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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 213

Want Wages of Miners Cut by 10 Per Cent. Southern & Western Owners If Granted All Pits in North May Close Decision Is Reserved Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 5

[?] of the coalowners in the Southern and Western Districts of New South Wales, Mr. T. R. Morgan applied this afternoon to the Federal Arbitration Court for a 10 per cent. cut in wages. The proprietors, he said, were bound to pass on to the consumer…

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The Gold Fever

The Land · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 8

Greuze Girl, a "Land" Bee writes from Cargo: You're not in the fashion up this way now if you've not the gold fever. Quite a few of the Cargo men have been hard at it…

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Big Fields Riverview Regatta Gold Cup Race

The Sun · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 5

The struggle for the State rowing supremacy will be advanced a further stage to-morrow with the popular St. Ignatius regatta over…

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Rees’s Tricks Miners’ Aggregate Meeting Farce of Swansea

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 5

For reasons which the miners’ officials alone could explain, the meeting in this section of the lower field was held at Swansea. Possibly the most…

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Mine Manager for Trial Allegation of Forged Pay Sheets

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 7

On 14 charges of having forged wages sheets between June. 1927 and March. 1930, with intent to defraud, and on one charge of having stolen £426/19/11…

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Coal Oil for Navy (Special Service.) LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 8

Fears were expressed in the House of Commons that the British Navy and Air Force relied too much on foreign fuel oil…

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Four Die Tas. Mine Explosion Office Wrecked Man Blown 100Ft. Launceston

The Sun · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 7

John L. Davis, 22, married; A. Cooper, 23, single; R. A. Skeggs, 38, married, and A. Harsvy, 42, married, were killed…

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South Coast Responds Corrimal Miners Form M.M. Branch Reply to Treachery

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 5

At a special meeting of Corrimal Miners’ Lodge held on Sunday, March 8th, the bureaucracy of the Miners’ Federation, including Lowden, who…

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Coal Lumpers' Trials Should Be Paid Extra, Says Judge Shippers Ask Cuts Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 7

STRONG objection to the action of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners Federation in approaching the Arbitration Court…

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Council of Action M M. Grows in the North Kurri Miners Under R.I.L.U. BANNER

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 5

On Thursday, March 5, a mass meeting of Richemond Main and Pelaw Main and the Kurri U.W.M. should have been held to elect a…

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In the Fields of Fancy Historic "Shorts" Glimpses of Australia's Romantic Past the Ophir Gold Diggings

The Land · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 2

It was evening when I first arrived at Ophir, and the sight that met my observation was one that time will not easily efface from remembrance…

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Old Gold Mining Towns

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 11

"MAGPIE" (Ilford).—One morning we left home at eight o'clock and had a splendid trip to Bathurst. We travelled about fifteen miles and then came to [?]ofala, an old mining town…

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Good Omen Gold Find in Victoria Old Albion Mine Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 8

If omens count for anything, it will not be long before Mr. Herbert Cyril, husband of Miss Minnie Love, the actress, is in possession of a…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 15

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphs that the gold yield of Queensland last month was 458 fine ounces, valued at £1945, compared With 350 fine ounces, valued at £1486, for…

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South Coast Miners' Meetings Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 6

Mass meetings of South Coast miners will be held on Sunday, March 15, at Helensburgh in the Miners' Hall, at 10.30 a.m. speakers, D. Rees (general…

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Control of Coal Government's Board to Fix Profits

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 1

Labor Caucus yesterday approved of the Government's scheme for the rehabilitation and control of the coal industry, involving the creation of a Coal Board, with…

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Mining Disaster. Four Men Killed. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 13

The worst disaster ever known in the St. Marys district occurred at Seymour colliery late on Thursday night. Four men were killed and another was injured in a terrific…

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The Quest for Gold. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 8

Sir,—I am naturally pleased that my articles on prospecting for gold have been appreciated by your correspondent, A. J. Clements, and others. I would point out to Mr. Clements…

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Unofficial History of the A.i.f. Digger Gold Diggers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 20

TWO Diggers, R. Hogan and McCory, have struck gold on the North Coast of N.S.W. and they think it is in payable quantities…

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Heard by the Way Mr. Cleary Turns Farmer—Gold Diggers of Penrith—Greyhound v. Trotters—Veteran Marksman-Money Running Out, etc. Gold Diggers of Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 1

SEVERAL Penrith men have of late tried their luck at gold-seeking on the Turon, with moderate success. Trips have been made to Capertee and…

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