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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 213

New Guinea Goldfields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 11
Also in The Labor Daily

New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., has received the following progress report for the week ended January 3 from the Mining Trust, Ltd., consulting engineers for the company:…

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Council Coal. Miners' Allegations. Against Alderman Garden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 13

A letter from the secretary of the Lithgow Valley miners' lodge was read at yesterday's meeting of the City Council, conveying the terms of a resolution carried at the last…

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Mines and Mining Good Rises in Tin and Copper

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 12

Tin and copper prices firmed substantially in the London market on Monday Closing (middle) quotations, as cabled to the Australian Mines and Metals Association…

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Mount Isa Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 15

The following progress report has been received from the superintendent of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd, for the period ended January 10:…

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Fate's Jest In A Colliery Shaft CESSNOCK

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 9

After inspecting the gear, the Police Magistrate (Mr. D. W. Reed) yesterday dismissed a charge against George Hind marsh, colliery manager, for not providing sufficient supervision over winding operations at Elrington Colliery…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 15

Mining shares had increased activity yesterday. Base metal stocks were mainly higher in price. This movement was particularly noticeable in Barriers, which rose above the…

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In Gold Mortgage Payments Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 9

Acting on legal advice, many mortgagees have taken steps to protect themselves in the event of inflation…

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Rich Gold Find. Nugget Worth £5500

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 7

A' sensation was caused in the Coolgardie (WA.) gold-mining district last Thursday when it was made known that the 17-year-old son of Mr. Larcombe,…

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Miners-a.w.u. Committees Civic Labor Party

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

The combined delegates of the A.W.U. and miners' committees, who are drafting the new constitution, sat yesterday. Business should be During the meeting of the City Council yesterday Ald. Shannon informed the Lord Mayor that Ald. Garden had been appointed chairman of the Labor…

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Another £10,000 To Aid Gold Quest

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 5

THE State Government has decided to make a further £10,000 available to encourage prospecting for gold. The Minister for Mines, Mr…

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Amalgamation Conference. Australian Workers' Union and the Miners' Federation

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 18

THE finalisation meeting of the amalgamation conference of representatives of the A.W.U. and the Miners' Federation was held in Rawson Chambers on Monday,…

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A General's Hobbies Gold and Religion LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

It was Field-Marshal Ludendorff, formerly chief-of-staff to Hindenburg in the Great War, bul latterly the espouser of strange…

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Coalcliff Tangle Employers Back and Fill Want Judge Now Miners Mark Time

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

The Coalcliff mine tangle was the subject of a conference on Monday afternoon at the request of the Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley…

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Lithgow Coal to City Council Ald. Garden's Criticism Lette in Rebuttal

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 6

IN the correspondence read to the City Council yesterday was a letter from the Lithgow Valley Miners' Lodge, severely criticising Ald. Garden for his attitude…

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Post-war England And the Coal Conflict. a Masterly French Review

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 12

A French University professor, M. Floris Delattre, who is Professor of "the English language and civilisation" at the University of Lille, is the author of an important book…

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The Dole System. Suggested Alterations. Search for Gold Proposed. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 14

There has been much criticism in Riverina centres regarding the method of distribution of the dole and the apportionment of relief work. It is stated that the relief is being…

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Eight Hurt As P.M. Ruled Mine Was Safe Fate's Jest at the Law

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Stranger than fiction was the sequence of events at Elrington Colliery yesterday, when, shortly after a…

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Will Not Be Swallowed! Miners May Reject Scheme to Merge With A.W.U.

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

DRAFT plans for the amalgamation of the Miners' Federation and the A.W.U. may break down at the conventions of both organisations, to…

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Another "Gold-maker." Former Plumber on Trial. Princes Among Victims. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 14

The trial has begun at Munich of an emulator of the Dusseldorf "gold-maker." His name is Tausend, and he is charged with having swindled people of nearly £100,000…

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