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Mining & the mines, 1928

4,845 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 243

Stones Hurled 300Ft. Mine Transformed Into Volcano

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday. -- The State Coal Mine near Baralaba, this afternoon revealed a scene of twisted iron, broken timber, battered tins, and…

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Gold Cup for Bands Goulburn

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 8

Another gold cup has been offered for next year's band contest in connection with the local eisteddfod. The donor is Mrs. W. W. Cullen, of Goulburn…

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Blue and Gold Coming of Age

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

The Masonic Hall, Granville was prettily decorated with cactus dahlias and blue and gold streamers (colors or the Methodist Girls' Comradeship) on Saturday,…

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The Miner’s Home And His Manager’s

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

I had occasion the other night to visit a friend of mine at Kitchener, a little mining centre about three miles from Cessnock. Of all the mining…

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Miners, No Surrender Fighting Policy Will Defeat Owners Attack Build the Militant Minority Movement Send Fighters to Convention From Our Mining Correspondent

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

With the approach of the Miners’ Convention the Minority Movement must redouble its efforts awaken the rank and file to a realisation of…

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Big Raid on Miners New Zealand Strike Wellington

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 1

At the Westport Magistrates Court, his miners were convicted of having partial pated in an illegal strike, and were fined sums aggregating £139, and ordered to pay…

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Film Combine Boycott Miners' Cinema Theatre Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

Private enterprise is at war with the Co-operative Picture Show owned by the miners of Kurri kurri. The film combine, it is alleged, has…

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Union Newspaper. Application to Court. Miners' Objection. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 12

The Commonwealth Industrial Registrar (Mr. A. M. Stewart) to-day granted an application by the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation for an alteration of its rules so…

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No Stampede "Hold Your Horses" Miners Counselled Ignore Proprietors' Goad

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 6

That the utmost caution will have to be observed during the coming period of stress in the mining industry was the opinion voiced by the miners' general…

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British Mine. Operated at Loss. Will Probably Close. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 11

Mr. C. J. Emery (general manager of the North Broken Hill. Ltd.), who returned from Melbourne to-day. stated that unless metal prices improved in the near future the British…

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John Brown Must March Back to 1914 on His Own Coal Baron Lashed by Miners' President Even Employers Disagree With Theory of Millionaire -- "Would Precipitate Crisis" "The Frankenstein Monster"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 3

Mr. John Brown, millionaire coal-owner, does not appear to be able to find any one to march with him back to the 1914 rates of wages and conditions. Even the employers will not be with him…

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Evening News 165-174 Castlereagh-street, Sydney May 4, [?] the Coal Trade

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 6

Mr. John Brown, of Newcastle, has a reputation for brusqueness—a luxury easily enjoyed by a rich man. It is necessary now that he should be willing…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime Greta Main Shows Small Profit Yellow Cabs, Q'land

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

Greta Main Collieries, Ltd, for the 12 months ended November 20 last, show a net profit of [?], the first time a profit has been made since the inception of the…

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Sydney Miners Have Levy Right Own Paper Registrar Rules Out Mr. Jack Win for Federation Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 1

OVER-RULING objections raised by Mr. J. Jack, was claimed to represent the Aferdare Miners Lodge. Mr. S. M…

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Hoare Puts Jn. Brown in His Place "If Threats to Miners True" Men Closely Watching Concerted Wage Reduction Move What the Future Holds Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 5

MR. T. HOARE, President of the Northern District of the Miners Federation, completely agreed with Mr. John Brown, the millionaire coal-owner, in the latter's purported statement that a huge industrial upheaval was impending…

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Gretamain Collieries, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 19

Gretamain Collieries in its year (the fifth) ended November 30 shows a profit of £24[?] compared with a loss the previous year of £6251. The profit is arrived at after writing…

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Women Miners' Must Go But Not for Five Years Jap. Coal Crisis Tokio

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 1

UNDER [?] of the world-opinion and in accordance with the decisions of the [?]-Board Labor Conference at [?]…

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Western Australian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 19

Our Perth correspondent telegraphs that the State gold yield for April was 3[?],188[?]oz, valued at £1[?]4,993…

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Death Duel for Barrier Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 21

WHEN I wrote asking "Is there gold in The Barrier Range?" I started something. A dozen, very old-timers have answered the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 19

A majority of leading base metal concerns, if quiet, were firmer yesterday, improvement in the prices of lead and tin being beneficial. Barriers, accentuating a recently strengthened…

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