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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 213

Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 13

Prices remained irregular in yesterday's share market. Barriers, for the most part, continued to recover previous losses. Norths, with 450 taken, closed steady at 45/. Souths,…

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Embezzlement. Mine-workers' Union's Funds. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 9

Before Judge Thomson, at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions, Samuel John Martin pleaded guilty to having at Lithgow between July 3, 1929, and January 16, 1930, fraudulently…

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A Farmer Condemns the Gold Standard

The Land · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

ADDRESSING woolgrowers at Kilmore. Vic., Mr. Edmund Jowett said the price of wool had fallen alarmingly and the price of every other commodity…

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The Moving Picture Show Gift Gold

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

"What would you do, William," said the Count de Main, "if you found a nugget of gold on the ground round here?"…

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Twenty Miners Killed in Explosion New York

Daily Pictorial · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

'TWENTY miners were killed last night when 600lb. of powder exploded in a colliery near Linton. Indiana…

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Cultural a Leaf-mining Moth

The Land · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 8

Wagga asks the name of a grub that is attacking his sarsaparilla vine, also he desires particulars of some method of destroying it…

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Gold Discoveries. School Teacher's Luck. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 15

A school teacher, son of Mr. R. G. Moore, of Kalgoor[?]e, wishing to visit the Larkinville field for experience, throw in his lot with two men who had not had a colour from their…

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At Expense of Miners Official's Pension C[?]k, January 16, 1931

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

Comrades: In the last Central Council minutes reference was made to Bill Bre[?], an ex-official of the Federation, who has been drawing…

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Wheat Standard As Substitute for Gold Farmer's Scheme for Relief of Wheat-growers

The Land · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

An interesting plan to relieve the wheat-growers by the temporary establishment of a wheat standard instead of the gold standard has been…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Orient S.N. Co. W.w.campbell Orient Co.'s Australian Trade

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 5

Breakdown of the exchange stops Australia buying British goods, Sir Alan Anderson, chairman of the Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.,…

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Newcastle Coal-mining Company Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 15

Operations of the Newcastle Coal Mining Co., Ltd., for the half-year ended December 31 resulted in a working loss of £1583, compared with a gross profit of £1359 for the previous…

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Rich Gold Mine Near Caves? WINDSOR

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 5

A well-known Hawkesbury resident has been making investigations in connection with the opening up of what is believed to be a rich gold mine in…

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Colliery Explosion. 28 Miners Killed. Rescuers' Difficulties. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 13

The under-sea colliery at Whitehaven, known as Haig at, in which 13 miners were killed by an explosion in 1928, was the scene of another seriou explosion last night, when…

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Excelsior Collieries Reduce Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 15

The directors of Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works, Ltd., state that, as a result of the depression in the coal trade and the general financial position, they have decided not to…

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Money, Mines, Markets City Gossip Elder, Smith Dividend Coal Accounts

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

Interim 2½ per cent. Elder, Smith and Co., Ltd., has declared an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the…

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Reopening of Colliery. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 15

It has been authoritatively stated that Ayrfield Colliery, No. 1, which has been idle since June 16, 1930, will reopen on Monday next. About 90 men from Maitland, Kurri Kurri,…

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Illawarra Miners. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 15

The Illawarra miners have decided not to send delegates to the A.L.P. conference. The financial position of the Miners' Union is said to be the cause for this decision…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 8

The following are the names of the [?]ries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Colliery Loss Newcastle Co. Has Poor Half Year

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 12

Newcastle Coal Mining Co., Ltd., which controls the Whitburn and Victoria Tunnel Mines, has had a lean time for several years, and has…

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Speculative Splitter's Creek Gold

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

Many prospectors on the Splitter's Creek goldfield are likely to suffer disappointment, according to the report of the Geological Surveyor (Mr…

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