principal reasons given for the…

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Colorado Mine Strike Ends Lessons of the Fight Other U.S. Strikers Still Need Aid New York

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

The Colorado mine strike has been called off, after four months. The men have won a wage increase of one dollar a week, but gave way on the…

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Cessnock Collieries. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 18

Some time ago Mr. Clark, superintendent of Caledonian Collieries, was approached by representatives of the Aberdare Exteaded, Abordare, and Aberdare South Collieries…

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Country News and Personal Notes New Coal Seam South Kembla Colliery Works

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 11

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Tunnelling operations conducted by the South Kembla Colliery and Coke Co., Ltd., have resulted in a very good seam of…

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