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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 208

Cranes Trouble Lays Many Mines Idle Stevedores and Board Settlement Not Yet in Sight Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 6

The adamant attitude of the stevedores at the cranes in refusing to comply with the directions of the chairman of the Coaltrimmers' Board…

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Too Strong for Boy Lucky Gold Was Unlucky at Rosebery Beaten Into Third Place

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 7

It is doubtful if ever a rougher race was witnessed by followers of unregistered racing as the Approved Stakes at Rosebery yesterday…

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Discontented Northern Sewer Miners

The Sun · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 9

For some time, trouble among the miners on the Northern Outfall Sewer has been threatened owing to the department's request that they should…

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Beach Tin Mining

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

Sir,--Seeing in your paper today in large headlines, "Pieced Up [?]70 Worth of tin in Three Weeks on Thirroul Beach." I would like, for…

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Miners Watch Closely Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

Stanford-Merthyr and Pelaw Main joined the list of idle mines today. However, the whistle for work was blown at Richmond Alain. The…

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Gold For France LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 20

The Bank of England announces that the recent heavy gold withdrawals amounting to £1,500,000, were on account of the Bank of France…

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Mining Shares. Isas Slump

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 5

The revival in Barrier business on the Stock Exchange yesterday was brought about by an abundance of sellers, and the market in consequence…

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Miners' Council District Boards Sought Barrier Workless

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 6

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation (W.I.C. of A.) continued its conference at Rawson Chambers yesterday, [?] the pre[?]ency of Mr. D. Rees…

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Capitalism Takes Its Toll 648 British Miners Killed in 1926

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 4

Last year 648 working class comrades were killed in the mines of the United Kingdom. In addition, 2861 workers were…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip Singapore Hume Pipe New Tin Float

The Sun · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 5

Singapore Hume Pipe Company, Ltd., shares of which are held in Australia, made a net profit of £7800 for the year ended March 31 last, against…

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A Conference Called To Settle Coal Trimmers' Strike Mr. Hibble Takes Action

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- An important development in the present coal trimmers and stevedores' dispute took place to-night when the chairman of…

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To Smash Trade Unionism the Sinister Plans of Baldwin Australian Workers Must Prepare To Resist Similar Move Here British Government Attempts to Smash Unions. Legalising the Victory Against the Miners

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 May 1927 · page 1

Australian workers must prepare to face the same tactics of the Imperialist Bruce. The Trade Union movement of Great Britain is greatly agitated at the proposal contained in Baldwin’s Trade Union Bill which represents the open…

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Mines Department Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 17

The annual report of the Mines Department of New South Wales, which is to band, shows a slight revision of the estimated value of the mineral output for 1926. The figure is…

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Guinea Gold, N.l

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 17

A nominal profit of £664, shown in the accounts of the Guinea Gold, N.L., for the period ended February 28, is arrived at by deducting expenses of administration from the gold…

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Trade Jottings Odds and Ends Morris Enterprise Reflected in Colliery Purchase

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 37

Mr. W. R. Morris, whose enterprise and ingenuity have placed him at the head of the largest motor manufacturing concern in Britain, Morris Motors,…

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Labor Peace Miners' Suggestion Independent Chairmen Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 5

It was announced to-day that the N.S.W. coal minors had communicated with the Federal officers of the Labor Party in an effort to heal the labor…

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Possible Start on Monday Coal-trimmers' Strike Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 31

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The outlook on the coal trimmers' strike has been considerably brightened by the intervention of the chairman of the Coal…

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How British Miners Lives Are Endangered Tory Minister's Admission in Parliament

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 11

The following question was asked in the House of Commons on March 10 by Mr. Charles Edwards, M.P. (M.F.G.B.), Bedwellty. The admission of the president of the Board of Trade completely bears out the allegations that miners' lives are risked unnecessarily…

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Where Miners Stand Suggest. a Further Conference Proposals for Independent Chairman

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 6

THE Central Council of the Miners' Federation at their conference yesterday, considered the political situation in New South Wales and the…

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Tragic Failure Our Arbitration in Mining Industry Burnie

Evening News · Saturday 28 May 1927 · page 6

SPEAKING at the annual conference of the Mi[?] and Metallurgical Association of Australia, at present in cession at Queenstown,…

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