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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 213

Banks Will Be Licensed Authority to Buy Gold

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 4

In a letter to Mr. David Arthur, of the Gold Industry Council, in connection with the gold bounty, the Minister for Trade and Customs Mr. Ford,…

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Against the Tax Miners' Threat Suffering at Lidsdale (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 6

Sir,--I am instructed by a meeting of my lodge held April 15 inst and also by a large majority of the miners of the Mudgee line to forward to you for…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Bon Marche's Accounts Garratt's Finances Bon Marche's Reverse

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 3

Economic factors which have militated against the earning, of normal profits, by most industrial companies were adversely…

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New Guinea Goldfields Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 11

New Guinea Goldfields, Limited, advises that the following progress report for the week ended April 4 has been issued by the Mining Trust, Limited, consulting engineers for the…

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Coal Mines Work Regulating Hours International Convention Official Report Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 6

MR. SCULLIN tabled in the House of Representatives to-day the reports of the Australia delegates to the International Labor…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Monday at 84/10½ per oz fine, our correspondent cables, an increase of a halfpenny on the price ruling since Friday…

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Coal, Oil, (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 6

Coal, Oil (N.Z.), Limited, reporting on April 18, states that 11 34 casing was at 2503 feet and all obstructions are definitely side-tracked. A further 30 feet will…

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Miners and the A.w.u

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

The special committees appointed by the Miners' Federation and the A.W.U. to consider the question of the amalgamation of the two…

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Coal Exports. Figures for First Quarter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 4

Exports and interstate transfers of coal from the port of Newcastle for the quarter ended March 31 last amounted to…

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Must Compete Mine Manager's Plea Effect of Bill

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 3

That the State Government's Industrial Arbitration Bill would not only seriously hamper and harass operators of metalliferous mines, but…

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Coal Shipments. 41,110 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended April 18, for places beyond the State was 41,110 tons, of…

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Twenty Men Reinstated at Hermitage Mine Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 6

In order to provide sufficient coal to [?] the April and Mav contracts, 20 men were reinst[?] at the Hermlinge [?] to-day. These included miners,…

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Motor Spirit From Coal 120 Gallons to Ton

The World's News · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 25

WILL a day come when every motorcar in the British Empire is run on the products of Empire coal mines? Government scientists in England…

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Arbitration Bill. Mining Industry. Enormous Decline in Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 11

Continuing his evidence before the select committee of the Legislative Council on the Arbitration Bill yesterday, Mr. F. H. Corke, secretary of the Timber Merchants'…

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Mining Industry. Minimum Wage Proposals. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 12

The Secretary for Mines (Mr. Shinwell) to-day met a joint deputation of representatives of the Miners' Federation and members of Parliament, which laid proposals before…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip A.M.L. & F. Defers Div. Illawarra Steam A.M.L. and F. Finances

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 6

Directors of the Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd., have decided to defer consideration of the payment of a dividend until…

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Danger at Newcastle. Collieries Flooded. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 9

Rain shows no sign of abating in the New-castle district, and any rise of the Hunter River would almost certainly have disastrous results in the low-lying suburbs, most of which…

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Grains of Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 3

DON'T say "I have no time," as so many people do. You have all there is: twenty-four hours every day. Neither the Pope nor the President has any…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Tuesday at 84/9¾ per oz. fine, our correspondent cables, a decrease of three farthings on the day…

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Fusion Plan Miners and A.w.u

The Sun · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 13

The Central Council of the Miners' federation met at Rawson Chambers to-day to discuss the report of the committee that has been conferring…

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