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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 87 of 250

The Coal Crisis Practically No Progress at New Conference Loan to Industry London. Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 1

PRACTICALLY no progress [?] made at this morning's conference of the coal-owners and miners, which was presided over…

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Industry in the U.s.a. Has Been Over-developed a Cabinet Minister Quotes Facts--production Outruns Markets-- Too Many Mines, Mils and Factories--sweated Labor in Old Slave States

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 2

THE following article, reprinted from our London contemporary, the "Social-Domocrat," is of special value as showing that production for…

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Mine Engineer-Drivers' Folly

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 April 1926 · page 4

During the week it has been announced that the driver of the stationary engines of the collieries of Australia have arrived at a decision, by a majority of ten to one, that they will strike unless their demands are not acceded to. This…

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Made of Gold, It Cost Much Gold to Buy

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 April 1926 · page 11

This eye-catcher is of real gold sequins with a bodice of black taffets. The man who gave it to his wife paid a whole 10,000 dollars (£2000) for this privilege…

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"Inevitable?" Coal Conflict London

The Sun · Sunday 25 April 1926 · page 1

Trade union leaders lake a grave view of the coal crisis, which they think resembles that of July. They declare that a conflict is inevitable unless Mr…

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Little Hope Victorian Gold Find Worked Before Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 25 April 1926 · page 2

Digging has begun on some of the claims pegged out at Warrandyte, but up to to-day no samples had reached the Mines Department, and the…

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Colliery Dispute Over Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 1

Westport-Stockton coal mine dispute has been settled, and work resumes on Monday…

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Brother Miners Mayor and Commissioner LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 5

The death is announced of Mr. Arthur Hassam, ex-Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and consulting engineer to the Pekin Syndicate. He was a…

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Miners and T.b. Pensions Withheld Facts Before Mr. Charlton

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 5

The niggardliness of the Commonwealth Government in its treatment of T.B. patients in Government institutions in the matter…

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Coal Problem. Deadlock Continues. Efforts for Solution. London, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 9

Practicaly no progress was made at this morning's conference between the representatives of the coal-owners and miners, at which the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) presided…

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Coal Crisis Ministry's Offer No Subsidy Temporary Aid LONDON, April 24

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 1

It is understood that the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin), during the negotiations between the miners and the owners, re-emphasised that…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, April 20, 1920. the British Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 8

The last week of what may very well be referred to as the armistice in the British coal war opens to-day, and if some terms of settlement between the contending parties…

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Trade Review Shadow of the Coal Crisis Apples Sell Cheaply London, April 24

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 10

The shadow of the coal crisis is still over the Stock Exchange, with the result that business is small, but the markets closed with a slightly more…

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Coal Pits to Close Provisional on Loan Baldwin Seeks a Way Out Abortive Conferences London

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 1

It is announced that the Mines Department has prepared a scheme for a Government loan to the coal industry conditionally on the…

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Coal Crisis Government Trying to Avoid Calamity Charge of Dilatoriness Labor Member Says Subsidy Is Solution London

The Sun · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 5

In a message to Mr. Jarrett, Conservative candidate at the East Ham (London) by-election, the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, said: "The Government is doing its utmost to avoid a coal stoppage, which would be calamitous, and only result in increasing the…

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Mining. World's Largest Lead Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 11

The phenomenal feature of the mineral industry of British Columbia is the increase in lead production. Up till four years ago the lead output was a very ordinary matter, a…

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AFTER 35 Years Coal Mine Re-opened Big Seams Available Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 10

At a meeting of the Brunner Collier less yesterday, shareholders welcomed the news of the unwatering of the Wallsend mine…

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Labor and Coal

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 4

IF, instead of publishing statements to the effect that "Moscow" was at the hack of the British coal crists, the British ruling class had acted in accordance with its traditional astuteness, it would have put aside, temporarily, its accursed greed, and made arrangements for a…

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Danger! Coal Strike Threat Big Issues

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 9

With the shadow of a big strike hovering over them delegates to the compulsory coal conference filed into, the…

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Power for Mines W.A. Premier Thanked Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 3

The executive council of the chamber of Mines at the last meeting discussed the Government's offer to provide capital for the installation of…

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