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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Price of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 3

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended June 34, is at the…

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Central Mine Will Be Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 1

The Aberdare Central mine is expected to be idle all this week. The colliery did not work yesterday or to-day. The Central worked seven weeks…

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Lodge Funds Official Charged Miners' Levies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

William James Macey was charged at Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day with having, on February 26, at East Maitland,…

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Mine Mechanics Abermain Employees Seniority Rule

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 6

The delegate board of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, which met in West Maitland on Saturday, adopted the…

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Successful British Experiment Mixture of Coal and Oil Fuel Way to Revive Coal Trade London, June 25

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 3

The Cunard Company at Liverpool has received a cable from New York stating, "Seythia—all expectations realised."…

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How the Mines Worked Maitland Main and Neath Full Time

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 3

Of the collieries on the northern Held, Maitland Main and Neath had the best working records during the past fortnight, each of these mines…

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Lost Liner Egypt's Gold £800,000 Salvaged Paris

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 4

The Italian salvage vessel, Artiglio, has raised about £800,000 worth of gold from the Egypt's storeroom, confined to gold bars and sovereigns, and is making…

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Fall of Coal Miner Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 6

William Shaw, 29, a miner, employed in Richmond Main Colliery, was caught by a fall of cool in his working-place, and had his left leg…

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Mine Mechanics Annual Election Many Unopposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 6

The only ballot in the annual elections of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association will be for the Adamstown district delegate…

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Gold-Mining Revival

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 2

There are distinct signs of a big gold-mining revival in West Australia, and to a lesser degree also in Victoria, Recent developments in the Great…

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Coal Shipments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 3

The quantity of coal, including hunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the first six months of this year for places beyond the State was…

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Glorious Day Heavy Fog Last Night Gold at Kiandra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 5

A thick wet fog enveloped Maitland early last night, but there was little trace of it early this morning…

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Took Coal Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 5

Constable Glee[?] of Adamastown, and Transport Officer Wallace, last night detected two mon [?]tealing gaol from the railway…

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More Maitland Coal Melbourne, Monday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 2

The Ranway commissioners of victorin report that Mutland district [?] supplied 100,000 tons out of more than [?] tons of coal…

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Maitland Coal Railway Consumption in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 3

Maitland district collieries supplied 100,000 tons out of more than 500,000 tons of coal used on the Victorian railways in the year ended last Thursday…

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Mine Mechanics Amendment of Rules the Ballot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 5

The returning officer of the Federated Mining Mechanics Association of Australasia, Mr. James Stewart, assisted by Messers, T. E. Donne and…

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New Zealand Miners' Strike Extension of Trouble Likely. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 2

It is believed the South Island miners in Now Zealand will throw in their lot with the northern men and cease work at an early date…

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New Zealand Will Want Our Coal Strike Settlement Collapses

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 1

Auckland, Saturday.— Negotiations to settle the coalmine dispute collapsed, and a long strike is inevitable, with great hardships in mining townships…

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Mine-workers Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 3

As a result of being struck by a fall of coal, while following his occupation as clipper at Aberdare Extended Colliery yesterday, Aleric Good…

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The Gold Fever

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 4

Jimmy McIntyre, of the ketch, "Emma," was one of those who got the gold lever. He left his ship, and his sailormen followed him. The…

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