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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 213

American Gold Stocks Now £4,590,000,000 Dollars (Special Service)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The Federal Reserve Board's annual report to Congress indicated that at the close of 1930 American monetary…

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Rocky Coast Explored Discovery's Cautious Progress Coal Shortage (All Rights Reserved) February 20

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

WEDNESDAY, February 18, was ushered by a heavy snow fall which cleared away as the day advanced. By 5 a.m. there was…

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Circular Among Miners Alarmist Propaganda

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 6

The attention of the Miners' Central Executive has been directed to a circular printed and distributed among, the federation members by the acting…

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Rothbury Colliery. Contracts Expected to Stand. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 19

It is understood that contracts made by the Bavin Government with the owners of Rothbury colliery shortly before its opening with free labour in December, 1929, will be adhered…

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General Strike. Voting by Miners. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 19

Mass meetings of miners at Portland, Kandos, Cullen Bullen, and Lidsdale adopted resolutions yesterday favouring a general strike to resist the claim of the owners before…

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News From the Mines Metals Mostly Weaker

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 12

With the exception of tin and silver, metal prices had a weaker tendency in London on Thursday. Apart from copper, which fell 94½ on spot,…

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The Quest for Gold. Miner's Rights. III

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 11

Before a prospector begins operations he should arm himself with a "miner's right." This may be obtained at any mining warden's office or from the warden's clerk, who, in…

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Miners' Sec. and the M.m.m. Erroneous Report Is Corrected

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 6

Mr. D. J. Davies Miner's general secretary, returned yesterday from Musweel-brook and Murrurundi, where he has been engaged with the shale oil inverstigation…

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Search for Gold. Possibilities of Beach Sand. CORAKI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 19

At the Warden's Court at South Woodburn the Jerusalem Creek Proprietary Coy., a Victorian company, registered in this State, was granted six months' suspension of labour…

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Notices for 400 Miners Last Week's Issue Hoare's Review New Castle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 6

IN the last week, over 400 [?] at Pelaw Main and Wallsrah Collieries have received notices of dismissal, and now we have been informed that over 500…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Emu Gravel Results Dunlop=perdriau Dividend Passed

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 2

Net profit of £26 was earned during the half-year ended December 31 last by the Emu and Prospect Gravel and Road Metal Co., Ltd…

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Grateful Country Evicts Its Soldiers Diggers Won't Take it Lying Down Sequel of Coal Lock-out

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 9

RETURNED Diggers at Cessnock are having a bitter experience of the "gratitude" of their country--a threat to kick them out of their War Service Homes, because they can't pay, following the coal lock-out…

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LARKINVILLE. Growth of a New Goldfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 14

To the city dweller who reads in the dally paper that "gold has been found at—" there is little of note in a new name on the map, very often a name that will carry to posterity…

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Gold at Bathurst

The Sun · Sunday 8 March 1931 · page 2

DURING a school vacation, I had the opportunity of visiting some gold-diggings 20 miles from Bathurst This place of interest is situated…

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2000 Optimists Searching for Gold Hard Work How New Chums Fare Little Success Heart-breaking Blunders

The Sun · Sunday 8 March 1931 · page 5

"Gold is where you find it," says the Optimist. "Gold is where you can't find it," says the Pessimist…

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Reduced Wage. Queensland Miners. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 10

A decrease of 10 per cent. is provided in the award of the Southern Coal Board, which will operate to-morrow in many Queensland collieries. The award was issued by the…

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Gold for Notes. Confidence Man's Success. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 9

After changing a cheque for £16/10/ at the Commonwealth Bank on Saturday morning, a resident of Parkside picked up and handed back a sovereign dropped by a stranger. He…

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2000-Years-old Table Service Gold and Silver Treasure Find

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 2

One of the most important archaeological discoveries of modern days has been made at Pompell, the city which was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Austn. Pastoral Co. United Distributors Pastoral Co.'s Problems

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 5

Anxious neither to exaggerate nor to minimise the gravity of Australia's present position, Mr. W. D. Gibbs, chairman of the Australian…

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Coming Home. The Discovery. Shortage of Coal. (By Wireless From the Discovery.) March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 9

Radio communication waa interrupted from February l8 to last night, owing to weather and atmospheric interruptions. We have failed to obtain further coal, so we are…

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