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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Avalanche Kills 22 Miners London

The Independent · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

A Moscow message states that 22 employes of the Kharkassky Gold-mines lost their lives when the barracks in which they slept were carried…

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Underground Gold. (Published by Arrangement)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

"Since the underground liquor tra[?] grew to its present gigantic size it has paid for protection with an ever-swelling flow of gold, estimated…

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Coal Heaver As Prince. Series of Impostures. Berlin, January 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 20

A coalheaver, Harry Domela, who masqueraded successively as Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Baron von Korff, and the Prince of Lieven, was arrested…

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Struggle for Gold the New Guinea Miners

The Independent · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

The miners on the Edie Crock (New Guinea) goldfields, who have been dissatisfied with the granting of leases of large mareas of rich alluvial gold…

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Rendigo Gold

The Independent · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 4

[?] the richest gold [?] of Australia, will upon be [?] to the "has beens." During [?] field—14,856 oze—was…

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Gold in New Guinea

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 18

Brigadier-General E. Wisdom (Administrator of New Guinea), who is on a periodical visit to Australia, said that he thought that further…

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School Starts Again Gold Medal for Dux

The Independent · Tuesday 1 February 1927 · page 2

Yesterday the district school commenced work for the year. The Mayor, Ald. E. T. Matthews, and the President of the Parents and Citizens'…

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Miners on Strike. Sydney

The Independent · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 2

Mr. G. Booth asked the Minister of Mines whether he was aware that the striking miners on the northern fields were prepared to return to work if they…

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Country Edition Telegrams. the Coal Position. The Northern Coalfields' Trouble. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 1

Should a coal strike eventuate on the northern coalfields there will be ample supplies of coal in hand to meet all requirements for a…

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Miners View Fall in Price of Lead with Alarm

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 2

Mine workers, particularly those employed in sliver lead and associated mines fear that the decline in the price of lead will result in serious…

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Gold at Jerilderie

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 4

Good progress has been made with the demolition of the old Royal Mail Hotel at Jerilderie (reports the “Herald”). Last week the employees…

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Coal Strike Off

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 3

On Tuesday the Northern Miners' Executive instructed the men to return to work. All the South Coast mines, with the exception of two,…

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The Coal Trouble Sydney

The Independent · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2

Mr. Baddeley, in reply to Messrs Booth and Sanders in the Legislative Assembly to-day, said that he had reason to hope that the whole of the…

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Friends of Mine. (Written for the Page.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 12

O bonny bird that wings away Above the earth so high; Or resting in the leafy grove Doth carol merrily,…

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[?] Mine Times [?] SYDNEY

The Independent · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

[?] to a statement made by the [?] for Railways in the Legislative [?] in the past two years [?] gates at the crossing…

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74 Colliery Victims Mr. Baldwin Threatened London

The Independent · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 2

[?] stated that the death roll in the two mining disasters is 71. So far 24 bodies are recovered from the C.W.M. Colliery…

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The Colliery Disasters. No Hope for Entombed Men. Death Roll Totals 71. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 3

Two mine disasters, one in Monmouth and the other in Nottinghamshire, occurred to-day, and brought widespread tragedy to the homes of…

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Many Lives are Lost in British Colliery Disasters

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 6

Two simultaneous mine disasters which occurred on Tuesday—one In Monmouth and the other in Notting hamshire—brought widespread…

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Cables King and Queen Give to Mining Disaster Fund. London

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 2

His Majesty The King sent £100 and the Queen £50 towards a fund to provide for the widows and orphans of the 75 men who lost their lives in the…

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"The Gold Rush"

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 3

Jerilderie picture patrons will he pleased to know that Mr. Val Chapman, of the Star Theatre, has secured Charlie Chaplin in "The…

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