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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 213

Angry with Govt. Tax "Right to Oppose" Southern Miners' Board Coalcliff Fight Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 6

THE Southern District Miners' Board of Management, at a meeting in Wollongong to-day, expressed determination that Coalcliff miners be…

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GOLD. France's Hoard and Its Care. (From a Correspondent.) Paris, December 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 17

In a city of vaults carved out of solid fock 80 feet beneath the foundations of the Bank of France, lies the greater part of the gold which has been pouring into this country…

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Dead Animals in Bath Water Miners Incensed Aberdare Ex. Blows "No Work" Whistle Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 6

Miners at the Aberdare Extended colliery are incensed at the action of the management in causing the mine to be idle to-day…

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Abolish the Gold Fetish a Dissertation on the Effect of the Rise and Fall of Money

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 16

THERE are two things which seem completely to addle the human brain, remarked a certain observer. Love is one; the other is currency. We cannot live a…

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Issue Notes and Buy Own Gold Simple Plan for Govt. the Path to Prosperity (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 8

Sir,--Things are getting worse front day to day--unemployment, and still more of it Many suggestions are made daily, some…

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Splitter's Creek Gold Tumut, Rush 20 Ounces in 2 Hours Great Activity Rich Find Hissed by 12Ins. Gundagai

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 9

Gold [?] The magic that has lured men through parched deserts, through frozen wastes and fever swamps, has once again cast its…

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Hillgrove Goldfield Activity ARMIDALE

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 3

[?] SALTER, northern inspector of [?] mines reports that marked [?] on the Hillgrove [?] of are taken by the [?] the reef discovered…

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Delay Causes Miners' Loss City Coal Tenders Held Over

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 4

Four hundred or 500 miners have had no work since November 30 because City Council coal tenders recommended were held over…

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Colliery Dispute. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 5

The strike which took place at the Invincible Colliery, Cullen-Bullen, on Monday continues. The men have arrived at the pit top on three successive mornings to begin…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 11

Mining share prices advanced for the most part yesterday, though there were one or two notable exceptions. The advance in Barriers on the strength of exchange…

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Council's Coal Expert Analysis in Question

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. Forhes Mackay, general manager of the City Council's electricity under taking told the committee charged to deal with such matters yesterday that…

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Council Coal. Delay in Tenders. Money "Wasted."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 10

Tenders for three months' supply of coal for the Sydney City Council—54,000 tons in all—were recommended for acceptance by the electricity committee yesterday…

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Lured by the Magnet of Virgin Gold Will Rush Take Place on Tumut? Promising Signs in Old Mine Many Claims Tumut

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

There is no quest in the history of mankind, no tale of adventure and death told in remote places, that contains more romance, more…

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Mining Near Orange. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 10

There was a marked revival of gold-mining in the Orange district during the past year. The Mining Registrar, in his annual report, stated that three companies at Lucknow—St…

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Gold Fever Also at Orange Orange

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

THE gold fever has extended to Orange, where over 200 men are employed in the district in a search for the…

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Miners Seeking Weekly Wage Pay Long Withheld Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

The wages tax anomalies in vogue at South Coast mines have given a tremendous impetus to the demands of the miners for the payment of…

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To Return to Mines Barrier Workers Reach Unanimous Decision

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.--A mass meeting of members of the Workers' Industrial Union, this afternoon unanimously decided to…

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Barrier Mines Still Idle. Union Forbids Men to Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 11

A hitch has occurred in the programme of the three chief Barrier mining companies, which had planned to resume operations yesterday. The following telegram was…

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Hotel As Hospital Trade Went When Mine Closed CESSNOCK

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 8

A DEPOSIT of £25 has been paid by Cessnock Hospital Board as a preliminary to the purchase of the elaborate hotel building at Abernethy. four…

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Cotton and Coal Attempts To Settle Disputes LONDON

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

LABOR Ministry officials conferred with both sides to the dispute tn the cotton industry in Lancashire to day…

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