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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Miners Will Fight Wage Cuts "Stage Set by the Owners" President Hoare Puts the Case All-union Conference Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 5

"THE NORTHERN MINERS" EXECUTIVE has, certain well defined idea as well the result of material evidence it has complied and a well-informed idea is that the stage has been set by the employers to to entices a reduction in wages hers an in other counties" -- Nother president…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 16

MOUNT BATTERY TIN. -- Values on No. 1 lode have improved. No. 7 lode face is still showing good ore. Mr. H. H. Miller, the general manager, who was in Melbourne arranging…

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Blue and Gold Fete

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 5

Well-stocked stalls, decorated with blue and gold [?]repe paper, covered the green lawns in the grounds of the Boys' Grammar School, the Boulevard, Strathfield, on Saturday…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 13

Light business was transacted in Saturday's mining share market. Prices in the main were firm, and several minor gains were recorded. Silver-lead concerns were…

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Placer Development's Option Over Guinea Gold's Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 13

Placer Development, Ltd., concluded an agreement with Guinea Gold, No Liability, whereby it has secured an option over the company's leases on the Lower Bu[?] River,…

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Men to Try and Solve Coal Trade Depression

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 5

KURRI KURRI, Sunday. -- Delegates from every State and from New Zealand are to attend a convention to be called by the Miners' Federation. The…

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Coal Trade Depression East Greta Passes Interim Dividend

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 16

The directors of East Greta Coal Mining Co. state that the profit for the half-year ended March 31 was small, and that no interim dividend will be paid…

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N.Z. Unions' Pact Miners and Seamen Wellington. N.Z.

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 9

THE New Zealand miners' organisation and the Seamens' Union have made a compact, embodying the following principal provisions:—…

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German Feat Coal By-products "Job for Thousands" Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 9

THE State organiser of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union, Mr. Sutherland, is in favor of granting a further lease in the…

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Wages War? Bad Coal Positions McDONALD'S Hints "Re-adjustment Necessary"

The Sun · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 5

"Unless there is some readjustment the coal industry, will be in a very serious condition Maybe it will die…

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Daily Mode From Paris of Gold Cloth Paris, March 24

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 15

While lames and metal cloths are very little shown for evening dress wear, such materials are featured for evening wraps. Especially in a smooth gold cloth and…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime Tin Earnings North Taiping's Year Dividend, 30 Per Cent

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 7

Net profit of £37,217—a record for the company—is disclosed for the year ended December 31 last by North Taiping Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. The Dividend…

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Country News First Gold Cup Goulburn Band Contest Sydney Success Goulburn

The Sun · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 12

Four thousand people were present yesterday afternoon, when the band contest in connection with the Goulburn Eisteddfod was decided. The…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Conversion Loan S. British Insurance £21,000,000 to Convert

The Sun · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 6

It is expected that at a meeting which is to be held this week the Commonwealth Loan Council will consider plans for raising £21,000,000 with…

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Stock Exchange -- FINANCE & Commerce Investment Market Quiet Banks Firm -- Slight Recovery in Automatic Totalisators Little Interest in Mining Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 16

Little of moment resulted from Saturday's investment dealings. Business was conducted on quiet lines. Banking securities remained firm, while Automatic Totalisators recovered slightly on cessation of pressing profit-taking sales…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 19

TONGKAH HARBOR. -- Last week's output from Chelong Bay was 11½ tons of tin oxide; Bidor, 3½ tons. It is expected that electric power for the Bidor dredge will be available…

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Green and Gold Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 23

ARRANGEMENTS are well in hand for the Green and Gold supper dance, to be held at the "Waldorf" on May 29, in aid of St. Patrick's…

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Coal of Pilgrimages Brussels

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 1

CARDINAL MERCIER'S death chamber at the Brussels cl[?]e has become is place of pilgrimages and devotion…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 13

An improved tone noticeable in the mining share market last week was reproduced yesterday. Silver-lead interests had a blank day, no business being written. Quotations…

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Queensland Floods Victim's Husband Killed. In Colliery Disaster. ROCKHAMPTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 11

Mrs. H. Abbott, widow of the victim of the Blackwater colliery disaster, was engaged cotton picking in Dawson Valley during the floods, and did not learn of her husband's…

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