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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 208

Women's World Coal-sprinkled Dress Ffects Jumper Suits Trimmed with Jet Jagged Fragments

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 8

IMAGINE a dainty while georgette evening frock, fashioned with the [?] of the modern dressmaker, being…

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Miners' Federation

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 4

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation (W.I.E.U. of A.) will meet at Rawson Chambers on Tuesday next. May 24. It will have before it the…

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Miners Are Trenchant

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 6

[?] of South Maitland Miners [?] Strong opinions about the [?] Their viewpoint was ex-[?] by the following…

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New Economies of Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 4

At first blush such a title hardly appeals to the average man; but there is far more in it than meets the eye. Profound and universal changes are taking place in the economy of coal. The development of brown coal, particularly in post-war Germany—and, in…

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Lazzarini Goes Down a Mine Aberdare Central Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 6

As a result of arrangements made by Mr. Booth, M.L.A., Mr. Lazzarial, Acting-Minister for Mines, made a visit of inspection in Aberdare Center Coillery…

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Deputies in Arms More Trouble on the Coal Fields Early Morning Shift

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 17

CESSNOCK, Friday. -- The suggestion of an early morning shift for deputies by the Felton, Stanford Merthyr, and Caledonian collieries, may…

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Miners Support Easter Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 May 1927 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND. Saturday.-- South Maitland miners, at a largely attended meeting, unanimously carried a motion supporting the Easter…

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Coal Wharves Idle Dispute with Trimmers Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1927 · page 16

Following the coal trimmers' dispute yesterday afternoon Newcastle coal shipping was at a standstill to-day. Small vessels not requiring trimmers…

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World's Coal Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 13

The world's production of coal and lignite in 1926 amounted to 1,365,000,000 metric tons, according to preliminary figures compiled by the United States Bureau of Mines. This was…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 16

Queensland gold production during April last totalled 2894oz. fine, valued at £12,293 an increase of 2231oz. worth £9477 on that for April 1926. The yield for the first four months of…

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WANT N.T. Tin Mine Darwin

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 4

A representative American syndicate is negotiating for the purchase of Mr. West's Hidden Valley [?] mine and battery near plac Creck…

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Maitland Miners. Repudiate Federal Conference. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 11

A combined meeting of the South Maitland miners carried a resolution unanimously supporting the Easter Labour conference, and repudiating the Canbena conference…

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Mining Shares. Barriers Still Weak

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 5

Barriers continued their downward course on 'Change on Saturday. Norths maintained Friday's level of £5/12, but B.H. Pty., Souths and Zinc Corp…

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Cessnock Mines. Trouble Likely. Early Morning Shift. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 11

Serious trouble is likely to follow the introduction of the early morning shift in the Cessnock district collleries, which means a reduction of the number ot shifts from three…

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Claim for Alimony. Against Mining Engineer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 12

In the First Civil Court on Satutday Mr. Justice McArthur dealt with an application for permanent alimony by Mrs. May Swailing Thomas, of Adelaide who in April obtained…

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£50 a Month Alimony Mining Engineer's Wife's Successful Claim "Another Broken Hill"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Frederick Leslie. Thomas, of Captain's Flat, near Lake George, (N.S.W.), a mining engineer, was ordered to pay. his wife,…

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Q'land. Miners' Win Must Be Unionists Coal Tribunal Decides

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 6

THE Coal Industry Special Tribunal, under the chairmanship of Mr. Charles Hibble, sat in Sydney yesterday in connection with the appeal…

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Mine Reports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 21

The following mine reports have been issued: TONGKAH HARBOR. -- Week's output 8 tons, from Chelong Bay. TARANAKI OIL FIELDS. -- Waipu, No. 2 well…

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Chinese Gold

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 13

THE two Chinese gates in Sydney realised £1055 on Saturday and nearly £200 on Wednesday. This money is…

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Mount Isa Mines Chairman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1927 · page 20

In his annual report to shareholders Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., Mr. W. M'Rae (chairman) strikes a distinctly optimistic note. The…

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