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Mining & the mines, 1929

7,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

More Coal Offers to Victoria English Prices Most Favorable

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Three more offers for the Victorian Government's coal contracts were made to the Premier to-day…

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Reduced Prices. Newcastle Coal. Offers From Abroad. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 18

Additional offers of coal for the Victorian Railways were made to the Premier (Sir Wm. Mcpherson) to-day on behalf of English, South African, and Newcastle (N.S.W.) coal-owners…

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The Prince's Tour. Miners' Wretchedness. Poverty Stricken Areas. London. Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 17

The Prince of Wales to-day concluded his tour of the northern coalfields. "Surely this is bedrock," said the Prince of Wales when viewing the Brandon hovels, where,…

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Burden of Royalties Coal Industry What Wales Pays London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 5

SOUTH WALES colliery owners have made representations to the Secretary for Mines that pressure should be brought to hear on mineral…

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Foreign Editor's Diary Coal Areas Distress King George and Ireland

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

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Gloomy Tour Ended Prince Back From Coalfields Miners' Union Gives £10,000 LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

THE [?] Wales [?] to London to-day from his tour of [?] mining areas in Northumherland and Duration. [?]…

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Next Step Prince Home From North Workless Miners Federation Gives £10,000 LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

Coinciding with the return of the Prince of Wales to London this evening from his tour of the distressed northern…

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Mines May Be Taken Over Govt. Inquiring the 1917 Precedent Owners Would Have to Agree

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

THE Government is contemplating drastic action in connection with the coal situation. It is likely that an important…

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Tools Down Trouble at Small Colliery

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 15

THERE is trouble at South Kembla colliery, a small mine to the south of Mount. Kembla, over the question of pay…

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GOODWILL Prince and Miners

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 12

THE Price of Wales, in his natural desire to keep an fait with "all sorts and conditions of men," will lose nothing by his…

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Coal Crisis Government Control Suggested

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 1

SPECTACULAR action in regard to the crisis in the coal industry is rumored to be under consideration by the State Government…

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Find of Gold in Fiji Promises Immense Wealth Gold! Gold! Sydney Co. to Operate Bright Prospects Should Return £1200 a Week

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 1

While New Guinea has been getting acres of publicity because of the romantic gold discoveries there, a party of Sydney men, headed by Mr. J. L. Gordon, a mining engineer with world experience, has been quietly plugging away on a…

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Warming Up? Earth's Climate Changes Another Coal Age Possible

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 3

When the famous astronomer Sir Robert Ball spoke in a lecture of a time token the earth would become a dead, cold world like the moon, a woman in the audience was greatly worried. She asked the lecturer afterwards when this Would happen and was reassured when he replied that it would take several millions…

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Coal Down Cut of 2s a Ton Victorian Contract Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners announced to-day that they had arranged to contract for the purchase of 5000 tons of…

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Coal Seam Was Not Struck At Bunnerong Dyke Found Extra Expense

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 1

The Civic Commissioners have learned that the initial coal-boring operations at Bunnerong power station were a rather serious…

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Bulli Colliery to Resume Today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 17

BULLI, Sunday.--The Bulli Colliery, which was idle all last week owing to a dispute, is to resume to-morrow, the men having agreed to return subject to…

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Miners' Council to Meet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 11

A meeting of the Federal council of the Miners' Federation will be hold to-morrow. It is understood that. in addition to furnishing an answer to the Premier's contention…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 6

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present operating at…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 13

Prices were irregular in Saturday's mining share market and business quiet. Mt. Isa, alone of silver-lead interests, was active when a special lot was accepted at 40/—a fall of…

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Albert Gold Cup Race to Gwylan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 25

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Gwylah won the Albert Gold Cup yesterday over a 12 miles course from Caress and Tassie Too…

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