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Mining & the mines, 1929

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Advice to Miners. by Lady Houston. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 11

Lady Houston, who contributed a sum of £30,000 to the Miners' Relief Fund, in a New Year message to the miners, says: "It seems clear that your present plight is due to…

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G.b. Shaw and Miners Days of Poverty Humorous Sidelights

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 5

"MY early experience of poverty," said Mr. Bernard Shaw, speaking at Welwyn Garden City, recently, "made me firmly resolved never to get…

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Germany's Gold. Huge Reserve Held. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 11

Among the indications of Germany's amazing recovery from the war, not the least striking is her gold reserve, which is revealed by the Reichsbank return to he£136,750,000…

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Export of Coal Further Decline in the North Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for ports beyond the State was [?]tons of which 30,[?] represented shipments for Commonweath…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Rubber Merger Barnet Glass Shares Market Move in Barnet Glass

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

Interest in shares in Australian owned and controlled rubber companies was stimulated on 'Change today by the definite information…

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Favorite's Backers Were Lucky Joe's Gold Narrowly Bad Start Lost Race for Goonalara

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

FEW of those who supported Joe's Gold, winner of the first division of Saturday's Ascot Novice Handicap, would want to back him…

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Roof Collapses in Colliery Four Miners Hurt; Two in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

KURRI KURRI, Monday. -- Four miners were injured when a fait of coal occurred to-day in the Pelaw Main Colliery…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery Minister for Mines Is Approached Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

The contents of a report made by Mr. J. Council, district cheek inspector regarding an inspection of Stanford Merthyr No. 1 Colliery are…

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Under Fall of Coal Two Miners Are Injured Kurri

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 1

Two miners were, injured, one or them seriously, when a fall of coal occurred at Pelaw Main Colliery today…

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Pinnacles Mine Output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 16

Productive operations at Junction North Mine remain suspended. Development is proceeding at the Pinnacles Mine. Lead concentrate produced for four weeks to…

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Mines Subsidence Act

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

The Mines Subsidence Act, passed last session of Parliament, has now received the assent of the Governor, and is to come into force on a date to…

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Mines Subsidence Board

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 13

The Mines Subsidence Act, passed last session of Parliament, has now received the assent of the Governor, and it is to come into force on a date…

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Dispute at Lidsdale Colliery Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

A dispute arose at Lidsdale this morning, the men refusing to continue working, as a trap door on the wheeling road was considered dangerous…

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Mount Lawson Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 16

A radio has been received by Mount Lawson (New Guinea) Gold Lands from Messrs. Miller and Coghill, stating that they have increased the personnel of their…

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Appointing Board Mines Subsidence Act

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

THE Mines Subsidence Act passed during last session of Parliament, has received the assent of the Governor, and will come into force on a date to be…

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Mines Subsidence. Constitution of Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 8

Tho Mines Subsidence Bill, passed last session of Parliament, has now received the assent of the Governor, and is to come into force on a date to be proclaimed. The…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime Cash Orders Growing Business Round the Mines

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

For the year ended September 30 Cash Orders (Amalgamated, Ltd., made a net profit of £5689, as compared with £699 for the previous period of eleven months,…

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Gold Find Near Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

ORANGE, Monday. -- Mr. Andrew Dowd, a prospector, has discovered alluvial gold in a valley at Ammerdown two miles from Orange…

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Guinea Gold No Liability

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 11

Mr. E. Broughton Jensen, field superintendent of Guinea Gold, N.L., has joined Mr. Loslie Urquhart's organisation known as Ellyou Goldfields Development Corporation,…

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Future of Guinea Gold Leases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 16

Guinea Gold, N.L., reports that Mr. FL Broughton Jensen (field, superintendent for the company) has joined Mr. Leslie Urquhart's organisation known as Ellyou Goldfields…

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