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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 208

Court to Decide Colliery Dispute Lithgow

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 11

THE Zigzog Colliery was idle for a day owing to a dispute between the wheelers and management. The master is to be determined in…

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Collieries Idle Railway Line Flooded 8000 Men Affected Cessnock

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 19

Practically all the collieries in this area are idle owing to the South Maitland railway being under water. No coal or passenger trains can run, and…

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Mining. Position of Copper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 13

Indications in the London metal market have raised the question of whether an improvement long-waited by producers is about to take place in the price of copper. The…

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Coal and Shale Men De-registration Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 9

Judge Booby, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday refused an application by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association for the…

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Missing Gold Old Wreck off Gabo Recalled

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

The stranding of the Riverina off Gabo recalls a tragedy of 1854, when the Monumental City, on her maiden voyage, became a total wreck on Tullalburga Island, nearby,…

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No Bustling Mr. Hibble Objects Miners Must Wait Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, declines to surrender to the ultimatum of the Wallarah miners, at Catherine Hill Bay. that they will not…

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Questions for the A.W.U. British Miners' Levy Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 6

Mr. D. O'Connor, Stockton, writes: -- Mr. G. C. Bodkin secretary of the R.W.I. branch of the A.W.U., attended a meeting of the A.W.U. in Newcastle on April 10…

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Planes Aid Search for Gold on N. Guinea Fields

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

THE third man to go to the New Guines goldfields of Edie Creek and Balole was Mr. E. P. Dover, who reached Sydney by the…

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£35,000 New Guinea Gold Abundance to Be Found

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

Fourteen thousand ounces of gold, estimated to be worth about £35,000, was brought to-day to Sydney from the New Guinea [?]oldfields by the Marsina…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip Loan Terms Bank of Adelaide's Profit

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

Though the new federal loan announced yesterday is for cash and conversion purposes, the operation represents two entirely distinct…

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Win for the Miners Mechanics Must Join Their Claim Fails Deregistration Issue

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 8

THE Colliery Mechanics Mutual, Protective Association yesterday failed in its application to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to have…

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For Women Social Events of Importance Gold and Blue Ball

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 19

The Gold and Blue Ball, in old of the Country Women's Association, to be held at the Wentworth to-night, will be a reunion of all country folk in…

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Worth More Than Gold. The Great Advantages of a Cheerful Disposition

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

A HAPPY disposition is worth more to its possesor than all the gold mines in the world. If you haven't come into the world with one, try to acquire it…

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Fall of Earth in Mine 350 Men Out at Wallsend Months of Pumping Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

Owing to a serious subsidence of land near Wallsend Colliery, through the heavy floods the mine has been Indefinitely closed…

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Small Collieries Want Coal Contracts Deputation to Premier

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 6

V W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., introduction a large deputation to the Premier [?] Wednesday afternoon, and asked that [?]tion be taken, if possible, to give some of…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 13

Gold was quoted In London on Wednesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/10 [?] per oz fine, a decrease of l [?] on the price ruling since April 13…

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Guinea Gold Properties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 13

Guinea Gold, N.L., reports that Mr. J. C. Coldham, the company's field engineer, advises that he has measured the approximate cubic yardage of wash in the original Guinea…

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Gold and Blue Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 15

The Gold and Blue Ball, aptly called the "blue ribbon" event of Easter, attracted a large gathering of country women, many of whom are delegates to the present Country…

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Dividends Payable. Mining

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 4

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 l/ a share; payable April…

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Missing Gold Wreck off Gabo

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

The stranding of the Riverina off Gabo recalls a tragedy of 1854, when the Monumental City, on her maiden voyage, became a total wreck on Tullalburga…

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