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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 213

Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Commonwealth Loans May Interest

The Sun · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 4

A half-year's interest, amounting to more than £300,000, on Commonwealth loans, will fall due next month…

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Cheated Death Twice But Lure of Gold Proved Fatal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 7

THOUGH twice before he had almost, lost his life searching for a gold, reef in Central Australia Mr. L. H. Lasseter, whose…

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Default Is Only Alternative Gold Reserve Shipment Canberra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 5

IN the Senate to-day, the leader of the Government, Senator Barnes, appealed to the Opposition not to embarrass the Government by…

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Tragic Gold Search How Lasseter Died His Lonely Last Trek

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 1

MR. E. Bailey, secretary of the Central Australia Gold Exploration Coy., received word yesterday that the body of Mr. H. B. La[?], the…

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Finance and Commerce City Notes Gold Export Will Not Remove Cause Needs In Govt. Finance Bitter Pill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 12

SPEAKING on the Bill to amend the Commonwealth Bank Act, which is designed to empower the Government to take…

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Miners' Wages London

The Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 11

The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay Macdonald), accompanied by the Lord, Chancellor (Lord Sankey) and other Ministers, received a…

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Collieries and Supping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 8

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Gold Reserve To Go

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

So the gold reserve which backs Australia’s sorely depreciated paper money is 'to vanish and the purchasing power of the pound note will go…

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News From the Mines Zinc Corp. Production

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 12

Zinc Corporation, Ltd., has decided to restrict production at the mine at Broken Hill by suspending work for one week in every four weeks…

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Gold. a New Guinea Dredging Camp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 10

The whirr of an aeroplane engine is heard above the strains of our "Lilac Time" record. The storeman and mail clerk rise from lunch with polite excuses on their lips, and bitter…

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Gold Reef Parkes Discovery Parkes

The Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 9

A reef carrying good gold has been discovered on an area known as the "Potato Patch," north of Parkes. The reef was located at a depth of…

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Dr. Page Explains His Gold Loan Plan

The Land · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

DR. EARLE PAGE, in a speech at Moss Vale on Saturday, explained his plan for a gold loan from abroad as an integral part of the Country Party's…

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Northern Miners Build W.d.c. Kurri, N.s.w

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

The third unit of the Workers’ Defence Corps has now been organised in this centre. The miners, who have had much experience in police…

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China Buys 7000 Tons of Our Coal Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 8

THE ex-naval collier, Wollent, now berthed at the Lee wharf dolphins, will take approximately 7000 tons of coal…

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Death of Mr. H. LASSETTER. While Searching for Gold

The Propeller · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

After a three months' search the body of Mr. H. W. Lassetter, the discover of a reef in the Peterson Ranges, Central Australia, has been…

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"Not Dole, But Gold" Cry Mr. Nelson Tells of Eldorado

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.--A further Economic Plan was enunciated in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. H. G. Nelson, voteless…

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Turning Over New Leaves Getting Gold—A.B.C. of Prospecting

The Land · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

Recently a notice was given to a well written book on prospecting for gold, published by Angus and Robertson…

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Bundle of Letters Savings Bank Deposits; Credit and Gold Bank Bill

The Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 11

"Far-seeing Depositor" pities the others;-- I do not. like the moratorium provisions of the New South…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Aeolian Co. (Aust.) M'dowell's, Ltd. Aeolian (Aust.) Pref. Dividends

The Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 5

Directors of Aeolian Co. (Australia), Ltd., have decided that business conditions do not justify the payment of quarterly dividend on the 8 per…

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Finance and Commerce City Notes Maldistribution of World's Gold Cause And Effect Price Level

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 12

SUPPORTING the argument used by the Prime Minister, Mr. Scullin„ for the export of our remaining gold in order to meet…

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