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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 213

Looking Back Two Barques Lost Dutch Firm's Bad Luck in Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1931 · page 9

IN the space of a few weeks in 1902 a Dutch shipping company lost two barques off the Australian coast. The barque Krempton ad Lek…

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FINANCE and Commerce. Financial. Currency and Banking. Federal Ministry's Proposals. Attack on the Gold Standard. (By "Observer.") Ii

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

There are passages in Mr. Theodore's statement on the gold standard which suggest that he knows full well that other nations have run away from it as a "fetish"…

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Mining Canadian Mining Industry Rapid Progress in Last Decade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 11

Mineral production in Canada showed greater expansion during the decade just ended than any other major branch of industry in the Dominion, states a report issued by the Royal…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Union Trustee Co. Union Trustee Dividend

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 5

Dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum has been declared by the Union Trustee Company of Australia, Ltd., in respect of the later half…

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Advice to Young Prospectors Method to Detect Gold (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 6

Sir,--At the present gold seeking rapture, the majority of our budding prospectors are not fully equipped with the necessary knowledge of gold analysis…

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Fed. Govt. Should Pay £10 C.Z. for Gold (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 7

Sir,--The "S.M. Herald" of last Friday stated that the workingmen of Australia know nothing about international debts or finance. It could have added, with…

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The Flow of Gold. France's Hoard. Treasury Officials' Talks. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 8

Among financial houses here much interest has been aroused by the conversations between British and French official representatives concerning the drain of credit from England to…

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We Can Thank Our Politicians at Last Our Gold No Good to Grapplers Exchange Rate Keeps Undesirable Imports Out of Aussie Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 12

"IT'S an ill wind that blows nobody any good." This is old stuff, as the boot-legger said to his customer, but it must have been written by one of the three original Wise Men. Straff Scullin, abuse Bavin, lambast Latham and Lang as long as…

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"Sea Gold"

The World's News · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 33

This is an excellent crime and adventure story intermingled with romance, with sufficient mystery and excitement to satisfy the most rapacious of readers. It deals with a conflict between two…

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In Quest of Gold: V.

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 42

CRADLING is much faster than dishing, and easier work. Take a sound pine case 3 1/2ft long, 3ft high, and 2ft wide. Two feet along…

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France's Gold Harvest. Reasons of Retention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 13

From April of 1930 to February of the present year France added to her gold stores, as our London correspondent pointed out in a letter published yesterday, £69,283,177. How…

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Coal Shipments. 38,703 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 5

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended March 21 for places beyond the State was 38,703 tons, of…

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Coal Shipments. 44,110 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 11

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended March 28, for places beyond the State, was 44,110…

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Gold Rush by Car, Horse and Foot

The World's News · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 6

A GOLD rush is in progress is Canada, in which Indians and white men, horses, and motor-cars are taking part. Hundreds of people are rushing by all…

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Inquiry Has Been Instituted Irregularities at Coalcliff Miners Move

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 5

Referring last night to an article in "Smith's Weekly concerning alleged irregularities in the distribution of relief by the Federation to members of the…

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Miners on Coast Indignant Tax Taken From Wages Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 6

"Men who themselves are compelled to draw food rations are having the unemployment tax deducted from their wages," said Mr. Fred Lowden…

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Mining. Tin Restriction. The Four-Country Agreement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 13

Under the scheme for the international regulation of the production and export of tin for two years, which representatives of the leading producing countries agreed to at a…

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Consolation Events at The Show Unemployed Youths Seek Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 14

OVER in good style.--Miss Winifred Wilson handles her mount well in a consolation jump…

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Mining Company. Flotation Postponed Because of Political Situation. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 11

The flotation of the Youanme Gold Mining Co., Ltd., which had an option of purchase on the prospecting areas formerly worked by the Youanmi Gold Mines, Ltd., 100 miles…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Marcus Clark and Co. Tin Production Marcus Clark's Articles

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 3

Shareholders in Marcus Clark and Co., Ltd., at an extraordinary meeting, adopted a new set of articles of association…

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