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Mining & the mines, 1932

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

Gold Lure Bendigo Revival Expected Reopening Mines Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 7

Bendigo is on the eve of a big mining revival. The Central Red, White and Blue Mine--which started in 1912 and paid…

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Discovery of Gold

The Propeller · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

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 ozs. The nominal…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 8 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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N.g. Gold and Osmiridium

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 11

A loss of £681, comprising the company's expenses, is shown by New Guinea Gold and Osmiridium Co., N.L., in its accounts for the year ended August 31, 1931. The addition…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 11

Share prices again were irregular in the mining market yesterday. Turnover was very light. Barriers made a little headway following slight improvement in lead and spelter…

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Coal Blow Govt. Subsidy to Be Withdrawn

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--It was learned in Newcastle this evening that while the State Government was prepared to…

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Child Killed. Fall Down Mine Shaft. TAMWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 9

Keith Kelly, aged 6 years, of Wallabadah, was fatally injured when he fell down the shaft of a mine in which his father was fossicking for gold near Trundle to-day…

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Old Gold Sold to Mint. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 10

One ton of jewellery, medals, and manufactured gold has been deposited in the last six months at the Royal Mint to be melted and refined. The chief inducement to sellers…

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Costs Up If Coal Subsidy Goes Trade Hit

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

If the Government withdraws its subsidy of 1s 6d a ton on coal, at present, paid to the Railway Commissioners, to make possible…

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Guide to Classic Chance for Gold Digger Fast Gloriole

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

Divisions of the Three and Four-years-old Handicap at Moorefield to-morrow will gain interest because of…

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Coal Freights. Subsidy to Cease After March 31. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 9

News reached Newcastle to-day that the Government had decided to discontinue after March 31 the subsidy which has been paid to the Railway Department since June, 1930,…

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Gold Standard. South African Farmers Protest to Government. Capetown, Jan 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 9

[?] Numbers of farmers' meetings have declared against the decision of the Government to adhere to the gold standard, and the movement culminated in a largely-attended meeting…

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When Bavin Butchered Compensation Miners Have Faith in Lang Will Get Justice Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 7

Commenting upon the Workers' Compensation Act, 1926, Mr. F. Lowden, president of the Illawarra District of the Miners'…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Perpetual Trustee Austn. Pastoral Co. Perpetual Trustees' Interim Dividend

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

Interim dividend for the six months ended December 31 last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, has been declared by the Perpetual Trustee…

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Gold Capital Mining Revival in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Gold-mining is looking up in Victoria, and capital is again available for large developments, including a big revival…

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Mining Leases. Coal By-products. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

The proposal to establish large coal byproducts works in the district is recalled by an application lodged by Albert Andrew Ho[?] land, of Sydney. with the mining warden at…

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"All Mine!"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

She isn't going to part with any of this refreshing dish--not on your life!…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 13

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphs that the gold yield of Queensland for December was 1224 fine ounces, representing an increase of 964 fine, ounces, compared with the output…

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Bulolo Gold Dredging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 13

Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., reports transport to the field of the material and machinery for the first dredge and power plant and of the equipment necessary for the…

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Coal Subsidy. Effect of Withdrawal. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

If the price of New South Wales coal is increased by 1/6 a ton as a result of the proposed withdrawal of the subsidy on April 1, the Victorian railways coal hill will be…

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