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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

7,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

The Miners

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

The miners swarm from their hovels in the grim dawn: Their faces lustreless, their backs bent…

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Mining. Rangeng Tin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 9

The first annual report of Rangeng Tin, N.L, states that the activities of the company have been concentrated on the equipment of the mine. A contract was made in…

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Moorefield Racing Club. Gold Cup Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 10

Entries for the Moorefield Racing Club's Gold Cup meeting on January 12 are as follow:- Maiden Handicap, 1m.—Merryland, Just Cold (imp), Beau Bob, Royal Ranger, Tarapunga, Trimara,…

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Town "Adopted" Practical Help for Welsh Miners London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 1

NATIONAL sympathy for the women and children in the distressed mining areas is finding expression in many forms, the chief being the Lord…

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Gold in Ruins Sovereigns Escape Fire Grafton

The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 2

Many works of art, belonging to Mrs. D. Murphy, wife of the proprietor and licensee, were destroyed in the fire which reduced the two-storied Great…

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Miners' Relief Fund. Subscriptions Total £346,000. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 7

Contributions continue to pour in to the Mansion House in response to the appeal of the Prince of Wales broadcasted on Christmas night for gifts for the Lord Mayor's…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

The quantity of coal (Including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle during the week ended December 28, for. places beyond the State was 33,465…

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Carbonisation of Coal

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

The agents of the L. and N. Brown Coal Company have been busy in the coal-mining districts of New South Wales, where they have created much…

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The Flower of Gold

The World's News · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 25

THE name "chrysanthemum" simply means gold flower—most inapproprate for a flower of which a favorite sort is snow-white, while others are of rainbow hues. The…

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No Further Wage-cuts. Miners Determined

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 7

Replies received by the N.S.W. State "Nationalist" Government to its proposals for rehabilitating the coal industry in the northern fields indicate that the…

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"Can Carry On" Balmain Mine Plan

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 16

"The results at the Balmain mine up to the end of the year have been very satisfactory. It is not anticipated that there will be any difficulty…

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Mining. Roma Oil Corporation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 13

The field report of Roma Oil Corporation states that the present depth of No. 2 well is 3804 feet. The core disclosed two well-defined highly porous gas sands, with good…

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The Singing Gold Chapter XXI. (continued)

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 14

OUR share of the tur[?]le had proved a horrid problem. My stand-by, "The-Healthy-Home-is-Happy Cookbook," shedding no light, on the matter, we were thrown upon our own resources—most…

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Co-operative Mine Scheme. Catamaran Project Reported a Failure

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 18

Reports from Hobart (Tasmania) indicate that the co-operative coal-mining scheme established at the Catamaran mine by the Miners' Federation a year ago has…

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£780,000 Miners' Relief Fund American Help London

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

The Lord Mayor's Miners' Relief Fund has reached £390,000, including £25,000 from American friends of the…

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Another Mine Row Brewing "Non-Union Deputies Must Go!" 'No Stone Unturned'

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday.--The secretary of the Maitland Deputies' Association (Mr. T. Bobbin) stated to-night that he was calling a…

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Evening News 168-174 Costlereach-street, Sydney, January [?] the Coal Industry

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 8

The [?] immediately before New South Wales is a reduction in the price of coal. The South Australian Government has postponed [?] month…

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Aid From U.S.A. for British Miners Prince's Big Fund London

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 1

AMERICAN friends of the Prince of Wales have given £20,000 to the Lord Mayor's Fund for distressed miners, bringing the total up to…

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On Road to Prosperity Queensland Mining Revival Benefits Under Labor

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

MR. JAMES LARCOMBE, M.L.A. Minister for Railways in Queensland, who is visiting Sydney, discussing last night record and prospects of…

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Grains of Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

A CATHOLIC newspaper will keep you in touch with Catholic events from all parts of the world. News is written from a truthful and unbiased…

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