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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

241 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 13

A Bonus on Gold. One Pound per ounce. CANBERRA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 2

The Government has announced its decision to pay a bonus of £1 per ounce of all gold discovered in Australia in excess of last year's…

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British Coal Miners. Reject Strike Proposal. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 2

The miners' conference rejected a proposal for a national strike by 230,000 to 209,000 votes…

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Gold Bonus Pleases

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 2

The news cabled from Canberra to London of the Federal Government dicision regarding the gold house has greatly gratified gold mining circles…

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Ruined by Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 35

Gold has almost ruined French Guiana, according to a report from Cayenne. The French Government recognises this to be the case and a…

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The Bunnerong Coal Supply. Garden's Not Sustained

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 2

The City Council has deemed that Alderman Garden's charges in regard to the coal and boilers at Bunnerong were without foundation. Garden…

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The Gold Days Bendigo in the Seventies

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 3

The romance and realism of the gold days seem far removed from the present times when the scarcity of the precious metal is so obvious a thing…

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Mining in Ovens Valley Possibilities of Revival

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 5

For some years experienced miners have regarded the Bright (Vic.) district as being rich in alluvial deposits which might be developed if capital…

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News by Cable Gold and Prices Need for Control London. November 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 38

The effect of gold on the world price levels was the subject of an address broadcast to-night by Mr. Reginald McKenna, chairman of the…

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Children's Story the Night Hawks (Continued.) Chapter Ii the Trail of Death and Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 21

ROY was too old a hand at the game to open his eyes directly he regained consciousness. He lay for some time listening to the footsteps…

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Deadly Poison Gold Prospector Relates Unenviable Experience a Narrow Escape From Death

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 1

An old gold prospector, who claims to have made a rich discovery in N.S.W., relates an interesting and unenviable…

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Can We Make Gold ?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 33

The possibility of converting one clement into another, of turning lead into gold, is one that has fascinated men for thousands of years. It was…

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Grain for Gold Russia's Sensational Dumping Plans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 35

RUSSIA, in pre-war days the "granary of Europe," is turning to the grain market on a large scale, and under conditions that may produce…

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Money and Depression Gold Standard Crippling Industry

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 December 1930 · page 1

The Board of Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have sent to the Prime Minister of England a memorandum on the gold standard in…

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Horror in Mine Hundreds of Miners Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 34

Practically every home in the little German town of Alsdorf, near Aix-la-Chapelle, has been plunged into mourning by one of the worst mine disasters…

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Coorabiw Coal Mine Suspension of Labor Conditions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 7

In the Albury Mining Warden's Court on Monday, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, Warden an application was made on behalf of Riverina Colleries…

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Oil From Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 31

A new process and plant for ex tracting oil from coal, which is operated at a much lower temperature than usual, has been invented. The plant…

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Gold Find at Adelong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 4

A splendid, heavily mineralised reef was struck in the Currajong tunnel at Adelong on Tuesday. Gold is showing freely and there is a good…

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Broken Hill Mines Industry in Peril

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 5

The Workers' Industrial Union, at a largely attended meeting, almost unanimously rejected the proposals of the mining companies in regard to…

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Gold From Sand German Imprisoned for Fraud Berlin, December 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 6

Heinrich Kursehildgen, known as the "goldmaker of Hilden," has been found guilty at Dusseldorf on 15 charges of fraud and sentenced to…

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Mining in N.s.w. Decline in Value of Output Price Fall Affects Production

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 December 1930 · page 4

A report issued by the under-secretary for Mines (Mr. Mines), estimates that the mineral production, for 1930 will probably, approximate…

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