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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 208

Gold Helmet Changes Hands

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 9

Among motor cycling speed "fans" it was confidently anticipated that Spencer Stratton would be ornamented with the Gold Helmet at Maroubra Speedway last…

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Mines Position in North Very Serious Maitland

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 2

A hitch has occurred in connection frith the settlement of the mine deputies trouble, and work will not be resumed on Maitland coalfield to-morrow…

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Two Stabbed. Coal Lumper and Wife "An Accident"

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 2

Admitted to Sydney Hospital last night suffering from stab wounds, Thomas Dawson, aged 40, coai-lumper, and his wife, Minnie, aged 36, told the…

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Pals O' Mine The Law As It Applies to Strays a Man and Two Dogs

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 14

WILLIAM ALTON, a young Englishman, only 23 years of age, arrived in Sydney at the end of February, and, unlike many new-comers, determined to strike out for the back country. As he put it,…

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Royal Train Beautiful Carriage for Duke Gold and Red and Blue Its Second Duke of York

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1927 · page 5

Red and gold and blue are the dominant colors of the beautiful railway carriage which is to carry the Duke and Duchess through New South Wales. It is the very carriage in which the King travelled…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 9

The following mine reports have been issued :-- AMALGAMATED B.H. SILVER-LEAD.--The mine manager reports :-- Centennial Mine: Sunk No. 1 winze 8ft., fair milling are showing in…

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Still Idle Northern Coal Mines Owners Meeting To-day Cessnock

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 9

The position on the coalfields is unchanged. The result of the proprietors' conference being held at Newcastle today is eagerly awaited. The feeling…

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Miners' Leaders Squabble

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 10

The British miners' secretary (Mr. A. J. Cook) has offered to challenge the secretary of the International Miners' Federation (Mr. F. Hodges) to…

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Killingworth Colliery. Owners Will Re-open

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 6

The Miners' Federation has been told by the Northern Collieries' Association that the employers are ready to re-open Killagworth Colliery for work, suggesting…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 13

According to statistics issued by the Queensland Department of Mines, the yield of gold in the northern State for February was 563oz fine, valued at £2391, compared…

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Mining Prizes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 10

With the object of establishing a fund of £1000 for the purpose of providing a series of annual prizes for students of mining and metallurgy, Mr…

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Collieries' Dispute. Maitland Field. Further Trouble Possible. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 11

There is a likelihood of the collieries on the South Maitland coalfields not resuming to-morrow, as was expected, following the decision arrived at by the meeting of deputies…

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Miners' Federation Council Concludes Business Important Decisions

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 5

Concluding its sittings on Saturday, the Central Council of the Miners Federation decided not to send a delegate to the International Labor Conference at…

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Dire Straits Cessnock Miners North Hard Hit Cessnock

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 7

There is no alteration in the indusirial position on the coalfields. The possibrlity of a protracted steppage it viewed with the greveat…

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Mining Market. Tin Shares Firmer. Ronpibon Improves

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 6

HIGHER: Sulphide. pref. 14½ New coincide Gold 4d: Austral Asiatic in changeable Gd: Coaptation…

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Why Mine Will Close Freights Too High But Must Use Rail London

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 1

NINE HUNDRER miners Tlimanston Colliery, near New Dever have been given a fortnight's notice. The mine is…

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No Work To-day New Turn to Coal Dispute Owners to Meet Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 7

There will be no work on the Maitland coalfield to-morrow, not with standing the reported settlement of the deputies' dispute. A…

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Money, Mines and Merchandise City Gossip B. AND W. Cabs' Loss Hoskins Iron Accounts Cab Company's Heavy Losses

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 6

Black and White Cab Co. of Australia. Ltd., closed its first year of active operations on December 31 last. Its trading resulted in a loss of [?]10,282,…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 9

TARANAKI OIL FIELDS.--No. 2 well (Walapu) drilled to 655ft., in grey shale; 12½in. casing to 643ft.; gas mudded off. No. 3 well (Taranaki), erection of rig approaching…

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No Evasions Colliery Officials Lazzarini Firm

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 15

That the coal proprietors are making a deliberate attempt to evade their responsibilities under the amended Coal Mines Regulation Act was the…

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