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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 213

Coal for Winter Months Unemployed to Benefit Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 6

The Prime Minister is prepared favorably to consider a request by the Waratah-Mayfield unemployed that a quantity of coal at Newcastle be given them…

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Bins Afire Mt. Morgan Mine Blaze Railway in Danger Rockhampton

The Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 2

A serious fire is in progress at Mt. Morgan mine. When the midnight shift was going off work a fire was noticed in the vicinity of the…

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Getting Costs of Coal. Pulverised, Product Australian Commodity Is Successful

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 6

Interesting details of what is being done in other parts of the world in the use of pulverised coal, and the advantages of that method of heating…

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Guerrilla War Advocated by Sutherland Only Way to Defeat Coal Owners Enginemen Meet Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 6

Guerilla watfare--attacking one industry at a time--was the policy virtually decided on by a[?] meeting of enginedrivers at Cessnock…

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Woman Who Kept £2000 in a Boot Gold Hoard Had a Dog in Her Bed Niece's Story £80,000 Will Contested

The Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 7

Evidence that, 40 years ago, the late Mrs. Hannah Alexander, then Miss Solomon, had secreted £2000 in a boot in her fireplace…

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N.g. Goldfields Ltd

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 4

The following progress report for the week ended 28th February 1981, has been issued by the Mining Trust, Ltd, consulting engineers for New…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 9

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended March 7, for places beyond the State was 34,381 tons. of…

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Price of Gold

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

Gold was quoted in London on Monday at 84/10¾ per oz, our correspondent cables (a decrease of three-farthings on the price ruling since Tuesday of last week)…

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In Quest of Gold No. II.—Beaching for Flood Gold

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 33

The only school which is likely to furnish the totally inexperienced man with practical mining knowledge is the school of hard experience, where he sees things, feels things, estimates time and return-values, and learns to know things in relationship to the enterprise he…

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Distress Relief. Miners' Protest. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 14

At a meeting of the M[?]rs' Delegate Board it was decided to protest to the Government against the present plan of relief allowance, and to point out that in England single men…

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Fiction & Fact "Prospecting for Gold"

The World's News · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 34

The very book thousands of people are looking for. One of the sure methods of restoring the prosperity of Australia is the finding of gold. Hundreds of men are out looking for the precious…

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Merged Big Coal Interests E. Greta Agrees

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 7

The scheme for the fusion of interests of J. and A. Brown and Abermain- Seaham Collieries, Ltd., with those of the East Greta Coal…

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200 Claims Victorian Gold Rush Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 10

On Monday only one or two gold prospectors were working at Murphy's Creek, between Moliagul and Tarnagulla. To- day there are 200,…

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Exemption From Primage Duty on Gold Ingots

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 5

Gold ingots classifiable under Item 311 (A) may be treated as bullion and exempted from payment of Primage…

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Corrimal Miners Incensed Strong Action Decided on Corrimal

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 6

Corrimal miners at a meeting at Tarrawanna today expressed intense disgust of the failure of politicians to provide either work or a sufficiency of the…

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News From the Mines Carpathia Tin Co.'s Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 12

Operations of Carpathia Tin Mining Co., N.L., for the half-year ended January 31 resulted in a loss of £421, which was met by a transfer from…

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Nick of Time Oil Tank Threatened Mine- Fire Checked Rockhampton

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 9

A fire which had raged since Monday night, and at one stage threatened to wipe out the whole of the Mount Morgan mine works, was…

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M.'sH. R. Pay Flying to Canberra Theodore's Assurance That £100,000 for Miners Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 3

In the House of Representatives this afternoon, the Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) assured Mr. Roland Green that any special…

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Big Mine Fire Checked Mount Morgan Thrill Grim Battle Against Heavy Odds Water Supply Low Rockhampton

Evening News · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 6

THE fire which threatened to destroy the entire Mount Morgan mine works is now under control. THE shift going off duly at midnight on Monday noticed a fire…

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P. M's. Fiery Outburst in House Latham Bears Brunt Theodore's Bill "Reverence for Gold" Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 3

As a fitting end to a day of dramatic sensations, the House of Representatives adjourned last night in an atmosphere of heat and…

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