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Mining & the mines, 1927

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Wednesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11½ per ounce fine, an advance of 1d on the day…

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Intermittent Work Teralba Miners Suffer

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has interviewed the Minister for Mines. Labor and industry relative to the unemployment in the Teralba district…

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For British Miners London

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

THE Miners' Federation announces that it has received £10.000 from Russia, and £3000 from Australia, for the miners' "victimisation fund."…

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Price of Fine Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 8

Bar gold advanced 1d, to 8411½, per ounce fine in the London bullion market on Wednesday, our correspondent advises…

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Gold Medal For Shark Hero

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

Stanley Gibbs, hero of the Port Hacking shark tragedy, was yesterday awarded the gold medal of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society…

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Lithgow Miners Deputation to Premier Men Dissatisfied

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 3

THE dismissal of 112 men at the Lithgow State mine was the subject or a deputation to the Premier at Parliament House…

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TINFIELD. Northern Territory. Aggrieved Miners. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 11

Serious trouble on the Marranbcy tinfields in the Northern Territory has been reported to the Home and Territories Department. It is understood that the cause of the trouble…

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Miners Sent to Prison Doffed Hats in Village

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 6

At Edinburgh two men were sentenced at the Sheriffs Court to 21 days' imprisonment for little more than lifting their hats…

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Over Mining Leases Kearsley--abernethy Road

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday. Regarding the question of the dedication of the road connecting Kearsley with Abernethy the Department of Mines has…

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New Guinea Gold Success and Failure Minors Return

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

The Melusia arrived in Sydney on Tuesday from New Gulnea, bringing with her 10,000 [?] of gold from the recently-discovered golds on the…

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Huge Trade Slump Britain's Bad Year Heavy Coal Imports London

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

THE annual report of the Board of Trade shows an adverse balance of £590,970.000. During the year Britain spent…

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The British Miners’ Struggle Enters a New Stage Out with the Reformist Fakers

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 3

The latest advices from England point to the unsatisfactory turn taken by what is probably the most heroic struggle of any section of the British working class…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise Sizzling! City Gossip Financing Homes Merc. Mutual, Issue Advances for Homes

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

During last financial year, the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, through Its homes department, advanced Its record amount of £1,619…

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New Guinea. Commercial and Mining Outlook. General Wisdom's Views. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 10

Brigadier-General E. Wisdom, Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea and adjoining islands, is a passenger by the yacht Franklin, which called at Townsville…

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Soviet Sailors Feed Miners’ Children Generous Entertainment on Russian Ship at Leith Gave a Day's Pay Each

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

On Saturday, October 16, the crew of the Soviet steamship Rosa Luxemburg entertained sixty miners’ children on board the boat as she lay in Leith Docks…

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For Women Social Events of Importance Green and Gold Effective Decorations Tirranna Race Ball Goulburn

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 10

The first of the round of [?] associated with the Tirrana Picnic races was a dance held last night in the Showground pavilion…

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The British Miners' Fighting Secretary

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 12

The following cable appeared in a Sydney evening paper on Monday, the 3rd instant, with the heading, "Cantankerous Cook"…

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Stores on Mine Areas Minister's Decision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 4

The Broken Hill mining companies have been Reeking approval for permission to erect stores upon their mining leasses…

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The Owners' Terms Northumberland Miners' Reply

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 11

One of our lady readers at Kurri Kurri has received from England a reply by a Miners' Union of Nurthumbreland to the terms insisted…

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American Coal Barons Defy Senate Investigators

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 12

The coal dealers of Washington have defied the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia by refusing to produce a number of books and…

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