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Mining & the mines, 1929

7,217 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Storm in House James' Outburst Tackles Bruce on Coal Anomaly Speaker's Threat Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

Mr. Rowley James, Labor member for Hunter, figured in an unusual scene in the House of Representatives this afternoon, when,…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Money From Movies Williams Amusements J. D. Williams Pays 10 per cent

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

Greater J. D. Williams Amusement Co., Ltd., had no difficulty in maintaining the rate of its dividend at 10 per cent. for last year…

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Sorry Indeed Is the Plight of Mcdonald & Co. Beaten at Every Turn But Miners Have Stern Fight Before Them About the Accountants

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

WITH the owners' bluff called at every turn; with even their last last-born canard exposed; with all their shibboleths of years laid bare as so much garish claptrap--and now with the possible indignity of a prosecution--the case of the robber barons is…

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Gold-mining. Proposed Taxation Exemption. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 21

Recommendations for the exemption of the gold-mining industry from taxation for a period of five years from July 1, 1929, and for relief for bona-fide prospectors, are…

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Marts, and Mines Barclay's Bank Britain's Gold and Exchange Rate

Evening News · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 4

The rumor that Barclay's Bank, Ltd., proposed to acquire to Australian bank has been denied from London The report of the annual meeting the Barclay's…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 19

The gold yield in Queesland last month four Brisbane correspondent tellgraphs totalled 117 fine ounces, valued at £197, compared with [?] line ounces valued at £3763…

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Consider the Coal Owner

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 7

Sir,--To a disinterested observer who reads all the papers and has no violent political leanings, the present attitude of your paper appears, to say…

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Coal Lockout. Long Stoppage Predicted

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 18

THERE is no change in the crisis in the coal-mining industry. Having locked 'put the mineworkers, the Coal Barons Slave indicated that they intend to keep…

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"Conquering Hobbs" Mementoes of Gold

Referee · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 12

WHEN J. B. Hobbs walked in to dinner at the Hotel Windsor on Friday night with Mrs. Hobbs after making his 142 in the Test match, the orchestra commenced "See the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 19

Rpresentative business was transacted in the mining share market yesterday. Metal stocks were chiefly steady in price, though Barriers effected some recovery from the…

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Coal Mystery N'castle Thrill Railways Involved?

Evening News · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 6

CONSTERNATION reigns in the Newcastle miners' office. Word came through at noon that small coal at grass at Stanford No. 2 mine, was…

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A Scheme to Double-cross the Miners. An Investigation That Would Prevent the Disclosure of the Hidden Sources of the Coal Owners' Profits

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 13

WHEN Prime Minister Bruce announced, a couple of weeks ago, that he Intended to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the whole of the ramifications…

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Barrier Mines. Expiration of Agreement. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 21

The working agreement between the mining companies and the Barrier Industrial Council expires next Friday. To-day Mr. W. E. Eriksen, secretary of the Industrial…

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Coal Crisis. Support for Union Officials NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 22

A conference of mining Industry delegates at the Newcastle Trades Hall to-day carried the following resolution: "That this meeting of combined unionists, representative of the rank…

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The Sun Stop-press Cost of Coal Strike London

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 1

The Financial, Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. A. M. Samuel) admitted in the House of Commons to night that Mr. Churchill's estimate,…

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Crimes Act Prosecution? Questions Evaded Coal Owners' Deputy at Canberra Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 6

Several questions were directed to Mr. Bruce in the House of Representatives to-day. regarding the rumor that a colliery proprietor was to be…

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All Profits Are Robberies Coal and the Rest Why Not Fixed Minimum (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 8

Sir.—a number of suggestion have been made to fix the price of coal but examining producers books will never help…

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New 'Plane for Goldfields London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 4

A New Guinea gold - mining syndicate has bought one of the fastest and most powerful Imperial Airways liners, to transport gold…

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Mining Lockout. General Hold Up of Supplies Possible Northern Association Tying Up Its Collier Fleet Endeavor to Cripple Small Companies Why Is Prosecution Delayed?

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 6

FOR"conspiring to hold up the trade and commerce of the Commonwealth." That is the charge which the public mind is formulating against the Coal Barons, and that is the basis of an action which the Prime Minister…

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Proving That There Is Gold in Coal

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 5

The "Labor Dally" Is In & position to state exactly the labor costs as they concern one of the biggest mine on the northern coalfields…

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