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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Thirty Killed Coal Mine Disaster New York

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 2

A message from Birmingham, Alabama, states that thirty men are reported to have been killed through a gas explosion in a coal mine 25 miles from…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 4

Throughout the greater part of the week the mining section came under the depressing influence of declining markets in London for most of the…

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Sources of Radium Visit to Bohemian Mines

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 3

A short distance from Carlbad, in Bohemia, is the one source of radium in Europe which is being mined with any success (says a correspondent in the…

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Mine on Fire Many Men Trapped Benton, Iii

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 2

A fire is reported to be raging in a coal mine at West Frankfort, where are explosion occurred on Friday, trapping 40 or 50 men. One is known to have…

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Five Killed Explosion in Mine Big Disaster Averted New York

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 2

Five persons were killed through a gas explosion in a coal mine at West Frankfort on Friday. No fire broke out. Safety measures are believed to have…

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Are There Gnomes? Miners' Strange Captive Lilliputian in Pit London

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 1

Gloucestershire has been startled by the discovery of a Lilliputian being living in the Poolway Colliery. Miners who were exploring some old…

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Miners Lose £50,000 In Three Months Coalfields Strike Lamps Caused the Trouble West Maitland

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 1

According to the manager, the loss of wages to the miners of Stanford-Merthyr No. 2 Colliery since they came out on strike, three months ago, is £50,000…

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Coal-mining Subsidy London, January 30

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

The Mines Department states, to January 30 £12,184,000 has been paid in respect of the coal-mining subsidy.--(Reuter.)…

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Miners' Convention

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 6

The annual convention of the Miners' Federation will resume Its sittings at the rooms in Rawson Chambers this morning. There wan no…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Friday, our correspondent telegraphs, at 84/9[?] per ounce fine…

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Northern Ex. Miners Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

Mr. Heydon presided over a meeting of the Northern Extended miners, on Thursday night, when the secretary was instructed to extend the sympathy…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 10

Mr. A. A. Holland, who is working up a big cement proposition in the Capertee district has lodged a large number of applications at the Capertee Warden's office for…

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Gold Standard Community of Interests

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 10

Much criticism, a good deal of it uninformed, has been levelled against the gold standard. It has been argued by some that Great Britatin's return to…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 13

The disposition of the mining share market on Saturday was to retain the steadiness of the pievious day, and varlations were chiefly on a minor scale. The most important change…

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Coal Trade Better Port Kembla

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 8

with the exception of the coal trade no material improvement in the shipping trade of Port Kembia has occurred during the past pine months…

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Gas Explosion Five Miners Killed W. FRANKFORT (111.), Jan. 29

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 7

Five miners were killed by a gas explosion in a local coal mine on Friday. Safety measures are believed to have…

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Labour Extremist The Miners' Leader. Scene at Oxford. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 11

A number of under-graduates vainly attempted to rush the Corn Exchange at Oxford, where Mr. Cook was making a speech on the coal situation. They throw stones on the…

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27 Killed Mine Explosion Twenty-five Rescued Birmingham (Ala.), January 30

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

Eleven white and 16 negro miners have perished as a result of a gas explosion in an Alabama mine. Twenty-five others were rescued…

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Mining Grant. "A Poor Pittance." Minister's Comment. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 10

"It is a miserable dole: I can call it nothing else," said the Minister for Mines (Mr R. Troy), referring to the Federal Government's grant or £40,000 to the mining industry. "Of this…

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Trades Union Loan Solving Coal Problem Mr. Baldwin's Plan London, January 30

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

The "Star" expresses the view that Mr. Baldwin is desirous of conferring with the owners and miners regarding the Coal Commission's…

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