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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 208

Mining Exam. Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

Examination for certificates of competency as enginedrivers under the Mining Act was held at Lithgow to-day. Inspector Farrier, of the…

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Northern Mines at Work Again Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 14

ALL MINES in the north, with the exception of three. are at work to-day. The idle pits are Killingworth,…

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Price of Gold London, April 5

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 13

Gold is quoted at 84s 10 12d an oz. fine--a fall of [?]d an oz. since Friday last…

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Saturday Night Gold Helmet at Maroubra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 6

There will be no meeting at Maroubra Speedway until next Saturday night. The programme will be the same as advertised for last Saturday, and postponed, except…

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Slave Workers in Sumatra. Terror in the Mines

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 19

Despite a heavy Dutch censorship it is clear that the revolt in Sumatra has by no means been suppressed. The position is critical in various places…

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Gold Production. Western Australian Fall. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 17

The output of fine gold during March was 30,236 ounces, valued at £128,433, which was 1117 ounces less than for the previous month and 322 ounces short of that for March last…

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Mining Shares. Isas Active and Weak

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

The share market benefited by the further rise in metals, though in the majority of sales, involved only small parcels. Mt. Isa was an exception,…

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Baby's Fall 50Ft. Down Mine Shaft Only Scratches Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 17

Esme Joyce Horwood, 2 years of age, fell 50 feet down an abandoned shaft in Bendigo last evening. When her father, Edward Horwood,…

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Can Pay Debts with N. Guinea Gold Miner's Success Story in Bankruptcy

Evening News · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 13

THE CLAIM that he had won enough gold at the Edie Creek goldfields in New Guinea to pay all his creditors was made in the…

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Whistles Blow 10,000 Miners Resume Deputies' Dispute Rope Snaps at Aberdare Ex. Cessnock

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 13

All collieries on the South Maitland field resumed work to-day, after an idleness of nearly a month, involving 10,000…

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Money, Mines and Merchandise City Gossip Financing a Merger Mt. Isa Option Commercial Union Capital

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 4

Towards the close of last year the Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. --which conducts underwriting business through numerous branches in…

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Newnes on Verge of Big Things? Shale Mines May Start Company Maps Out Land Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

The silence and mystery which have enveloped Newnes for some time past have at length been broken. It is officially reported that…

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Tanami Mine

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 4

Tanami Gold Mines reports that assays taken from faces before sloping ore at grass range from 1oz. to 5oz., and ore raised shows visible gold freely. It should crush from…

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Gold Pass Returned

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 12

Following upon his resignation from the North Shore seat, Mr. Scott Fell lost no time in returning his gold rail pass to the Railway Commissioners…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Tuesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/10¼ per oz fine, a decrease of three-furthings on the price ruling since Friday last…

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Dividends Payable. Mining

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 5

South B.H.: 1/6 a share and bonus of 6d a share; payable May 18. Ulu Yam Tin Dredging: 2/ a share, and bonus of 1/a share; payable April…

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Welsh Mine Disaster Funeral Retainers Grim Cliffs

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 8

THE DOME OF ST. PETER'S from Aventine Hill, which is the highest and most picturesque hill in Rome. The Aventine is said to have been the place where Peter and Paul taught the Christian faith. In early times it was the hill of the Plebeians, who retired to its heights in their controversies with the Patricians…

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Gold Helmet Race Prizes for Public

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 14

The Gold Helmet race at Maroubra Speedway on Saturday night is causing a lot of interest, it is the most open race that has ever been run at the…

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Back to Work Miners Optimistic Financial Straits Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 1

There was a general resumption of work at the collieries on the coalfield to-day, after weeks of depressing idleness…

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Strange Gold Diggers. Form Syndicate to Rifle Ancient Cemetery

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 7

THE treasure hunter in his greed has no respect for sites and places, but robs the grave even. A few weeks ago arrangements were completed in…

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