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Mining & the mines, 1933

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"Gold Fever." At The Civic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 3

One of the most compelling screen dramas of the 1933 season will make its bow to Civic audiences when Columbia's triumph, "Gold Fever"…

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Gold Standard British Restoration the Conditions London, Feb. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 1

Asked whether Sir Frederick Leith, chief economic adviser to the Government, was instructed to outline at Geneva the conditions under which…

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Mine Mechanics Secretary's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 7

Mr. H. C. Morton, Secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, has returned after a visit to the South Coast…

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Coal Trade Newcastle Exports NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 9

During the week the quantity of coal, including bankers, shipped at Newcastle for places beyond the State was 40,295 tons, of which 11,990…

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Oil From Coal LONDON, Feb. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 2

The first order of the kind in naval history has been given by the Admiralty for a year's bulk supply of oil made from British…

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Bar Gold Bank's Purchases Foreign Capital London, Feb. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

The Bank of England has purchased a further £10,500,000 towards replacing the £19,000,000 used to…

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Oil From Coal "Matter of Finance" Professor's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

Commenting on the report from London that oil had been extracted from coal in commercial quantities, the profesosr of chemistry at the…

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100 Killed When Gasometer Explodes Oil Fuel Naval Contract Coal Product London. Feb. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

The contract for oil extracted from coal which has been placed with the Low Temperature Carbonisation…

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Oil from Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

The cable news published on Saturday that the British Admiralty had placed an order for a year's bulk supply of oil made…

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Gold Mining Revival Continuance Predicted

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

A continuance of the revival of the gold-mining industry of Australia was predicted on Friday by Mr. F. R. Lee, Secretary of the Associated Chambers…

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Bellbird Miners' Picnic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 3

Bellbird Miners' Lodge held their annual picnic on Saturday, when the members, with their wives and families, had a most enjoyable day at…

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Hebburn No.1 Colliery Rationing on Pit Top

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 2

Hebburn No. 1 Miners 'Lodge met yesterday in connection with the on villing out of 19 men from the pit top A resolution was adopted that the…

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Coal Oil. British Navy Takes Important Steps London, Thurs

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

First order of its kind in naval history has been given by the Admiralty for a year's bulk supply of oil made from British coal…

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Miners Killed Fall Down Shaft Poison Fumes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that when Albert Dunstan fell from a busket to the bottom, of a shaft 70 feet below at the Buninyeng mine this…

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War Debts President Hoover's Plea Re-establishment of Gold Standard New York

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 2

A call to the world to re-establish itself upon the gold standard as the only means of avoiding "an incipient outbreak of economic war", was made to-night by the retiring President (Mr H. C. Hoover), coupled with a suggestion that a "swap" on war debts might be…

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Mine Gas Three Brothers Die New Zealand Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 4

A message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that three brothers went one by one to their deaths in the shaft of a small coalmine at Hikurangi, North…

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Hand Crushed Colliery; Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

While omplayed in Abermain No, I Coillery yesterday afternoon, James Rickennberg, a ollpper, residing at Abermain, had his right…

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Coal Thefts S.m.'s Warning NEWCASTL[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

Thefts of coal from railway trucks is no prevalent that MR. Harrison, S.M., in the Police Court to-day said that in future the punishment would…

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Coal Oil By-products Problem Professor's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 2

Referring; to a recent cable stating that the British Admiralty had placed a contract for coal all, Associate Professor F. A…

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Mine Surveyors Examination Results

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 5

By direction of the Minister for Mines (Mr.R. S. Vincent), an examination for certificates of competency as mine surveyor under the…

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