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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 11

Oriomo Oil, Limited, has received advice by radio from Port Moresby that the company was duly registered in Papua on January 21. Authorised capital is £200,000…

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South Coast News Miners Resent Irritation

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

For some time the miners of this lodge have been suffering from the pin pricks of the management. Deficiency claims have been continually…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 13

Quieter conditions prevailed in the mining share market yesterday. Barriers were depressed. The possibility of mining operations being suspended owing to water…

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Miners' Unity Conference Decisions Defining the Claims

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

AS the outcome of certain action proposed to be taken for the purpose of harmonising the working conditions of the mining…

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Terror in Mine Redhead Disaster Survivor's Story

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. A dramatic story of the explosion in the Redhead colliery was told at the inquest, which opened in the…

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Mine Temperatures High at Helensburgh Helensburgh

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Inflammable gas was found in three places in Capitol Left Section, but only in traces. Temperatures were high throughout this section, the…

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Colliery Strike. 800 Men Idle. Dispute at Aberdare. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 12

A strike has been declared by the winding engine drivers at Aberdare colliery, and about 800 employees have been thrown idle. Until recently four men were employed on…

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Gold Find. Western Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 11

William Black has reached Southern Cross after travailing 140 miles along a rabbit-proof fence from the north, and reported an important discovery of gold in country not…

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Mr. Justice Edmunds. Sudden Illness. After Inspecting Colliery. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 10

Mr. Justice Edmunds, who is chairman of the Royal Commission inquiring, into the safety and control of coal mines, became suddenly ill when returning to Newcastle from…

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Unity in the Mining Industry

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

For the past two years or more a position has existed at Coledale mine, which glaringly exposes the chaotic disorganisation in the [?]ining industry upon the South Coast and…

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Money, Mines and Merchandise British Pound Exchange Fluctuations

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

In regard to public finance, as well as in relation to external trade, the position in the United Kingdom is evidently changing for the better. Recent…

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Gold Cup Moorefield's 8 Races Saturday's Selections

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

Opposition to the Moorefield meeting to-morrow is confined to a trotting fixture. Division of the Maiden Handicap into three heats has provided an…

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Miners Will Act Ill-equipped Mt. Keira Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

Owing to the failure of the management of the Mount Keira colliery to provide fully equipped ambulance and first-aid boxes in the mine, the Mount…

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To Resume Work Hebburn No. 1 Mine Weston

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

After being idle for two days Hebburn No. 1 Lodge decided last evening to resume work to-day. Trouble had arisen between the…

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Collapse of a Judge. Ten Hours In Aberdare Mine

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

On emerging from the Aberdare Colliery at 6 p.m. on Wednesday after an inspection which had lasted about ten hours, Mr. Justice Edmunds…

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PROSPECTING Romance of Gold "Roaring Days" of Old

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

It is a far cry to the roaring days of the fifties and sixties, but the chances are that if it had not been for the early gold-rushes in New South…

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Where the Money Comes From Bolshie Gold Bogie

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. Latham, the Federal Minister in charge of the Bill to suppress the Labor movement of this country, is greatly concerned as to where the funds come from…

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Good Work of Miners Helping One Another Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

Disclosing an enormous expenditure the half-yearly balance-sheet of the Richmond Main Miners' Lodge is a testament of the good work being…

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Rush for Gold Excitement in W.A. PERTH

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

William Black, a sandalwood-getter, claims to have discovered gold six miles west of the 140 miles peg of the rabbit-proof fence, north of Southern Cross,…

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Mine on Fire Three Men Dead 25 Others Trapped Pittsburg, February 3

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

Three men are dead and 22 others trapped, and believed to be lost, in a burning coal mine of the Terminal Coal Company. All are officials and…

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