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Mining & the mines, 1931

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Gold News & Notes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 3

Winning events seems to be still habit of Dave Flyan's, and last Sunday was no exception to the rule, and he duly added the "A" Grade…

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When the Sunset Turns the Ocean's Blue to Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 20

WHEN the busy day is o'er, and the sun is sinking low'r, Then I seen to see a dear old southern home;…

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Thrill for Princes in the World's Deepest Gold Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 32

Anxious moments caused by a false alarm prevailed during the visit of the Prince of Wales and Prince George to the deepest working mine in the world,…

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Peter Dawson Gold Cup

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2
Also in The Independent

A handsome gold cup, donated by the proprietors of Peter Dawson "whisky, to the Football Association, is on view at Messrs G. and C. Walker's newsagency…

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Football Trophy Peter Dawson Gold Cup

The Independent · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

At Monday night's meeting of Deniliquin Football Association the President (Mr. B. Roebuck) reported that the orders for whisky obtained from…

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Offer of £10,000 for Mine Near Binalong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 5

The Cunningham Creek Gold Mining Syndicate received a request from Draidwood this week to know if it would take £10,000…

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Australia's Gold Reserve Rumoured Shipment to London. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 3

A Melbourne message states that the Australian Government has decided to introduce legislation to authorise the shipment of £5,000,000 in gold…

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Shipping Gold to London. Report Confirmed. CANBERRA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

The report that the Commonwealth Government has decided to introduce legislation authorising the shipment to London of £5,000,000 in gold, is…

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Fifteen Millions in Gold. Reported Offered Loan. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 3

It was reported in Canberra, this morning, that an unnamed financial group had offered the Commonwealth Government £15,000,000, in gold, as a…

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Extending Gold Mining Seeking London Capital

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 1

The formation in Sydney of a small company called the British-Australian Mining Syndicate Ltd., in course of registration,…

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Mining Operations

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 4

Further prospecting work is being done at Redlands by several parties. Though the returns from the crushing of stone sent to the…

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Mongrel Diamonds. by a Mines Official

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 4

In diamond diggers' slang all coloured diamonds are "mongrels." Old stagers on the fields would aver the rare, red diamonds recently…

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Miners Protest

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 1

The first shot in the opposition by the miners to Mr. Lang's proposed new wages tax, was fired at Ce[?]nock on Sunday, when 350 employees of…

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Coorabin Coal Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

Owing to the influx of water at the Coorabin coal mine, Oaklands, suspension of labour conditions for six months was granted in the Albury…

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Trouble on Coal Fields Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

A meeting of Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Central miners' lodges yesterday decided to cease work indefinitely at those collieries. This is…

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Strike at Cessnock. Two Mines Affected. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 3

Carrying out a decision readied at yesterday's meeting, the employees ol Aberdare Extended, and Aberdare Central mines ceased work to-day…

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Coorabin Coal Mine. Water Still Troublesome

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 4

Owing to the influx of water at the Coorabin coal mine, Oaklands, suspension of labor conditions [?] six months was granted in the…

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Better Than Gold

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 4

Gold, not wool, attracted the attention of the world to the almost empty continent of Australia. Between 18[?]1 and 1928, a period of 77…

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Better Than Gold

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 5

Gold, not wool, attracted the attention of the world to the almost empty continent of Australia. Between 1851 and 1928 a period of 77…

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