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Mining & the mines, 1927

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Colliery Disaster More Bodies Found Safety Door Defective London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 1

Rescue parties, threatened at every step with the deadliest gas, managed to penetrate the wall of rock in the Cmw. colliery at Ebbw Vale, and…

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Colliery Disaster Inquest Opens LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 1

Twelve bodies have not yet been recovered from the Welsh colliery disaster, the inquest of which opens to-day…

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Colliery Disaster. Funeral of Victims Mishap to Motor 'Bus. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

While tens of thousands of persons are arriving to [?] Ebbw Vale, to attend the funeral of 20 victims of the colliery disaster, the steering gear of…

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Coal Crisis More Trouble Threatened CESSNOCK

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

The collieries on the Maitland field are again threatened with a serious stoppage and few mines are likely to work…

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The Mines Act Literally Applied Inspectors Delay Work Cessnock

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

Through the Deputies deciding to put the Mines Act Into operation, six collieries, employing about 3000 men, did not work to-day…

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Coal Dispute Ten Mines Idle. Cessnock

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 2

As a result of the Deputies dec[?]tion to fallow the Mines A[?] in the letter and strictly e[?]mine each mine before work starts four [?] large…

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More Mines Idle Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 2

As the result of the deputies' decision to follow the Mines Act to the letter and strictly examine each mine before work starts, four more large…

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Idle Collieries Question in Assembly Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 2

All the collieries on the South Maitland field, with the exception of Pelaw Main, are now idle, as a result of the deputies' decision strictly to observe…

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Gold Mining Unprofitable! Why Silver Has Soared

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 5

Gold mining, even in the very Ophirs and Golcondas of the world, has almost reached the point of being unprofitable. Not because tbe…

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Italian Dismissed Miners Then Strike Lithgow

The Daily Express · Friday 11 March 1927 · page 2

The dismissal of an Italian laborer has resulted in a [?] which has thrown 150 me idle. The Italian was taken from his regular 13b and…

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Goldfields Murders Claim for the Reward Perth

The Daily Express · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 1

Memories of the sensational goldfields murders were revived when in the Supreme Court, Evan Clarke claimed the reward of £1,000 offered…

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Mine Deputies Dispute Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 March 1927 · page 2

As a result of a conference held yesterday there is a likelihood of the mine deputies' dispute being settled. A suggestion from the conference will be…

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Coal Dispute a Satisfactory Conference Newcastle

The Daily Express · Monday 14 March 1927 · page 2

As a result of a conference held yesterday, there is a like hood of the Deputies dispute he[?]ng settled. A suggestion from the conference…

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Pay Roll Waylaid Mines Laid for Cars Pittsburg March 12

The Daily Express · Monday 14 March 1927 · page 1

Five men were Injured—two of them probably fatally when bandits dynamited two armoured cars which were carry a coal…

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Northern Coal Troubles Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

Further trouble is threatened on the northern coalfields. The enginedrivers are demanding preference to unionists, and at a meeting to-day they decided…

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Coal Imines Trouble Safety First Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly today. Mr. Booth asked the Chief Secretary and Acting Minister for Mines, Mr. Lazzarini, if he would ascertain…

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State Parliament Legislative Assembly Safety in Mines. No Road-Racing Danger. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 3

The Legislative Assembly met to-day. The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, told Mr. Horsington that steps were being taken to compile a roll…

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Coal Dispute Early Resumption Likely Sydney. Wed

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 1

As a result of the intervention of the Acting Minister for Mines, Mr. Lazzarini, in the Deputies’ dispute, a resumption of work is likely at an…

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Coal Trouble Inter-state Steamers Idle Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 2

The coal trouble has thrown idle nearly a dozen inter-State steamers, employing about 700 men. If the Uspute on the northern…

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Coal Dispute Inter-State Ships Idle. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 1

The coal trouble has thrown idle nearly a dozen inter-State steamers, employing about 700 men. If the dispute on the northern coalfields is not…

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