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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 213

Senate's Vital Defiance May Foil Theodore's Gold Reserve Plans Hove to Call Sir Robert Gibson Before Bar of House Strange Clash of Views

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.--An important development to-day in the proceedings of the Bank Amendment Bill, which proposed to use the gold reserve for meeting overseas commitments, was a Senate move to have the…

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Bobadah Goldfield

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 9

Of the twenty men who originally prospected the Bobadah mineral field, only seven are left. Messrs. Fairlie. and Stephens are…

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Flooded Railways. Collieries Interrupted. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 13

The Aberdare Central Colliery was able to work the whole of this week, as there were sufficient coal hoppers in the colliery siding interruption by flood waters to the South…

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Old Gold, Jewellery, Diamonds

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 23

When disposing of your old Gold, Jewellery, Diamonds, Old Silver, etc., It is advisable to deal with a firm of repute. Mr. and Mrs. WOOLF, established since 1888,…

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Bank Chairman in Senate Echo of Gold Reserve Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday.--Beyond a remark of the Government Leader, Senator Barnes, that all the desired information was in the Senate's…

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To Review Wages of Miners Britain Appoints a Big Committee London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 8

Following a deputation to the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor and other Ministers, from the Miners' Federation, a committee is to further…

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Minimum Wage Miners' Deputation to Prime Minister London, Friday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 1

THE Prime Minister, accompanied by the Lord Chancellor and other Minister received a deputation from the Miners' Federation and miner…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Trade with Sweden Larger Imports Swedish-Australian Trade

The Sun · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 2

Interesting particulars of Swedish-Australian trade are given in the annual report of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for Australasia…

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Mining Industry. Minimum Wage Proposals. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 14

The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald), accompanied by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Sankey) and other Ministers, received a deputation from the Miners' Federation and…

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Gibson to Give Evidence Before Senate Transfer of Gold Reserve to London Opinions Should Help Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

THE Senate decided to-day, without division, to call the chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board, Sir Robert Gibson, to the bar of the Senate next Wednesday, to give evidence in relation to the Commonwealth Bank Bill, under which it is proposed to transfer the…

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Through Smiths Private Projector Special "Smith's Weekly" Jury Will Hand Out Future Gold Cups Four Critics to Stand Behind Every AAA Grading

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 6

THE grading-system of reviewing films, originated by "Smith's Weekly" almost a year ago, has proved an even more remarkable success than was anticipated at the time. Both by the picture-going public, and by the moguls of the film- trade itself, "Smith's" verdict every week on each of the new releases is awaited with eager interest…

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Goldfield Opportunity For Sydney's New Labor Paper Twenty Whirligig Years for A.W.U. in Newspaper Venture Old-Time Democrats Who Are Now Seated With the Millionaires

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 8

IT has taken twenty years to bring "Labor Papers Ltd.," an offshoot of the Australian Workers' Union, to the point of promising the actual issue of a daily newspaper in Sydney. Twenty years ago, the A.W.U. began to enforce levies, in order to…

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"It's Mine!"

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1931 · page 12

Dave Watson, South Sydney Rugby League captain, about to gather the ball in the match against St. George at the Sports Ground yesterday…

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Gold Lure Deaf-mute Diggers Rockley Venture

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1931 · page 5

James C. Sinclair, Fred Tucker and Claude Weston, deaf- mutes, have been gold- digging at Rockley, near George's Plains, for the past few…

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Coal Spirit Possibilities Watched New Industry By-product of Gas Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1931 · page 5

The Assistant Minister for Industry and Development (Mr. Holloway) announced to- day that he was investigating the…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle And. District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 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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Mine Worker's Death. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 11

While working on a trlbuter's shaft on the Ivanhoe Mine Lake View and Star group, yesterday, Edwin Barrett Stephens, 55, married, of Kalgoorlie, slipped and fell 107 feet to the…

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Coal Trade. Production Declines. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 11

The fortnight ended yesterday must have been almost a record, strike times excepted, for poorness of time worked by the principal northern collieries…

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Gold Find Near Gulgong. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 10

Great hopes are entertained of a big discovery of gold at Birangambil, eight miles from Gulgong, a party of prospectors having secured £8 worth within three feet of the surface…

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Gold in Cow Yard Searchers Active in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 9

DORRIGO, Sunday.--Noticing the outcrop of a reef in his cow-yard, Mr. N. Navin, a farmer of Tyring- ham, sank a shaft…

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