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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 15

Gold was quoted in London on Friday, our correspondent cables, at 120/2 per oz fine, a rise of 7 since Saturday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Ban[?] for gold, including jewellery, but not sov[?] reigns, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended January 29 is at the rate of…

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Miners' Leader Cited In Northern Divorce Case

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12

The hearing of the contested divorce suit of George Galperin, hotel proprietor, of Newcastle, against Mary Galperin (formerly…

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The Gold Bonus. Protest Against Abolition

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 4

At a well-attended meeting held at Kalgoorlie last Thursday night to protest against the rumored intention of the Federal Government to suspend payments…

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Gold Digger Again. Wins at Good Price

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 9

GOLD DIGGER, the Treclare gelding from the same stable as Jeanie McNeish, had a narrow win in the Three-Years-Old Handicap, six furlongs, for…

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Just Gold No Longer. The Devizes Mare Fails Badly

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 9

THAT Just Gold, who, on paper, looked a certainty for the Moorefield Handicap, drifted to 4 to 1 in the betting was a sure sign that the shrewd brigade were…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Sulphide Corp.'s Loss Low Metal Prices

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 6

A summary of accounts of Sulphide Corporation Ltd., to hand from London shows that the company's operations in 1930-31 resulted in a net…

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Queen's-square Jury Causes (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) a Coal Contract. R. W. Miller and Co., Ltd., v Wilson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 10

The hearing was resumed of this cross-action, which was part heard when the Court adjourned last year…

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Grains of Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 3

A SICK person ought not to wish to perform the labors of one in health; let him put in their stead equanimity and patience, and not completely break…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Tuesday, our correspondent cables, at 119/7 per oz fine, a fall of /7 on the day…

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Seamen's Dispute. Miners Refuse Help. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 11

Strong hostility was expressed at a prolonged meeting this evening of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge, one of the most influential on the Newcastle field, to the idea of the…

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Country News Gold-seekers Divert River

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 21

LITHGOW, Thursday.--At Hill End, the scene of many important gold discoveries, the Macquarie River is being diverted by the Macquarie…

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Gold Raiders at Work The Metal is Weighty

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 7

The following remarks, supplied from Cape Town by "W.J.M.," will be found exceedingly interesting:—The theft of gold bullion is a favorite…

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Queen's-square Jury Causes (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury.) Coal Contracts. R. W. Miller and Co., Ltd., v Wilson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 5

Further evidence was given in this case, but the greater portion of the day was taken up with argument as to the admissibilite of certain books and documents…

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Looking Back Life on the Goldfields

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 9

On January 25, 1882, Thomas Bursill was married to Mary Turnham in the Historic old Church of England, Port Macquarie. After 50 years this very…

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Theft of Coal

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

William Alfred Francis Leatham, 20, butcher, George Albert Leatham, 19, labourer, and Charles Dennis Chievers, 19, labourer, were each charged with…

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Miners' Federation Robbed. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 10

Thieves entered the headquarters of the Western Miners' Federation in Mort-street, and stole a revolver and 16/ worth of stamps. Entry was gained by forcing a front window…

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Theft of Coal. More Railway Prosecutions

The St George Call · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

Three more prosecutions for theft of coal from the railway were heard a the Kogarah Court on Tuesday, William Alfred Francis Leatham, George…

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”Labor Daily'” and the Miners Broken Hill

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

In the “Workers’ Weekly” of 22/1/32 a letter appears over the signature of Rent Sargent, of Merewether, N.S.W.. in which he writes of…

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Old Gold Comes Back to Sellers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 6

FAMILY heirlooms, nuggets, heavy chains, coins, and a hundred and one other trinkets are going into the melting pot…

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