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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 208

Miners' Council Affiliation with N.z

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 8

Affiliation between the miners of Australia and New Zealand was the main subject of discussion at the Miners' Federal Council yesterday…

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Experts Sought for Civic Mine Selection Problem

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 9

THE City Council is having as much trouble in obtaining the prices of an expert in report on its proposed coal mile as [?]…

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The Miners Only Hope! Shorten the Working Week

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

One of the main questions about to confront the coal miners at their forthcoming conference, is the necessity of finding ways and means of overcoming the intermittency…

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Royal Tour is Imperialist Gesture They Smashed the British Miners

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

The [?]illon pound tour of the Duke of York is more than a joy ride, it is a desperate move on the part of the British ruling class to stabilise the failing commerce…

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Western Miners Must Organise to Fight Shake Those Officials Up

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 3

On Monday the 31st January the miners in Lithgow Valley are holding a stop work meeting for the purpose of deciding what action will be taken regarding their…

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Eggs and Butter Good Casino's Gold Medal Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 4

That Casino (N.S.W.) Co-operative Dairy Co. had received the gold medal in both unsalted and salted chesses of butter at the dairy show, London, in…

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Stopped in First Round Assembly Fight Minister & Lane "Your Hands Are Red with Gold" Then Came an Uppercut

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 1

THE floor of the Legislative Assembly yesterday was momentarily turned into a stadium. The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lazzarini…

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Miners' Women

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

A BIRTH, a death beneath the sky, Between the granite mountain walls…

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Colliery Ventilation Helensburgh

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Next Monday, at the request of the Smith Coast Miners' District Executive, Mines Department Inspector Hay and District Check Inspector, John…

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Drift Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 19

THE analogy between existing peat bogs and some ancient coal seams is so complete and so exact that there can be very little doubt as to the…

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South Coast Miners Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

In Sydney yesterday the South Coast miners' district executive met the Southern Colliery Proprietors in conference to discuss the general claims of the district…

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State Mine's Progress Lathgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Davc[?]ments are proceeding rapidly at the State mine. This week the output was about 1350 tons daily. far exceeding previous records…

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South Mines Idle Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Wongawilli Colliery, near Dapto, where some 300 men are employed, was idle on Thursday and to-day, and will not resume work until Monday at the…

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Gulgong Visit Minister for Mines

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, accompanied by Mr. F. S. Munce, Under-Secretary to the Department, left Sydney last night by car for…

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Must Join Up Share Holding Miners

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

In connection with the threatened troubles at the South Gippsland (Victoria) Coal Mining Company at Kilcunda. the secretary of the union states that the…

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The Southern Miners Details of Election of Officers

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

We have received from Mr. Thomas Silcocks. district returning officer for the Illawarra District, of the Miners' Federation, the following report, which…

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"No Poverty in England" Sufferings of Miners Wives and Children

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

I ALWAYS read the "Sunday News" and the "Evening News." I get so many laughs out of them that they're almost worth the money…

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A Message of Cheer Future of the Coal Industry

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

In a week or two from now (November 18) the production of coal will once again be in full swing in this country (Britain)…

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"Three Men in a Bord" System Disliked Miners' Conference Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

The whole of to-day was taken up by the General Mining Conference in discussing claims from the Teralba Group…

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Cantonese Threaten Japanese Industry First Blow to Seize Big Mine Tokio Worried Churchill Sees Light

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 1

The first heavy blow against Japanese in China, threatened in recent speeches of prominent Chinese Nationalists, will, it is believed, fall shortly. It is reported that Nationalists are planning to seize a Japanese iron mine above Hankow, which is the Japanese…

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