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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 208

Lost on the Gold Trail

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 21

NOT OFTEN a prospector comes in with the story that his mate has been lost in the bush. The pioneer is, as a rule, competent to go out--…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 17

The quiet spell in the raining share market was unbroken yesterday. Moving with the variation in metal quotations, Barriers were easier. Norths lost /6 at £6/1/, and Souths…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 16

To—day's sales Included:—? " Silver-lead: Amalgamated Zinc, 10/2. b 10/2, s 10/3! broken Hill Propv., 20/0, 20711, b 2(1/3, s 2tVfi; Block ll, ord.,.b 6/1, s 6/8; do., pref., b 9/2; Electrolytic…

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The Gold Helmet Maroubra's Big Night

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 8

The first race to-night will be at 8 o'clock, as a big programme has to be run through in little more than two hours. patrons are advised to leave town early…

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Miners and C.m.u. De-registration Case

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 6

An adjournment of the hearing or claim for the deregistration of the W.I.U. of A. (Mining Department), which has been launched by the…

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Safety in Mines the Right Sort of Pictures

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 2

The following informative article from "Safety Engineering," an American magazine, should be of much interest to Australian…

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Supper Dance Blue, Red, and Gold Automobile Club

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 5

Flowers and streamers of blue, red, and gold, the colors of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, were massed into large bunches…

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N.S.W. Miners Who Own Motor Cars and Racehorses "Smith's" Writer Sees Australian Strike Conditions Through English Eyes All-round Air of Prosperity: No Ill Feeling Against Owners

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 3

I EXPECTED to see mob orators at every street corner, foaming at the mouth, as they preached the doctrine of the late lamented Lenin; I expected to see children ill-clothed and ill-shod, playing on the rubbish heaps that one generally finds in the neighbourhood of colliery…

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South Coast Miners Support Easter Conference WOLLONGONG

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 April 1927 · page 2

At a meeting of the Illawarra Delegate Board at Wollongong, it was decided to support the proposal to hold an Easter Conference, and exception was…

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Miners Demand "Searching Inquiry" Whole Industry Wollongono

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1927 · page 5

One of the most important decisions of the Miners' Delegate Board for some time was embodied in the following resolution, which was carried…

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Modern Alchemists Transmute Steel Into Good Red Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 April 1927 · page 16

Steel has become even more important than gold. It is now almost as necessary as the air we breathe, and without it life would be dull and difficult…

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Riverina Collieries. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 14

At a meeting of debenture-holders in the Riverina Collieries it was intimated that Mr. A. E. Dalwood, of Sydney, had offered to carry out the scheme in force prior to the…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 9

The following mine reports have been issued: GUINEA GOLD.--The secretary advises that inquiries have been made whether the Royal Commission now proceeding to Edle Creek will…

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Carrying Coal to Newcastle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

THE steamer Relsdale arrived in Newcastle to-day from Cardiff, Wales carrying a cargo of between 5000 and 6000…

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Peel It How to Afford an Egg Globules of Gold

The Sun · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 13

Introducing you to a fabulous dainty. It has a bald, white dome. It is quite whisker less. It is round…

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Emptying a Lake for Gold Galleys Herculaneum Activity Rome

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 1

MUSSOLINI has announced that excavations at Hereculaneam will commence in May King Victor formally inaugurating tho work: also that…

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Bandits' Crime Gold Bullion Stolen Spurious Notes From Gaol New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 7

Two interesting crime episodes occurred in the United States yesterday. Fifteen bandits overcame five…

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Money, Mines and Merchandise City Gossip Board of Works Loan Trade Balances Board of Works Loan

The Sun · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 8

On the recommendation of its finance committee, the Metropolitan Board of Works, Melbourne, intends to raise a loan of £250,000, the funds…

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Amazing Crimes in Land of Liberty £30,000 Gold Haul Gaol Counterfeiter New York

Evening News · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 1

FIFTEEN bandits overpowered five watchmen at the Illinois Watch Company at Elgin last night, worked for three hows with…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 9

The following mine "reports have been issued MARAROA G.M. CO.--Cyanided 270 tons for £34715 bullion during March…

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