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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 208

Benefit to Miners Chud Endowment Bill Mr. Willis at Cessnock Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 5

Taking as his subject. "Child Endowment and Workers Compensation," Mr. A. Willis, vice-President, Executive Council,…

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Miners Out Strike in U.S.A. 150,000 Men Idle Indianapolis

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 8

The general strike of union miners has halted activity in the bituminous coal industry in the central competitive fields, and…

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Airman in New Guinea. Goldfields Service. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 12

News received to-day shows that on Thursday Flight-Lieutenant Ernest Mustard flew in a De Havilland 'plane from Rabaul to Lae, in the mandated territory, a distance of 450…

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Colliery Disputes. Mines to Reopen on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 11

The Northern Collieries Association yesterday issued the following statement:—"In view of the settlement in the case of the deputies and the Cockle Creek dispute, the colliery…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 9

The following mine reports have been issued-- TONGKAH HARBOR. --Last week's output comprised 9 tons from Chelong Bay and 2 tons…

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Back to Work Maitland Collieries West Maitland

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 15

Work will be resumed to-morrow at all collieries on the Maitland coalfield. The deputies and engine-drivers started last night, and the shiftmen went…

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Work on Wednesday All Northern Mines

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

The Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association notify that In view of the settlement of the deputies and the Cockle Creek (Caledonian Collieries)…

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Coal Strike in U.S.A. 150,000 Men Out Bituminous Mines Only Russians Send Help New York

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 1

FOLLOWING the refusal of the coal-owners to renew existing wage agreement, over 150.000 miners ceased work during the…

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West Miners' Officers Ballot This Month Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 4

I Members nominated for office in the Western District of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation are:-- President. Messrs Hamilton Knight…

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New Guinea Mining Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

Mr P. B. MacGregor. barrister, of Brisbane, who has been appointed a Federal Royal Commissioner to investigate mining matt ere in New Guinea,…

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Barrier Mining. Electrical Survey. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 12

Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, local director of the Monarch mine at Pinnacles, about 11 miles from Broken Hill, stated to-day that an electrical survey by the South Victoria…

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"No Wonder" Our Loan in New York "Gold Sickness"

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 10

"As a New Zealander, I should not care to criticise the financial operations of the New South Wales Government…

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Mines Held Up Truck Shortage Principal Factor in Unemployment Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

If the average outsider were asked "What is the chief cause of lose of time in the coal industry in the Lathgow area."it is ten chances to one…

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S.C. Miners' Delegate Board Claim Is Conceded No District May Day Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 3

At to-day's meeting of the South Coast Miners' Delegate Board the president (Mr. Fred Lowden) reported that at a conference held at…

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Our N.y. Loan Approval From N.z. U.s.a. "Gold Sickness"

Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 4

(GENERAL approval of the [?]action of the New South Wales Government in [?]a loan in New York was expressed to-day…

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Teralba Collieries Conference of Parties

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

The rata for working pillars at the Teralba group of collieries was the subject of a conference between the W.I.U. of A. (Mining Department) and…

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The Mines Sydney Sharemarket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 11

A dull mining share market yesterday witnessed little appreciable alteration in quotations for base metal stocks. Those for Barriers were almost…

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Wagga Gold Cup

Referee · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

The Gold Cup meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club will take place on May 4 and 5. Prize-money for the two days' meeting, including a gold cup, valued at £100, will…

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Search for Coal SCONE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 10

A syndicate has been formed to test the district for coal deposits. A shaft has been put down at the northern end of the district, and what…

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Mining Dispute. Settlement Reached

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 8

Terms of settlement of the dispute on the Maitland coalfields were reached at a conference between the mine owners' and miners' representatives, presided over by…

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