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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 130

Renewing Fijian Mining Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 12

Suva, May 30.—Many applications have been lodged for the renewal of prospecting licences, which expire to-morrow. The Mining Board will sit next week, and…

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Miners Withdrawn Opposition to Conditions at Boston Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 13

An official statement was issued by the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation yesterday, relating to the withdrawal of the men at the Boston shaft, at…

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French Gold Goes to London London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 7

Purchases of gold from the Bank of France are now estimated to total £12.000.000 Parts sent 14 tons, valued at…

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Special Food Issues Miners on Intermittent Work New Regulations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 10

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., interviewed the Director of Food Relief (Mr. Treble) regarding the right of miners working intermittently to share in special food…

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If France Goes Off Gold[?] Wool May Suffer Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 7

If Franco abandons or suspends the sold standard, her purchases of Australian products, including wool, would be seriously affected…

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No Clue to Theft of Gold Central Australian Railway Raid Adelaide

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 7

The main difficulties confronting the detectives who are investigating the theft of about £3000 worth of gold from the Alice Springs train is the…

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Gold Standard Abandonment by France MR. W. M. Hughes's Forecast Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 11

The abandonment by France of the gold standard within a fortnight, with a consequent depressing effect on British sterling, would be the next big move in…

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Past Glory West Wallsend in Prosperity Notable Days of Old Poverty After Coal Slump

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 9

Probably no town in New South Wales suffered more severely from the depression and the slump in the demand for Borehole coal than West Wallsend…

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Gold Robbery Alice Springs Train Haul Worth £3000 Police and Railway Officials Mystified ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 11

A sensation was caused at Quorn this morning when it was discovered that gold valued at £3000 was missing from the brakevan of the train which arrived from…

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French Crisis Plenary Powers Not Granted Flight of Gold Premier Determined to Resist (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, May 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 11

Despite an impassioned appeal by the French Premier (M. Flandin) and the further withdrawal of £12,000,000 in gold from the Bank…

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Two Miners Injured Falls of Coal at Pacific Mine Yesterday's Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 10

Two miners were injured by falls of coal in the Pacific Colliery yesterday morning. Andrew Honson, 28, of Teralba, received…

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Paxton Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 4

The election of officers to Paxton Miners' Lodge resulted—President and Treasurer, Mr. J. Palmer; Secretary, Mr. P. Marten; Checkweighman, Mr. G. Sanderson…

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Gold and the Dollar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 10

"President Roosevelt, assisted by the Supreme Court of the United States, has accomplished the impossible in the severance of the relationship between the dollar…

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Deep Mining on Rand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 6

"Mining at Depth" was the title chosen by E. C. Ranson for his presidential address at the meeting of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South…

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Chinese Coal 'On the Market for Anything'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 6

Presiding at the 22nd annual general meeting of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. Ltd., held in London, Mr. W. F Turner said the results for the past…

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Coal Industry Cooperation Sought with Appliance Makers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 13

The Coal Burning Appliance Makers' Association was founded in 1933 with the primary object of promoting cooperation between the coal industry and appliance…

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Engineering Current Science Notes Shots in Coal Seams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 6

In Vol. 80 (1932) the "Zeitschrift fur das Berg-Huttenund Salinenwesen," some researches into CO2 outbursts in Upper Silesian coal seams were described. These…

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Coal Export Increase Largest Shipment Since 1929 Monthly Figures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 4

The largest monthly shipment of coal from the part since was loaded by vessels for interstate and overseas at Newcastle…

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Coal Export Brisk Heavy Loadings at Cranes Highest Since 1929

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 12

Coal loadings at the cranes at Carrington for the week ended May 30 totalled 84,739 tons, the biggest quantity to be loaded, into vessels since the week ended…

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Gold and Minerals in the Vaults Reports From Fields (Contributed.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 17

The fate of gold is almost as obscure as its physical origin, torn from the rock fissures and alluvial of the earth by hammer, drill and pick, and as a first remove…

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