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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 213

Expelled Miners' Lodge. May Be Reinstated. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 10

Following a conference at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday, It is probable that Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge, which was expelled from the Miners' Federation almost a year ago,…

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Newcastle's Coal Export for Week Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 6

The quantity of coal including bankers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 38,440 tons, of which 4558 tons represented overseas…

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Coal Industry. Socialisation Scheme. State Bill. Fixation of Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 9

Additional details of the bill which will make vital changes in the conduct and control of the coal industry have been circulated among the unions most concerned…

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Gold Prospectors' Ill Luck Lorries Crash on Mountains Lidcombe Man Hurt

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 6

Bound for the gold diggings at Kandos, two Lidcombe men met with a misadventure at the week-end. One is now in the Lithgow Hospital…

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Hoare on A.C.T.U. Conference His Opinion As to a Revolution Miners' Wages Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 6

ASKED to-day what he thought would be the cutcome of the deliberation at the A.C.T.U. Congress. Mr. T. Hoare, Northern miners' organising president,…

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Twenty Mines Idle Slack Coal Trade Responsible

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 11

THERE were 20 coal mines idle last week in the north owing to slackness of trade, according to reports received by the Northern Collieries…

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News From the Mines Central Mine Still Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 14

Though repairs to the Diesel power plant of Sulphide Corp., Ltd., are nearing completion, resumption of active operations at the company's…

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About Many Things How to Discover a Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 8

The gold quest is still on Countless unemployed are now working like mad, though still practically unemployed. We ask you, citizens, what do you know about…

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Sulphide Corporation Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 11

Owing to the fall in the price of lead and the necessity for repairing part of the Diesel power plant, the Sulphide Corporation, Ltd., was unable to resume mining and…

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Gold Searching

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 8

Last September the Gold Delegation of the League of Nations declared maldistribution and shortage of gold to be a principal cause of…

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Miners' Disgust Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 7

Cavilled out miners to-day carried a resolution expressing disgust at the necessary men required to fulfil Labor conditions on the shale oil…

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Dwindling Gold Reserve

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 4

Sir,--While Mr. The[?]fore is proposing to solve our financial difficulties by an increase of our paper currency and Mr. Lang, by a partial…

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Collieries and Supping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

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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Council's Coal. Tenders Opened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 9

Coal prices so far as the City Council is concerned have shown little fluctuation since tenders were last called. Tenders were opened yesterday by the tender…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 11

The mining share market was exceptionally quiet yesterday at prices which were irregular for the most part. Apart from a few Eastern tin stocks, which had business following…

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Northern Miners Want Newnes Jobs CESSNOCK

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

[?] was expressed by caviled out[?] at a meeting at cessnock to-day because the men required in work the shale off leases held by A. E…

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Colliery Closing. Men Refuse to Work on Sundays. WOLLONGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 10

Wongawilli colliery, which supplies coke to the Australian Iron and Steel Co. at Port Kembla, is closing down owing to the coke workers refusing to work on Sundays…

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Five Charged New Guinea Gold Case Adjourned

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 6

What is known as the New Guinea Gold-mining Case was mentioned at the Central Court, to-day, when four men and a woman, charged with conspiracy,…

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By Crown New Guinea Gold Case Prosecutions

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 8

The Crown has now taken over the prosecution in what has become known as the New Guinea goldmining case…

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Industrial Commission. (Before the President, Mr. Justice Piddington.) Colliery Deputies and Shot Firers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 6

Application was made by the Western District Deputies and Shot Firers' Association for the constitution of a concilation board for their industry. Respondents, the Coal…

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