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Mining & the mines, 1929

7,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Central New Guinea Gold Co

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 16

Central New Guinea Gold Mining Co., NL., has issued a prospectus. The company is being formed to prospect areas to New Guinea principally to districts which have not yet…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

Business was quiet in the mining share market yesterday, and prices again tended to irregularity. Silver-lead interests firmed, following a rise in the price of lead in London…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 16

Salea on 'Change incluelcd:— Silver: Amalgamated Zinc. 14/10[?]. b 14/9. s 15/: Broken Hill Proprietary, 28/2, b 28/1, s 28/3; Block 14 (ord.), b 2/4; ditto, pref., b 5/10, s 6/3;…

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Kalgoorlie Mine Accident. One Killed; Seven Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 20

One man was killed and seven injured in an accident in Edwards' shaft in the Great Boulder Mine at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) on Monday. John Beal, 50, shift boss, of…

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The Coal Impasse. Wage and Other Costs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 14

ThE rejection of Mr. Bavin's proposals by the mine-workers' organisations leaves the ordinary citizen wondering whether wisdom will ever be dis[?]lled from [?] called…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Smuts & Hertzog Coal & Unemployment

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 12

GENERAL SMUTS' attack on General Hertrog in the no-confidence motion in the Assembly may be excellent electioneering, though only time will…

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Mining Industry. Queensland Investigation. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 12

The Premier (Mr. Mccormack) announced yesterday that the Government had determined on an investigation into the possibility of reviving metalliferous mining in the north,…

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Tasmanian Coal for Victoria? Cabinet Awaits Report Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 5

Lengthy consideration was given by tho Victorian Cabinet to-night to the coal question. It had been expected that the…

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The Coal Crisis. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 10

Sir,—Three years ago the Coal Miners' Union in Great Britain decided to bring about the conditions which your daily telegrams describe to us now prevailing there—thousands of men…

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Power-house Coal 400,000 Tons Wanted Adelaide Supplies

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 11

Tenders for the supply of more than 400,000 tons Of small coal for power house purposes during this year. Will Shortly be called by the…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Richardson and Wrench Pastoral Profits

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 4

Richardson and Wrench Ltd., posses a remarkable earning capacity, and though 1928 was by no means a record year in the real…

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Vale of Clwydd Coal No Dividend for Past Half-year

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 16

Vale of Clwydd Coal and Brick Co., j Ltd., in common with most other colliery concerns, has suffered from depression in the coal industry…

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England May Win Coal Supply for S.A. ADELAIDE

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 9

Tenders for the supply of coal to the Government [?] at 3 o'clock this afternoon. No information is available us to the number received but there is at…

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Cheap Coal. Mr. Hoare's Statement. Rumoured Freight Reduction. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 16

Mr. "Bondy" Hoare's statement that he can direct the South Australian Premier (Mr. Butler) to Newcastle collieries from which he can obtain best qualities of coal at the…

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Coal Baron the Open Door But Mouth Shut Strong, Silent Brown

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 9

TO attain the Elysian abode is quite a simple matter compared with the task of interviewing, or trying to…

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"Protection" Not Wanted in Coal Trade What McDONALD Says Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 5

DEFERRING to the probability of a British firm being the successful tenderer for South Australia's cool requirements, Mr C. McDonuld,…

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Ready for Upheaval Coal Supplies Civic Czars Pile Up Stocks Significant Move

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 1

EXPECTING an upheaval in the industry, city business interests are building up stocks of coal. Most significant is the fact that…

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James Moves in Coal War Wire to Bruce W.a. Prices Are Quoted

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 6

MR. ROWLEY JAMES. M.H.R., has received vital evidence that the prices for coal in New South Wale.[?] By telegraph he has…

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Next Move? Saving Coal Industry Price Gut Essential Owners Will Seek Freedom From Court Awards

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 14

What steps will the mine owners take at their meeting on Friday to endeavor to solve the difficult problem that confronts the coal industry ? Prior to his departure for Adelaide and Melbourne…

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Political Asides Plays Lone Hand to Save Coal Industry Bavin Meets Passive Resistance Federal Hostility

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 7

Nothing could have been more trying than the passive resistance with which the Premier, Mr. Bavin, has had to contend in his efforts…

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