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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 208

Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip Loan From New York Dorman, Long's Loss Loans-- New York or London?

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 6

Although the flotation of the [?]5,000,000 loan in New York appears at first glance a good thing for the Government of New South Wales, the…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

The following mine reports have been issued :-- EASTERN TIN.--Cable advice received from the Penang director states that the Banngow…

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Mount Isa Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

The following progress report has been received from the mine superintendent of Mount Isa Mines for the period ended January 15:-- Lawlor Shaft, Rio Grande Lode, I50ft. level:…

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Transport of Coal

The Land · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 11

Dealing with the uncertainty regarding the date of the actual discovery of coal in New South Wales, the current issue of "The Staff" shows that…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Wednesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11 per oz fine, an increase of one halfpenny on the day…

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Price of Fine Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 10

Bar gold was quoted in the London bullion market on Wednesday, our correspondent cables, at 84s 11d per ounce, fine--a rise of 12d on the day…

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Electricity Wins Coal Too Costly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

The Waler Board Was yesterday afforded interesting comparisons of the relative costs of steam, electricity and Diesel machinery as motive powers…

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The Orvieto Bad Coal Delays Vessel FREMANTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 3

Running about 12 hours behind time, the Orient Mall steamer Orvieto arrived from London on Tuesday night. The delay is ascribed to the poor quality…

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Miners' Money and the "Labor Daily" "Smith's" Desperation to Kill Workers' Champion

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

IN the inevitable weekly article aiming to breed suspicion and discontent, and divorce the miners from their own paper, when they might…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip Sydney Ferry Profits Vale of Clwydd Accounts

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 6

Ferry Company Earns £54,242 The published accounts of Sydney, Ferries, Ltd., are never very illuminating. The company follows the policy…

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Victorian Coal Miners Various Grievances

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 7

A meeting of the Powlett (Victoria) branch of the Miners' Federation decided that the request for the men to be allowed to ride up McBride…

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Coal Miners' Funds "Smith's" Answers Arthur Teece

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 3

SMITH'S WEEKLY" told recently how £100,000 of N.S.W. miners' money had been expended in A. C. Willis's "Labor Daily." Last week, Arthur Teece, northern miners' treasurer, made a belated reply to the facts published in "Smith's." Teece's statements,…

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A Gold Mine Coronation Hotel Lessee's Faith

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

An astonishing revelation of hotel values in the city is provided by tenders received for the lease of a building to replace the…

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Colliery Explosion. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 14

An explosion occurred in a colliery at Betteshangar. Kent. Four men were killed and 11 injured…

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Prince and Miners

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 3

It is understood that the Prince of Wales will shortly tour the minefields and study miners' conditions. -- "Sun" Special…

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Ice Stops Coal

The World's News · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 2

Norway tuts great expectations of a new supply of coal from Spitsbergen, now called Svalbard: but Svalbard is now icebound, and the supply has failed…

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Four Killed Colliery Explosion LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 8

Four were killed and eleven injured in a big colliery explosion at Belteshanger, in Kent…

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Gold in Sweden

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 11

Remarkable discoveries of gold-bearing arsenopyrite ores are reported to have been made in Sweden during recant years, mainly as a result of a…

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From Peat to Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 21

IN last Saturday's article it was pointed out that the continuous growth of marshy vegetation must have its effect upon the character of…

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Can Money Dig Coal?

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 11

Yet prattling fools, who talk as if your filthy lucre did the work, And reared the buildings. manned the trains, and delved the coal in deepest murk--…

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