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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 213

Coal Industry. South Wales Miners. Instructed Not to Work. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 9

The Miners' Federation officially announced that it has instructed South Wales miners not to work to-morrow. It is hoped that the stoppage will be brief…

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Metalliferous Miners to Be Protected Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

New regulations designed to render metalliferous mines more safe and to protect the health of workers in the mines, have been approved by the…

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Gold Act in Force CANBERRA

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

By a proclamation in the "Government Gazette," the Gold Bounty Act entree into operation yesterday. Gold producers are informed that they must…

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Gold Drain London-paris Control London

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

The British and French Treasury officials, says the Paris correspondent of "The Times," are to confer to-morrow, in order to prepare the…

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The Cookdale Copper Mine. Australian Short Story. Charter Iv

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

"And so, Mr. Davenport has discovered a copper mine?" "Not a copper-mine, old woman, a copper-lode; we'll jolly soon make a…

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140,000 Out South Wales Mines Idle London

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Almost complete is the stoppage in the South Wales coalfield, following the failure yesterday to get the owners and men to renew…

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Mining Lake View and Star. Important Developments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 11

Our London correspondent cables that at a meeting of Lake View and Star, Ltd., the chairman of directors (Mr. John Agnew), who presided, referred to important…

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Mine Strike Decision Barrier Men Reject Wage Offer Broken Hill

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

THE workers' industrial Union to-day decided to reject the mining companies offer of wages and conditions for the New Year and to call all…

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140,000 Men Idle in Mines Weekly Spreadover Is Cause Peace Prospect London

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

THE stoppage on the South Wales coalfield to-day, following yesterday's failure to get owners and men to renew their…

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Plane Missing In Central Australia. Pilot and Mining Expert. Defence Department Searching

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 9

An aviator and a mining expert, who left Alice Springs on December 20, have not been heard of since. Grave fears are entertained for their safety…

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Last Year Was Bad for Labor Many Injustices Done to the Workers Miners Still Await Promised £100,000 Whittling of Wages

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Since Labor the helm of the ship of state late in October, the pumps have been manned and worked at great pressure. Hurricane succeeds hurricane with overwhelming rapidity, and yet the lighthouse beam of hope does not flash across the cloudy sky…

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'Plane Missing in Arid Central Wastes Pilot and Miner Are Lost on Gold Hunt R.a.a.f. Assists in Search Long Overdue

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Missing for twelve days, grave anxiety is now felt for the safety of a Mascot airman and a Petersham mining expect, who are…

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Another Brown Coal Mine Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

A new company has been formed to mine brows coal near Geelong Recently the Syndicate acquired property at Bambra owned by the Oatway…

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Mining Mount Isa Mines. Progress of Development Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 13

"Magnificent work," is how Mr. J. P. B. Webster, a director of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., summed up operations at the mine when interviewed on his return from there, our…

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Gold at Gundagai Promising Development at the Long Tunnel Mine

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 2

The greatest and most important mining development in the Gundagai (N.S.W.) district for many years has occurred at the Long Tunnel mine. At…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Baddeley's Mission on Gold

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) left last night for Melbourne to attend a conference on the gold mining industry and the effects of…

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Queensland Copper Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 13

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphs that Mr. F. M. Murdoch, mining engineer and managing director of Cloncurry Copper, Ltd, returned to Brisbane yesterday from the north…

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Gold Bounty Act. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 15

An announcement that the Gold Bounty Act came into operation as from January 1 is contained in the latest issue of the Commonwealth Gazette. Producers are warned that…

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Big Move Shale Oil Start Miners Anxious

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

With the intention of making a definite move in the development of the shale oil industry, the committee representing the Federal and State…

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