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Mining & the mines, 1927

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Price of Fine Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 11

Gold was quoted in the London bullion market on Friday (our correspondent cables) at 8411[?] per ounce fine, a rise of [?]d compared with the previous…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 11

A steadier tone surrounded dealings, in Mount Isa in Saturday's mining [?] are market, and fluctuations were limited to a few pence. After a turnover of 3900 shares on…

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FIFTY-FIFTY Ayrfield Miners' Demand NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 7

For some weeks Ayrfield No. 1 colliery has been idle, because of a quarrel by miners and wheelers as to a 50-50 division of earnings. This mine,…

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Gold for the Duke Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 8

Ballarat has ceased to be a working goldfield, but, to prove to the Duke of York that gold is still there, a casket of specimens taken from the…

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After Gold at Yass Yass

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 4

At the Warden's Courl, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, Mr. Beardon was given permission to enter for six months…

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Mine Flooded Water's Wild Rush West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 3

Ayrfield No. 1 colliery, where a splendid seam of over 30ft. was being worked, has been badly flooded. A subsidence occurred in the swamp area…

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Money, Mines and Markets Loan Prospect Attractive Terms Treasurer Confident

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 5

Experience has shown that each new Commonwealth Loan receives strong support from subscribers to earlier issues. The Secretary to the…

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Building, Engineering, Machinery and Industry Fuel Oil Uses Coal Displaced in Industry

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 3

Amongst the many applications of fuel oil those which have shown the greatest progress of recent years are probably to be found in the marine, power engineering, and…

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Ex-raider Loads Coal Woolf at Kembla Her Visit to Sydney Recalled

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 6

HISTORY repeats itself -- it is a notable coincidence that during the Anzac celebrations to-day the once-dreaded German raider Woolf is…

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Ministers Abroad. Mining Methods. Mr. Baddeley's Inquiries. London, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 9

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, Minister for Labour and Industry in New South Wales, has spent a fortnight on the Continent, principally in Italy, where he conferred with the chiefs of…

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Colliery Flooded. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 16

Ayrfield No. 1 colliery is seriously flooded, and about one hundred miners will be rendered Idle. Flood waters on the surrounding country are deeper than they have been…

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Damaged Mine Wallsend Distress

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 6

MR. BOOTH, M.L.A., and Mr. [?] president of the Miners Federation, saw Mr. Bellemore, of the Department of Labor and Industry to-day, in…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip Motor CO.'s Heavy Loss Coal Co. to Reconstruct Conversion Loan in London

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 4

A cable message from tins special London representative of "The Sun" mentions that London financiers fear that the conversion loan of £11,711,000…

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Mining. Movement in Barriers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 13

Recent variations, downward on balance, in the prices of metals produced by the Broken Hill mines, have caused some concern to those controlling the Barrier industry. Since…

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Railway Coal Contracts West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 12

employees of small collieries in the Maitland and Greta districts recently asked the Premier to secure for them a share of the coal contracts controlled by the Railway…

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Flooded Mine Three Months Idle NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 10

About a week ago Wallsend colliery was flooded by a rush of water through a subsidence in the Wallsend Soccer Football Ground. Three hundred…

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Rescues in Mines Lithgow Apparatus Lithgow

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 16

TRAINING operation have commenced in connection with the western mines [?] station. Mr. W. Evans, superintendent, is in charge…

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Rescue Stations At All Western Mines LITHGOW

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 10

Training operations commenced at the Western Alines Rescue Station this morning. Mr. W. Evans (superintendent) is in…

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Blue and Gold Crew for Head of River

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

The sight that wil re[?] The Scot's College in the "Head of the River" Race for [?] No. 3, A. D. Smith, No. 3, W. T. Johnson; No. 4. E. R. R[?] No. 5, M. L. Taylor; No. 6. S. T. [?] A. W. S[?] cox, R. W. Miller…

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Straight-out Choice for Lang and Willis South Coast Miners Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 8

"So far as this district executive is concerned, and also in the opinion of the Whole of our members, the position now is, that if it comes to a…

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