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Mining & the mines, 1927

4,154 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 208

Health Broken in Feverish Quest for Gold Richness of Edie Creek 11,000 Ozs. by Marsina

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 2

The Marsina arrived in Sydney yesterday with several miners whose health has been undermined in the feverish quest for gold on the…

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Coal Tribunal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 16

The Coal Tribunal yesterday concluded its consideration of the claims by the Miners' Federation for an incrensed hewing rate for the miners employed in the Lithgow Valley…

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Lithgow Miners' Award

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 3

After a hearing extending over several weeks, the Coal Tribunal yesterday concluded the hearing of evidence in connection with the claims by the…

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Black Days for Miners Coal Trade in Peril Embargo on British Product London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

THE first conference of the British Miners Federation since the strike, opened yesterday. The miners are…

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Unemployed in Newcastle £1000 for the Wallsend Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Returning from Sydney, where he had an interview with Mr. Lang and other State Ministers, Mr. J. T. O'Connor…

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The Miners and "Extremists" a Message From Keir Hardie

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 11

In these days, when so many Australian Labor Parliamentarians are bleating in consonance with the capitalist Press on the danger to the…

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Brown Coal Distillation Scheme Victorian Deposits London

The Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 3

Mr. Theo. Fink, of Melbourne, has been elected a director of the L. and N. Coal Distillation Co., Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon, M.P., being…

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Tons of Gold New Guinea Wealth White Man's Field?

The Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 4

Sixty-six thousand ounces of gold from the Edie Creek and neighboring fields have been brought to Sydney in the strong rooms of Burns, Philp…

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Gold, Mulga, and Spinifex. A Tale of North Queensland

The World's News · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 8

A SILENT and morose man. A man who, at one time, had been acted for his social qualities and generosity, was now looked upon with wonder by those…

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Oil From Coal. Morwell Scheme. English Company. London, June 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 15

The issue has been underwritten of £150,000 8 per cent, debentures as the first portion of a capital of £250,000 of the Australian L. and N. Brown Coal Distillation…

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British Coal. French Imports. Check on Importation. London, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 15

There is fresh trouble in the coal trade owing to a decree of the French Government that it will admit coal imports only under license after June 6. It is understood that…

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An Emperor's Hidden Hoard. Ton Case of Gold and Jewels

The World's News · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 25

TWO wonderful discoveries of treasure in ancient tombs were reported recently from Constantinople and Egypt…

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France Buys British Gold London Alarmed Government Is Silent London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 1

RECENT heavy gold purchases from the Bank of England by the Bank of [?] as high as £8,000,000 caused [?]…

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Coal Industry Crisis Ministry's Action to Prevent Unemployment Imports by License London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

A new crisis has arisen in the coal trade, owing to a decree of the French Government to admit coal imports only under license after June 5. It is…

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Industrial Commission. (Before Mr. A. B. Piddington. K.C., Industrial Commissioner and Members.) Newcastle Coal Cranes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 12

Hearing was continued of an appeal by the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union against the Government Railways (Newcastle coal crane award). The ground of the appeal…

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"Hidden Gold," a Book of Woodcuts, A Story of Exciting Adventure, told in verse, by Anthony Raine Barker. London, John Lane; Sydney, Angus and Robertson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 23

Many youngsters' books published nowadays fail because they are written by grown-ups condescending to the child-mind. This is a jolly book,…

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Better Days New Guinea Goldfields Fighting Sickness Salamoa, May 7

The Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 7

At dawn on Tuesday, May 3, the steamer John Douglas dropped anchor in Salamoa Harbor, having Mr. McGregor, the Royal Commissioner, Mr…

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Coal Shortage Acute Melbourne Position Serious MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 June 1927 · page 5

The coal shortage in Melbourne is acute, and the middle of next weelc should see the exhaustion of all coal supplies along the wharves; but the arrival of the…

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Fire Does £15,000 DAMAGE Jeweller Loses Gold When Roof Falls In

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 June 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--So suddenly did a fire spread in a business block at Belgrave early this morning that a jeweller, who had money and all…

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Money and Mines South Lucknow Gold Gordon and Gotch's

Evening News · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 4

FOR the half-year ended March 31, Gordon and Gotch, Ltd., made a net profit previous period, and £1146 was…

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