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Mining & the mines, 1929

7,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Copper Mines Taken Over Port Kembla

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 5

The Electrolytic Re[?]ning and Smelting Co.. Port Kembla, has taken over the Milburn Creek copper mines at Woodstock, near Cowra, and are…

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Marts-money-mines and Maritime Movements of Shipping

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 3

state of seas on N.S.W. coast Moderate to rough north of sidney slight on south coast Barometer: 29.91: [?]…

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Coal Crisis Owners' Move 14 Days' Notice? From Next

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 9

[?] is understood on good [?] that the coalminers will recive 14 days' notice in their pay envelopes [?]…

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Pulverised Coal. Successful Use on Long Voyage. Wellington (N.z.)

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

The longest voyage undertaken by a steamer burning pulverised coal has been completed by the New Zealand Shipping Company's vessel Hororata, which has arrived from London…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Yokohama Bank B.H. South Finances Japan's Finances

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 6

Advances which amounted to £187,900,000 were provided, during the half-year ended June 30 last, by the Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd., in…

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Conference Pledges Support Timberworkers and Miners "No Justice From Court As It Is Now Constituted" Arbitration Attacked

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

"NO justice can be expected from the Arbitration machine as it is now constituted." Mr. A. C. Willis, M. L. C. told delegates at the Metropolitan A.L.P. Conference on Saturday, during a debate upon the Timber Workers dispute…

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Poorly Paid Miners Mr. Neill Hits Out Do Not Earn Basic Wage No Markets to Recover Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 6

THAT the Power-pain men in the coatmining industry were not considered by the Premier (Mr. Bavini and Mr. McDonald (chairman of the…

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Bulolo Goldfield. Developmental Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 10

After spending four months on the Bulolo goldfields in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Mr. Arthur Dickinson, consulting engineer for the Ellyou Goldfields Development…

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Coal Miners' Opinions. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 11

Miners on the northern coalfields are of the opinion that the decision to issue notices is, in the words of a prominent lodge official, "Part of a great game of bluff intended to…

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Ayrfield Miners Fear Waters Decline to Enter Mine Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

As the land adjacent to Ayrfield colliery was submerged by rainwaters this morning, the employees declined to enter the mine, and returned home…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 16

SELAYANG TIN. -- During January the dredge ran 499 hours, treated 132,000 cubic yards, and recovered 17,856 tons of tin oxide. Value of the recovery was £2450, and…

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11,000 Out Miners' Fears If Owners Act Unaffected Mines Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 10

IT is expected that about 11,000 northern miners will be affected by the 14 days' notices of dismissal, which…

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Coal Crisis. Northern Miners to Receive Notice. Owners' Decision. Position in South and West Uncertain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 11

Although the meeting of the Northern Collieries Association yesterday was adjourned until next Friday afternoon, and officials announced briefly that "there was no statement…

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Albury Gold Cup

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 5

For it's Gold Cup Meeting, to be held on April 10 and 11, 1929, the committee has framed the very attractive programme as follows:—…

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Grave Position Reached. Coal and Timber Industries. 14 Days' Notice to Northern Miners General Struggle Feared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 11

A position, described by a union official yesterday as darker than 1917, has been precipitated by the simultaneous extension of the timber workers' strike and the threatened closing of the northern coalmines…

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How to Cheapen Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 6

With taxation already so high that any further increase would make it impossible, in many instances, for manufacturers to continue business in…

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Retaliatory Plans. Miners Defer Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 11

Mr, Theodore (deputy leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party), accompanied by Messrs. James, Beasley, Watkins, Chifley, Lazzarlnt, and Tully, Mu.P., attended the…

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New Guinea Gold Samples

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 16

New Guinea Gold Fields Exploration, Ltd., reports that the depth of the shaft is 37ft. Samples taken near' the bottom averaged 266 a ton…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 13

Irregularity featured prices in the mining share market yesterday. The turnover was moderate. Barriers were quoted firmly and Souths made a steady 58/6, following…

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Labour Party. Support for Miners. Metropolitan Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 12

The metropolitan provincial conference of the Australian Labour party pledged itself last night, both "morally and financially," to support the miners in the event of an industrial…

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