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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 201

Was the Midas of New Guinea C. J. Levien Was Man Who Saw a Gold Sunrise £20,000,000 Is the Anticipated Result in Cash Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1932 · page 4

£20,000,000 in gold from the heart of New Guinea wilds.--That, it is predicted, will be the monument to Cecil J. Levien, who died in Melbourne this week. IT was Levien, with his…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Friday at 119/8 per oz fine, our correspondent cables, an increase of /3 on the day. On Saturday the price was 120/7, an increase of /l1…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 8

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

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Bellambi Coal Defers Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 11

The directors of Bellambi Coal Co. Ltd. have decided, in view of the unsettled trade conditions, to defer consideration of the payment of an interim dividend until the results…

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City Gossip Coal Company's Profit Aust. Banner Knitting Newcastle Wallsend Coal

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 5

Net profit of £4502 disclosed by the Newcastle Wellsend Coal Company for 1931, after providing £234 for depreciation of plant and…

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Govt. Stocks Higher Gold Shares Better

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 9

After a week of reaction, Government securities lost that tendency on Change at the week-end, and many issues figured at…

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Miners' Lodge Fight Aberdare Men To Elect New Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Sunday.--Mr. J. Kellock, vice-president of the Northern Miners' executive, attended a meeting of Aberdare Central miners…

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Miners' Reps, to A.L.P. C'ference Twenty-six Nominate Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 5

The No[?] Minors' returning dipcer, Mr. Les Halliday, announced yesterday that 26 [?] had been [?] for the [?] of [?]…

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Can 'Breed' Gold Pole Turns Mud Into Money Not the First

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 6

A London cable tells a queer story of a Polish professor (now on trial for fraud in Paris) who has persuaded a group of English…

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Old Gold Rabbit Not So Silly As It Seems Science Wins

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 5

Should you see an old gold rabbit, or a red-white-and-lavender kangaroo, with a tail like a barber's pole, don't blink, don't call…

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Northern Collieries. Further Awards. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 8

When the Colliery Employees (North) Conciliation Committee resumed its sitting at the Newcastle courthouse to-day agreement was reached among the parties concerning…

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Only One Works Full Time Northern Collieries Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

Only one mine Maitland Main, worked full time during the past fortnight Working times are: Maitland Main 11 days, Aberdare…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 9

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, but not sovereigns, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended January 22 is at the rate of…

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Must Not Work Instructions to Miners

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

The Federated Mining Association has intimated to members of John Darling and Elrington Miners' Lodges that they must remain out of…

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Miners' Dispute. Appeal to Unions. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 8

The 36 members of the John Darling miners' lodge who have ceased work in sympathy with the Newcastle Seamen's Union campaign age inst the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.,…

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Four Dead Six Others Missing In Mine LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

Four miners were killed and six others are missing as the result of an explosion in the Llwynypia Colliery, Rhondda Valley…

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News From Mines Tariff Decisions New Shaft for Bismarck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 9

Shareholders in Bismarck Range Gold Mine, N.L. were informed by Mr. Duncan Marshall at the annual meeting yesterday that the true joint of the serpentine with…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Monday, our correspondent cables, at 120/9 per oz fine, a rise of /2 since Saturday…

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Raub Australian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 13

Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited, F.M.S., reports cable advice that operations for the last four weeks resulted in a recovery of 2041 ounces of gold. This…

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Ten Men Killed. Welsh Colliery Explosion. LONDON, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 11

Ten miners were killed and several are missing as a result of an explosion yesterday at Llwynyp[?]a Colliery, Rhondda Valley, Wales[?] Rescue parties, including doctors and Mr…

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