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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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New Guinea Gold Miners. Immediate Inquiry Urged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

A concise report on the condition at present existing on the Eadie Creek goldfield has been received by Mr. R. H. Braddon, of Sydney,…

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Work at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Owing to the Christmas holidays, the maximum number of days worked at the collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland fields for the past…

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Colliery Deputies. New Awards by Conciliation Committee

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

An award issued covering wages and conditions of colliery deputies on the South Maitland coalfields within the jurisdiction of the…

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Show Embargo. Action by Wollongong Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

Recently the miners' delegate board declared the Wollongong show "black," because the admission charge was raised from 1/6 to 2/-. The…

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The Mines. Strike Losses on Northern Field

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 6

Returns compiled by the Northern Collieries Association disclose that during 1926 there were 207 stoppages at various collteries on the…

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Ploughing Up Gold. Not an Unusual Occurrence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 6

From time to time the Bolshevist papers in Moscow lament that a large proportion of the wealth of the Russian aristocrats has been lost to the…

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Chaplin's £200,000 Profit. "The Gold Rush" Finance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 16

Charles Chaplin's new film comedy. "The Circus" which was announced for exhibition in London this month, will probably not he seen until the…

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Mining Red Tactics. Foreigners Persecuted. Evacuating Interior Cities. Shanghai, Dec, 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 8

Although the absence of violent outbreaks at Hankow suggests quietness, such is entirely contrary to the facts. There is indisputable evidence…

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Lost Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 8

Professor Gustav Cassel, the Swedish economist, has been prophesying a world shortage of gold. He suggests economy of banking reserves as a…

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Collieries Resume

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 4

Work at the collieries in the northern district, which was suspended on December 24, was resumed this morning. Coal shipment, which has…

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Coal Trust. British Coal Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

Professor J. E. Boyle, of Cornell University, suggests that the remedy for the ills of the British coal industry is the formation of a trust which…

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The Collieries. Work After Holidays. Trouble at Three Pits. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 4

A general resumption of work took place at the local and district collieries this morning. Aberdare Extended, Abermain No. 2 and…

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Underground Gold. (Published by Arrangement)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

Since the underground liquor traffic grew to its present gigantic size it lias paid for protection with an overswelling flow of gold, estimated now…

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Miners' Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 4

A special meeting of the Ayrfield No. 2 Miners' Lodge will be held at 2 p.m., to-morrow, at Heddon racecourse…

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Future Supply of Gold. Production Not Increased

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

Return to the gold standard in a number of countries has naturally increased the demand for gold, but production has not increased. The…

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A Famous City of Gold. Story of Johannesburg

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

£915,000,000 WON FROM MINES Johanesburg, a city that is built upon the richest gold fields in the world, celebrated its fortieth…

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Mount Morgan. Plan to Mine Ore by Open-cut Its Rich History

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

Mount Morgan, the millionaire mine of Australia, now fallen on the evil days when it has to think in pence, will pass out—if it must—as becomes…

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Coal Mines Act. Deputies and Shot Firers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 2

The Minister for Mines stated on Friday that the Coal Mines Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1926, which came into operation on the 1st instant,…

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Colliery Manager Retiring

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 6

Mr. A. E. Kirk, who has occupied the position of manager at Aberdare Extended for about seventeen years. will retire from the service of the…

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Greta Collieries Resume. Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 11

The three local collieries resumed work on Tuesday, after the Christmas vacation. It is hoped that the present year will be brighter than…

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