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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Struck by Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 5

Thomas Wilson, 41, a minor, lying in Aberdare-street, Kurri Kurri, was struck on the head by a piece of dont while working in Richmond…

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Gold at Cracow Found in Postholes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 2

"They sank ten postholes for a fence and nine of them showed gold. No wonder they call it the Golden Platonn," is one of the interesting…

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Coal Tenders For City Council Low Quotes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 2

The following and tenders were received yesterday for the City Council's requirements. The tenders closed at 9 p.m…

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Gold Watch 'Attempt to Swallow SYDNEY, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 8

Yesterday while a woman suspect was being detained at Regent-Street police station pending the arrival of woman police to search her, she…

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Maitland Dogs Gold Cup Heats 20 Lengths Win

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 9

Some easy wins were recorded at the Showground last night, when further heats of the Royal Ascot Gold Cup were decided…

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Mine Resumes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 6

The John Darling Collery,Which has been Idle since tuesday morning as a result of the fire which destroyed a temprorary structure of the pit-top…

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Gold Everywhere

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 3

Now about gold. Here is a little specimen for you. In 1926 a few prospectors worked their way up here from Salamana and had a…

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Smoke Fumes Mine Subsidences Council's Visit Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Smoke and fumes rising through fissures of subsidences at Cessnock causing concern in the…

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Mine Idle Wheelers' Dispute Darg Exceeded [?] NOOK,Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Cessnook No.2 colliery is again adle to-day owing to a dispute amongst the wheelers.The trouble is over a wooler…

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Coal Rebate Changed Policy Industry Pleased Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Great difficulty arose through the Railway Department deciding that foreign vessels which called at Newcastle for banker coal,…

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Wool Market Factors. Gold Basis and Local Prices

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 19th September:—After the marketing experiences of tho past two years, those interested in…

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Wool Market Factors Gold Basis and Local Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 6

After the marketing experiences of the past two years, those interested in the sale of wool are apt to he apprehensive regarding any lulls which occur…

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New Guinea Goldfield. Edie Creek an El Dorado. Maitland Man's Story

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 3

Gold! Gold! Gold! The all-absorbing urge to discover the yellow metal has driven men from the icy waters of the Arctic to the torrid swamps of…

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The Primary Producers' Page Turanville Cattle-farmers and "Confidence "Men"—dogs on the Farm—age of Sheep—"boarders" on Dairy Farms—wool and Gold Basis. Blood Tells Turanville Cattle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 6

Although the season has been dry this year in Central Queensland some remarkably good fat bullocks have been treated at then works of the…

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Bunker Coal Board Refuses Bounty Tariff Report Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1932 · page 8

A report from Canberra states that request for the imposition of a duty or the payment of a bounty on Australian bunker coal were rejected by…

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Gold Shares Soar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 2

Shares in the Granites the Central Australian gold fotalion were sold. in the Melbourne Stock Exchange vestit[?] on Saturday to 45…

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Gold Bounty Conditions of Renewal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 8

A London message states that as an outcome of Mr. Bruce's conversations with representatives of Australian gold mining companies, it has been…

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No Duty on Bunker Coal Government's Decision

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 3

"It is of the utmost importance that each Australian industry should exploit every available avenue for improving its position, before seeking, assistance…

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Millfield Colliery Inspection

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 1

The District Cheek Inspector (Mr. J. Connell) and the Local Check Inspector (Mr. J. MacPherson) report as follows on an inspection made of…

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The Colliery. Notice to Empoyees

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 September 1932 · page 1

Notices were issued to employees, at the Muswellbrook Colliery on Friday, intimating that their services would not be required after Friday next…

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