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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 213

Public Meeting To Form Gold Company MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

The formation of a huge gold-mining company was mooted at a public meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall last night. The meeting which was…

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Wed in Days of Gold Rushes Family Celebrations at Mosman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

MARRIED away back in the exciting days of the gold rushes, at Carwell, in the Rylstone district, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Frost, who…

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Huge Coal Contracts Tenders Made Supply for City Council North on List

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

Tenders for the supply of coal to the city for the period of six months or twelve months)alternatively) were opened yesterday…

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Heading for Goods Standard World Cannot Eat Gold (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 7

Sir,--After reading Mr. Lang's proposals which he placed before the recent conference I feal that this is the policy which will prove to be the Dauncen for…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior.) Coal Trimmers' Award

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

Inspector Kenneth Armstrong proceeded against R. W. Miller and Co., Ltd, of Bridge-street, Sydney, for an alleged breach of the Coal Trimmers' (Sydney) Award, in engaging…

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NEWNES. "Throbbing With Life." Like a Gold Rush. Preparing Shale Oil Leases. Lithgow

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

The Newnes oil shale field is throbbing with life to-day as a result of preparatory measures taken by Mr. A. E. Broue to fulfil labour conditions on leases held by him…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip National Mortgage Co. Samuel Allen Mortgage Co. Pays 7½ p.c

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

Reduced net profit is disclosed in accounts of tho National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., of New Zealand, for the 12 months ended…

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Be a Bit with Balatis Should Gather Gold In Gosford the Quaker Might Earn Oats

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 4

EX-PONY polisher Albert Denny hasn't knocked the "horse" business cock-eyed since coming over from ponydom, but with Balatis in the Stewards' Mile to-day he has a…

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New Guinea Goldfields

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

New Guinea Goldfields, Limited, has received the following progress report for the week ended January 31, from the Mining Trust, Limited, consulting engineers for the…

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Mount Isa Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 15

The following progress report has been received from the superintendent of Mount Isa Mines Ltd. for the period ended February 7:…

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Getting More Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Compared with last year the gold yield in Victoria for January was more than…

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Hoarding of Gold

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 4

ACCORDING to a recent return about 2 per cent, of the inhabitants of the United States paid income tax in 1928, the last year for which the figures are…

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Coal, Oil (N.z.)

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 3

Coal Oil (N.Z.), Ltd., reports for the week ended February 16: No. 1 Omats bore commenced drilling out cement with 142 in fish-tal bit. Mr. Modriniak…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 15

The dullest day for many weeks was experienced in the mining share market yesterday. No business passed on the afternoon call. Barriers again had no cash business,…

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Coal Weighmen in Offices Variation Sought

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

THE Full Bench of the Industrial commission had before it an application by the United Collery Staff Association and Federated Mining…

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Veteran Seeks Jungle Mine Exploits in New Guinea Wilds

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

Having taken the ashes of his brother, the famous John Stewart Bruce, from Sydney to Murray Island (Torres Strait), wiry Robert Bruce…

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Will Accept Mr. Coneybeer Miners of Coalcliff Thirroll

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

Gosselin miners at a lodge meeting at [?] to-day after hearing the report of the compulsory conference held last Friday under Judger Reeby decided to…

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Decrease in Gas Sales Inferior Coal Affects Profit

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 12

SHAREHOLDERS of North Shore Gas Co. Ltd. were informed at the annual meeting yesterday that the…

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Resurrecting Shale Oil Mines Scenes at the Newnes Works

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 10

UNEMPLOYED men who hope to obtain jobs when the mines re-open. Lithgow police are maintaining order among the large number of men rolling…

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Eighteenpence Worth of Coal Wheeler Before Court Woolongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

Charged at Wollongong Court yesterday with taking 16 worth of cont from the property of the Mount Keira Collery Co., a wheeler of Mount Kembla was ordered…

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