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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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British Miners' Strike Funds London

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 7

The "Miners' Journal" discloses that funds for relief during the 1926 strike from all parts of the world amounted to £1,913,000, of which £1,161,000 came from Russia and…

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400 Miners Idle Floods in Victoria

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. --Four hundred miners have been thrown idle as result of the flood at Yallourn. Numerous washaways have been…

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Broken Hill Mines Broken Hill

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 5

The Under-Secretary for Public Works (Mr. Tye), who was sent to Broken Hill to report on the conditions prevailing there, said that a proposal had been formulated,…

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Oil From Coal. The Morwell Project

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 4

If all that is claimed for a new Australian industry materialises, Australia will be free from foreign oil domination within ten years. Towards…

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American Coal Strike. Men Return to Work

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 2

Chicago, Monday.--The coal operators and miners both believe that the coal strike settlement, which is effective in Illinois, is likely to influence a…

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Floods Yallourn Miners Out of Work Melbouene

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 5

Four hundred miners have been thrown idle as the result of a flood at Yallourn Numerous washaways have been reported on Prince's Highway, between Trafalgar and…

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Trouble on Coal Fields. Strike Threatened. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 3

Northern coal owners are to be given 14 days notice to call a conference to discuss the claims of machine drives Falling satisfaction, the men will cull…

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Machine Miners' Claims Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 3

The northern coalowners are to be give[?] fourteen days' notice to call a conference to discuss the claims of the machine miners. Failing satisfaction the men will call…

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State's Coal Supply Mr. Baddeley Recommendations

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Hydraulic stowing, such as is practiced in many parts of Europe, in order to recover high percentage of coal, prevent…

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Mr. Baddeley's Report on Coal Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 5

Hydraulic stowing such as is practised in many parts of Europe is recommended in order to recover a higher percentage of coal, to prevent spontaneous combustion and make…

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Coal Strike in America Chicago

Northern Star · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 7

Coal operators and miners both believe that the coal strike settlement which is effective throughout Illinois is likely to influence a settlemont in other centres. Over…

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U.S.A. Coal Strike. Effective Settlement Likely

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 4

MONTREAL, Monday.— Chicago coal operators and miners both believe that the coal strike settlement, which has proved effective throughout…

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U.S. Coal Strike Settlement Montreal

Northern Star · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 5

A message, from Desmoines (Iowa) states that the coal mines have, reopened following a settlement of the dispute regarding wages, and 9000 miners have returned to work…

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The Only Cure Nationalisation of Mines London

Northern Star · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 5

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald; M.P., leader of the British Parliamentary Labour party, made a remarkable speech in moving a motion at the Labour conference to-day…

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B.h. Mining Company and Endowment

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday—The annual report of the Broken Hill South Mining Company shows that it must pay £12,000 under the Family Endowment…

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Nationalisation the Only Cure British Coal Industry Mr. MacDONALD'S OUTBURST

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the British Parliamentary Labor Party, made a remarkable speech in moving a motion,…

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£12,000 a Year Broken Hill Mine Payment. Under Child Endowment

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1927 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The annual report of the Broken Hill South Mining Company shows that the mine must pay £12,000 a year under the Family…

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Pure Gold Uniform Glittering Chinese General Shanghai

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 7

The first clash between the Peng Tien and Shan Shi armies virtually for the possession of Peking has favoured the defenders, the Peng Tienese troops. The battle on the…

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Coal in the North

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 4

I am always expecting to hear or a big coal discovery at the head of the Richmond River (N.S.W.), which would be very convenient for the…

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Coal Rumblings Reduction of Wages Hinted London

Northern Star · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 5

Close on the heels of a suggestion from a section, of the coalowners, that there should be a reduction of the miners' minimum percentages and the subsistence wage owing to…

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