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Mining & the mines, 1928

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White Oxford Bags in "Baby Mine"

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 11

Added and abetted by a white cat and half a dozen pairs of white Oxford bags an entirely new screen use has been found for a blackberry pie—and George K…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 13

Mining share business extended to an increased number of stocks yesterday, though trading remained along light lines. Barriers displayed sustained firmness. Norths rose…

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Poignant Scenes at Appalling Colliery Explosion Debris Hurled Half a Mile Away Mine Director, Manager, and Deputy-Manager Killed Frantic Women Rush to Pit Head

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--A terrific double explosion in the colliery at Redbank, near Ipswich, early this morning, caused the instantaneous death of three members of an inspection party, which had descended…

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Explosion. Queensland Mine. Three Men Killed. IPSWICH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 11

The inspection of the Redbank Colliery at 7.30 this morning resulted in the deaths of Messrs. J. P. Lestrange (managing director of the Redbank Colliery Co.). G. Howells and…

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Gold Tinge Case Inquiry Ends As Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 25

At the conclusion of their inquiry into the interference to which Gold Tinge (E. Bartle) was subjected in the Youthful Stakes at Randwick on…

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Mining Shares in London London, April 23

The Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 6

Quotations (middle prices) for mining shares listed on the London Stock Exchange, included:--B.H. Pty., 22s 5 12d; North B.H., 82s 2d; B.H. South, 40s 10d; Hampden, 13s 4 12d…

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All Set Coal Town's League Comp. Some Changes Newcastle

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 11

RUGBY LEAGUE will open its competition on Wednesday, and will carry on as a united party…

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No Work for a Fortnight Wallsend Miners Families in Distress Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 6

Men employed at [?] who have averaged only two and a half days' work a week during the past two years, have nothing to draw for…

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Soviet Gold for Irish Gunmen Commons Is Restive London

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 10

BRITAIN'S relations with Russia formed the subject of a barrage of questions to Ministers in the House of Commons…

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Soviet Gold Tied Up in American Banks France Says It Was Stolen New York

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

OVER five million dollars' worth of Russian gold is lying idle in the vaults of two prominent New York banks…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip N.S.W. Stock Lander Oil Capital N.S.W. Stock Conversion

The Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 6

On May 10 next, the Government of New South Wales will be required to provide for the redemption of £891,511 of stock, which bears interest at the…

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Great Orient Liner Overhauled in Sydney Dock -- to Goldfields by Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 14

WHERE EARTHQUAKES have done four and a half millions of damage--Philippopolis. TERROR OF THE 'QUAKE.--A picture of a scene of an…

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More Mines Idle Whitburn Colliery Eighty Dismissed Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 6

The Northern Miners' Executive notification this afternoon that 80 men had been dismissed from [?] Colliery The Colliery has been idle for nine…

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Miners' Conference Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 6

Mr. A. Teece, Northern Miners' treasurer, has, arranged conferences with the managers of A[?] No. 1 and Shortland Colleries and representatives of the man…

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Gold-digging Days

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 11

THE shadow of Romance hangs over a deserted goldfield. We are thrilled when we picture the feverish rush, often ending in failure and…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Monday, our correspondent cablas, at 84/10 per ounce fine, a decrease of /1½ on the price ru[?]ng since Thursday last…

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Mine Explosion. Three Men Killed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 12

A terrific explosion, due to the presence of gas in the workings, occurred at the Redbank colliery, near Ipswich, Queensland, early on Monday morning, resulting…

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Horrors of Pennsylvania Coal Strike

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 19

A shocking account of police debauchery and unimaginable brutality in persecuting striking miners and their women folk is told in the official reports of the United States Senate sub-committee…

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Perils of the Mines Federation's Sympathy

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 1

The Miners' Federation has forwarded its deepest sympathy to the relatives of the deceased men. Mr. Di Davies. general secretary of…

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Mines and Metals Lander Oil Finances

The Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 6

As 45,600 of the new B privileged shares in Lander Oil Field (Australia) have been applied for, the company should be able to finance for a further period its activities in…

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