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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Water Shortage. Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 16

Mr. Tye, administrator of the Broken Hill water supply, has advised Mr. A. J. Triggs, manager of the Government water supply, that the decision to allow the mines to work…

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"Dirt" Fines Important Test Case Miners Sue for Recovery

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 12

A CASE, the verdict of which will be of far-reaching importance to the whole of the miners in the Commonwealth, and more especially to…

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Nystagmus. Evidence at Coal Inquiry. "Due to Defective Light."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 16

Most of the evidence given yesterday before the Royal Commission on the safe working, ventilation, and lighting of the coal mines in New South Wales, related to occupational…

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Mines to Close Broken Hill Water Famine Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 7

The supply of water to the mines, except for essential services, will cease at the end of the present week. Mr. Emery, president of the Mining…

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What Miners Suffer Medical Experts' Testimony Nystagmus Dangers Oil Lamps Condemned

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 3

EVIDENCE before the Coal Commission yesterday was wholly of a medical nature, concerning nystagmus, and the properties of safety and…

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Miner's Freedom How Machinery Destroys Liberty America's Warning to Australian Miners

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 12

The following review of an American work shows how the rapid introduction of machinery and mechanical methods into…

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Mining Industry. "In a Parlous State." Owners' Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 15

The Coal Tribunal yesterday concluded its hearing of claims by contract miners for no Saturday work. Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the…

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Miners Cannot Work Broken Hill's Plight the Water Problem Broken Hill

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 5

As the official decision to allow water for the mines for half-time working was only for a fortnight, the administrator announces that…

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The Coal Report Important Issues. Mr. Baldwin's Counsel. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 15

The need for careful consideration of the Coal Commissions' report was emphasised by the Prime Minister at a meeting with representatives of the Mining Association and…

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Coal Report Parties See Premier Waiting for a Lead London, March 11

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 1

The need for careful consideration of the coal report was emphasised by the Premier at a meeting with representatives of the Mining…

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Over a "Bridge" of Gold How Experts Make Money at Cards

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1926 · page 10

SOME amazing figures have been recently revealed as to the money won at bridge by experts, not gamblers such as might occasionally win a big pot at poker or any other game of chance, but men who, because of their superior knowledge…

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Miners' President

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

The general president of the Miners Federation (Mr. Dan Rees) visited Newcastle on Saturday to confer with the Northern District Executive on a…

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Balmain Colliery Conference To-day

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 5

Arising out of the position at Balmain colliery and the notices sent to a number of the miners that they were being "put off" a conference has been…

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Mount Isa Mines Accounts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 13

The accounts of the Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, show the expenditure at the mine amounted to £39,015, administrative expenses to £5125, and London expenses to £499,…

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Streamers of Gold

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 13

STREAMERS of gold from a golden wedding bell went out to each guest at a tea party given on Saturday at the Wentworth…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Friday, our correspondent cables, at 84/ll½ per oz fine…

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The British Coal Crisis

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 6

In July last, when the British Government found itself faced by an industrial crisis through a threatened coal strike, it purchased a…

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Crimes Bill Miners Vigorous Protest

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

"That this council enters its emphatic protest against the Crimes Bill of the Federal Government, and we are prepared to use…

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To Help T.b. Miners

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

The Central Executive of the Miners Federation has given consideration with respect to numbers of miners who are inmates of the T.B…

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Miners Defer Report London

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 5

The miners delegate conference has decided to refer the Coal Commission's report to its districts. Subsequently it will call a further conference…

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