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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold Millions From W.A. Last Year

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday.--During 1931 over 510,000 ounces of gold were produced in W.A., worth…

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Mining. the Tin Market. Effect of Fluctuations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 11

Violent fluctuations in the price of any basic commodity have repercussions which extend far beyond the producers of the particular commodity concerned.Tin is no exception,…

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Warwick Farm. Dalmatic's Handicap. Gold Digger Has Easy Win

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 13

The Australian Jockey Club decided an eightevent programme at Warwick Farm on Saturday. There was a moderate attendance. Dalmatic and Mr. Kerry had a keen struggle in…

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Big Blaze Saved by New Engine Outbreak at the State Mine Town in Dark Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 5

Lithgow's new fire engine paid for itself to-day, when the State Mine power-houses was threatened by fire…

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Wasn't in the Race on Latest Form Gold Digger Upset Calculations Remora Was Set Big Task Vemeer

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 2

GENERAL impression about Gold Digger before the Sefton Handicap was that he had, had enough for a while, and, consequently, he…

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Officials Hew Coal Complaint by Glebe Miners Payment of Dues Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 8

Matters affecting small pits were discussed at the monthly meeting of Globe Miners' Lodge yesterday. IT was claimed by members that…

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Ominous Crumbling of Colliery Walls Fears for Lives of Miners Lithgow Barriers Under Heavy Pressure Sea of Water Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

"A position which may have serious consequences has developed owing to the closing of several collieries in the…

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DERAILED Coal Trucks Line Clear

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 11

Nineteen loaded coal hoppers and a brake-van of a heavy freight train from the west were derailed on the goods line at Chullora fork at 5…

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The Unions. Miners' Officials Re-elected. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 10

Messrs. T. Hoare and J. Kellock have been re-elected president and organising vice-president respectively of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation. The total…

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Miners Back on the Job. Xmas Vacation Ends Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 6

Work resumed at the mines to-day after the Christmas vacation, of ten days. Reinvigorated and wearing a healthy…

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Rich Gold Find Reported in Philippines. New York, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 9

The New York "Times" publishes a message from Manila, stating that the Big Wedge Mining Company, operating near Daguio, reports that Mr. Arthur Doe, the San…

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Mining Copper Exporters Inc. Possibility of a Break-up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 11

The possibility of a breaking-up of Copper Exporters Incorporated has been a factor in the copper situation since the inception of this body five years ago says a writer in the…

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More Gold Found 18,000 Ozs. Produced In N.S.W. for Year

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

Though figures have not yet been finalised, it is estimated that the production of gold in New South Wales in 1931 was about 18.000 oz…

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Mining South African Gold Mines. Opposition to the Gold Standard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 13

South Africa's decision not to follow Great Britain and go off the gold standard has not met with the approval of gold mining interests in that country. They maintain that the…

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Colliery Disaster. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 12

Underground galleries at Karsten coalmine, near Beuthen (Germany) collapsed, entombing 15 men. One man was extricated from a mass of debris. The others have not answered to…

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Petrol From Coal

The World's News · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 6

PLANT costing £500,000 has been completed near Johannesburg (South Africa) for the extraction of nitrogen from the air, chiefly to supply nitrate…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Monday, our correspondent cables, at 122/2 per oz fine, a rise of /10 since Saturday…

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Victorian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 13

Almost twice as much gold was won in Victoria last year as in 1930, according to figures issued by the Victorian Mines Department yesterday. This was principally due to…

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A Gold Story

The World's News · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 25

HERE is an amusing story from the Bank of England. A little while ago a woman approached the Bank and said that by accident she had thrown a…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 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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