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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 213

Sth. Coast Miners' Pay Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 9

South Coast miners' pays to-day were for the following shifts:--Mt. Kembla 3, Mt. Kelra 1, Mt. Pleasant 2, Kembla Extended 3, Corrimal 3, South Bull 7, Old…

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Awards. Dairy Produce. Gold Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 8

Cheese: The gold medal for the maker of the cheese exhibited by the most successful exhibitor in four stated classes was won by Mr. J. D Wakeling, c. o. Macleay River Co operative…

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Conspiracy Charge. Regarding Lucknow Gold Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

Frederick Ortel, 42, company manager, Gertrude Cope, 30, clerk. Clive Ashley Cooper, 43, company manager, Alexander Marshall, 51, engineer, and Wm. Alexander John…

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Mining New Tin Restriction Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 9

Frequent attempts have been made to restrict the output of tin in order to bring production into line with consumption and check the fall in prices. Commenting on the latest…

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No Bill Against Mining Men

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 7

MESSRS. C. A. MORGAN DOUST and CO., solicitors, acting for Messrs. Clive Ashley Cooper and Frederick Oertel, the defendants in…

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Miners, Dump the Traitors Miners Council Deliberately Plan Betrayal Rees, Davies, Hoare- and Gang Will Repeat 1929 TREACHERY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

Five days’ wages to the bunch of fossils that constitute the majority of the bankrupt Central Councils of the Miners’ Federation has just been…

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The Gold Carriers. Sitting In With Them

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 6

A pair of shorts, a singlet, shoes, and cap and goggles; that is all. Flying in New Guinea is easy as far as clothing goes. No use for your leather coats and overalls, no…

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Gathered Coal on Railway Line. Charge of Stealing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

Leslie Joseph Lutherburrow pleaded guilty at Ryde Court yesterday to having at Beecroft on March 28 stolen half a ton of coal, the property of the Railway Commissioners. It…

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Mines and Markets Wheat Cargoes Australians Wanted London, April 3

The Sun · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

For wheat cargoes the market is quiet and unsteady, apart from continued Mediterranean and occasionally, United Kingdom demand for Australians. Manitoba…

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U.S. has Greatest Gold Hoard in History Immense Natural Resources, Yet Millions Starve. But You Can’t Eat Gold

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 2

New York, March 20.—The Federal Reserve Bank reports that the United States now has gold holdings totalling 4,685,000,000 dollars, the largest…

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South Coast Miners Gagged by Lowden District Officials Line Up with National Reactionaries

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

When Rees and Davies attended the South Coast recently to misrepresent the happenings at the recent Trade Union Congress and continue…

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Poor-kept Horses Costly to Miners Coalcliff

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 8

AFTER the long stoppage at Coalcliff mine. the horses were in poor condition for hard work and unable to haul the…

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Mining Copper Production and Consumption

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 13

Producers of the base metals are inclining more and more to the view that falling prices are due, to a large extent, to over-production rather than declining consumption. From this…

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N.S.W. NEWS Gold Near Bowral

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 4

George Simpson, of Bowral, is reported to have struck a rich gold reef between Nerriga and Braidwood. Samples have been assayed to more than 50-oz, to the…

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Newcastle Coal Export 49,959 Tons for Week. Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 9

The Quantity of coal including bunkers shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 42,930 tons of which 1350 tons represented overseas…

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Sensitive South Coast Miners Suffer From Temperament Petty Stoppages Jeopardise Their Living

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 4

BETWEEN the prima donna and the coal-miner, a superficial difference of diamonds and avoirdupois may be detected by the naked eye. But in one pampered indulgence, they are alike. Both have Temperament…

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Behind the Scenes with Labor's "Inner Group" Joes in Alp. Tactical Manoeuvres Sop to the Miners

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 1

Although the acceptance of the Lang Plan and the expulsion of Mr. Theodore, were the star items at yesterday's A.L.P. Conference, the moves made by the "inner group" are the most…

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Sage of Gold, Girl, Guns, and Gospel Amazing Story Behind Strange Court Case Allegations of Immorality, Insanity, Quackery Wife's Affidavit When Hubby Claims Car and Goods Says He Was Herbalist, Peg Maker and Preacher Talk of Girl in Pyjamas and of Firearms in Flat

Truth · Sunday 5 April 1931 · page 13

BEHIND quite an ordinary application regarding the ownership of a motor car and other property before the Prothonotary during the week was hidden an amazing series-of…

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News From the Mines Return Creek Tin Activities

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1931 · page 8

During March Return Creek Tin, N.L.'s dredge worked 524 hours, treating 52,000 cubic yards for 10 tons of tin oxide. During the first week time was lost…

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Mining Oil Prospecting. South Australian Oil Wells

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1931 · page 9

In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet at the annual meeting in Melbourne of South Australian Oil Wells, N.L., the chairman (Mr. Ellis Davies)…

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