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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 201

State Session. Unemployment Tax. Coal Mines Regulation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 10

The Legislative Assembly yesterday debated the Prevention and Relief of Unemployment (Amendment) Bill and the Coal Mines Regulation Bill…

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Grains of Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 3

GIVE your utmost pains, first to what is most important, and in the next place to what is secondary. Suffering was as repugnant to the…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Tuesday at £5/14/ per oz fine, our correspondent cables, unchanged on the day…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 8

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

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The Tariff. Effect of Gold Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 11

Many prosperous gold mining centres have been ruined by the effects of the tariff, according to a report issued by the Western Australian Tariff Revision Committee. The…

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Financial. Gold for France. Method of Accumulation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 11

From January 1 to February 5 the gold reserve of the Bank of France was strengthened by 2,762,000.000 francs, while the foreign currency assets of the bank fell away by…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip R. H. Gordon's Capital Carpathia Tin

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 4

Belter Business for Bebarfalds Shareholders in Bebarfalds, Ltd., were told by the chairman (Mr. R. Rich) at the interim meeting, that…

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Misers and Their Hoarded Gold. Queer Stories of Wealth in Squalor. Remarkable Story of Hetty Green

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 10

The miser who lives in squalor, denying himself the comforts of life in order to pinch and save and add to his hoard, exists to-day as he has done through…

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"That's Mine!"

The Biz · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

About 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, while walking alone The Cresecnt, Miss B. Kirkby, of Carrington-st., Fairfield, saw a £5 note lying on the…

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City Gossip Coal Merger Shares Listed Murray Shipping Colliery Co. on 'Change List

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

J. and A. Brown, Abermain Seaham Collieries, Ltd.--the big coalmining merger which was formed soon after the death of the late Mr. John…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Wednesday at £5/14/ per oz fine, our correspondent cables, unchanged on the day. The price of gold in London on Saturday,…

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Gold Key for Governor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 5

TO MARK HIS ENTERING the municipality for the first time by way of the Harbor Bridge, this gold key will be presented to-morrow to the Governor, Sir Philip Game, by Aid. Primrose, Mayor of North Sydney. It was designed and manufactured by Angus and Coote, Ltd…

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News From Mines Metal Prices Lower

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 13

Most metals were cheaper in London on Wednesday. Middle prices were:--Copper.--Standard, spot £3389, up 110½; 3 months, £3363, steady…

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Mines Bill Through Assembly Safety First Is Object Shotfirers

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 11

Safety First in coal mines is the object of the Bill for their regulation which was passed in the Assembly yesterday…

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You Never Can Tell Gold Discovery in a Paperweight After 25 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 6

One night 25 years ago, Sergeant "Buck" McEwan, of Regent Street police--he was then a raw young constable--was walking…

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Empire and Gold Standard South Africa Stands Alone All Others Off Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 6

INTERESTING tabulation of the position of the British Empire and other countries with relation to the gold standard and the stability of…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 6

The case is part heard…

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Sydney Society Girl Becomes Gangster Joined Bohemian Ranks & Became Gold-digger Chicago HAs Claimed Her As One Of Its Own

Arrow · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 3

FORMERS Sydney society girl, cabaret dancer, vaudeville artist, confidence woman, and gold-digger, Patrina Merazza, well-known in this city, is now hostess of a Chicago night club and consort of one of the best…

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All That Glitters Was Not Gold's "Andy Knox" and "Bob Maxwell" Buy Clothews Don't Mention Jockeys to Pretty Blonde in Pretty Confidence Trick

Arrow · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 22

IF you happen to be walking up Park Street, City, any day you might espy a notice in a tailor's window on the ground floor of the Eqnitable Buildings. It reads: "N. GOLD, THE TAILOR, THE RIGHT MAN ON THE WRONG SIDE."…

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Gold Pass Invasion

The Sun · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 1

Sydney was invaded to-day by Federal politicians. More than 70 members of the House of Representatives and the Senate arrived by…

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