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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 208

Lithgow Miners Outlook Is Grave Fear of Stoppage

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 6

THE position as between the miners and proprietors in the Lithgow group is undeni[?]dly very strained it is feared that unless the men's…

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Tin Mining Lease. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 16

At the Wardon's Court Joseph Percival and others were granted a lease to mine on Thirroul Beac[?]hfor tin. Applicants proved to the warden that they had obtained sums up to…

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"What Became of Miners' £100,000?" (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 6

WITH a degree of [?] and generosity pe[?] to it and 'entre[?] with the [?] reconditioning the [?] as well as the…

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Compressed Air Case "A Mate of Mine" Defendant Acquitted

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 6

After evidence for the prosecution had finished at Balmain Police Court yesterday, Mr. Laldlaw, S.M., directed the acquittal of Leslie Crowe. 18…

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Florence Welcomes British Coal London, Tues., Jan. 11

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 9

THE "Daily telegraph's"' I correspondent at Florence reports that Union Jacks and other British flags, are…

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Horse Racing Bucked at Start Gosford Incident Silent Gold Winner

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

AFTER [?]IVING a performance that would cause a thrill in a buck jumping, show, the two-year-[?] Sheet Gold put up a meritorious…

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Miners Object to Detectives Sand in Fan Bearings at Hebburn No. 1 Complications Likely Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 5

Serious complications are likely to [?] at Hebburn No. 1 if the questioning of employees by detectives to persisted in or if any man is…

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The TURF Cave Dweller Wins the Moorefield Gold Cup In fine weather, and before a record crowd, Messrs. P. F. and C. J. Moore's five-year-old bay gelding Cave Dweller registered his third consecutive victory on Saturday, when he won the Moorefield Gold Cup from Periwoo and Orient Princess, after leading all the way

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 43

NEVER before has the course overlooking Botany Bay held such a big gathering of racegoers as assembled there on Saturday, the fact that no unregistered opposition was experienced helping to swell the…

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New Guinea Goldfields. Royal Commission Urged

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 14

Dissatisfied with the granting of leases of large areas of rich gold country, the miners on the Edie Creek (New Guinea) goldfields are making representations…

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Miners Injured. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 12

Joseph Jones, miner, was injured by a fall of coal at Stanford Merthyr Colliery this afternoon. A leg and several ribs were broken. Jack Young, of Pelaw Main Collier, received…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Tuesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/10½ per ounce fine, a fall of /1 on the price at which it had been ruling since the previous Wednesday…

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Price of Fine Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 8

Bar gold was Quoted in the London bullion market on Tuesday, our correspondent cables, at 84s 10[?]d per ounce, fine, compared with 84s 11[?]d,…

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Price of Gold London, January 12

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 17

Gold is quoted at 84s 11½d an oz. fine-- a ripe of 1d on the price registered on Tuesday…

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Ministers' Tours Mr. Baddeley's Mission Coal Wastage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 9

In n statement last night the Premier (Mr. Lang) declared that the proposed tour abroad of tho Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) was justified…

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Officials of State Unions Are 1007. British Coal. Lumpers

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 8

F. A. HALLS, secretary of the Coallumpers' Union. Born Adelaide S.A. [?] is life. Twenty…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip London As Lender External Trade Loans from London

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 6

In the London loan market £3,641,064 more was provided for foreign borrowers during the first eleven months of 1926 than for colonial and…

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Wasted Coal That May Be Saved Minister's Tour Abroad! Many Big Problems

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 3

IT it evident that the contemplated early visit abroad of the Minister for Mines and Labor and Industry, Mr. J. M. Baddeley,…

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Will Not See the Renown Brisbane and Adelaide "Must Economise Coal" Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 5

Brisbane and Adelaide will not see the Renown during the Royal visit to these capitals. This was announced to-day by…

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Rich Goldfield in S. America

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 5

[?]. Wed. "NATIVES living along the River Agulusco have been extracting gold from the river…

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Lithgow Miners. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 12

At a largely-attended meeting of the State Mine Lodge the recent dismissals were discussed, and members generally expressed themselves as surprised that the department…

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