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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 201

Mine Community Astonished Socialisation Fails at Newnes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Sunday. -- Many of the mining community express astonishment at the failure of the Government to make a success of the…

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Gold in North Australia. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 10

The gold claims at Maude Creek, near Katherine, are expected to provide work for a large number of men, if modern Plant is introduced there. Nine men are working the…

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Macaria Due Newcastle. Another Big Coal Cargo

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 4

The American steamer Macaria, which has loaded at Newcastle two or three times lately, is again on her way to the northern port from Manila to…

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Death Ruled Out New Job Last Visit to Mine Was Fatal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- John Batson Patterson, who succumbed to foul air, and fell down the shaft of the Concord mine, at Maldon, on Friday,…

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Lift in Export of Coal Shipments for Week Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

THE quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped from Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 43,355 tons, of which…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Austn. Iron & Steel Muang Tin's Troubles

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 5

Australian Iron Clears £18,071 Shortage of orders was the cause of Intermittent operations by Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., during…

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Port Kembla. Loss of Coal Trade. N0 Shipping Facilities. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 10

A conference was held to-day between representatives of the leading collieries and executive officers of the district branch of the Miners' Federation to discuss the serious loss…

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Driven Away By a Ghost! Eleven Mines Idle During Easter Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

A GHOST is abroad in Ivy Street, Redfern No one has found it yet, but strange noises have made one woman change her home last night. ONE person claims to have seen THE Easter holidays interfered with the mine workings during the past fortnight. Nine days constituted full…

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Gold Mining. Reports from Queensland Find. BRISBANE

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

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Atterton) is of the opinion that developments at the Mount Wandoo gold mine give indications of very favourable results. Mr. Atterton returned to…

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Miners' Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 1

A meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation has been set down for 2.30 p.m. to-day. Many important matters appear on the…

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Australian Price of Gold

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

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, but not sovereigns, lodged at the Melbourne mint for the week ended April 1, is at the rate of approximately…

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News From Mines Muang Tin Difficulties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 11

Payment of half-yearly debenture interest due on March 24 by Muang Tin, N.L., has been deferred, as the money that was available for the purpose is needed to cover…

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Western Miners" Chiefs for Sydney Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

Messrs. C. Roy district president and E. Mara, councillor, left to-day to attend a meeting of the executive in Sydney…

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The Mines. Closing Down Cardiff Borehole. NEWCASTLE

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

It was stated at the Newcastle Trades Hall to-day that Cardiff Borehole Colliery was to suspend operations for an indefinite period, and that more than 90 men employed at the…

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Many Miners Get Notice Freight Rate Has Early Effect

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Due in no small measure to the Government's withdrawal of the rebate on coal, nearly 100 men to-day received notice…

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Bellambi Coal Capital Return. "No Inducement to Expansion."

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

As prospects in the coal industry offer no inducement to an expansion of trade, the Bellambi Coal Co, Ltd, proposes to reduce its capital by returning to shareholders 3/6 per…

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Dobbyn Miners. Strike to Be Declared Off. Brisbane

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

The State president of the A.W.U. (Mr. Fallon) and the organiser (Mr. D. Brophy) visited Dobbyn, near Cloncurry, last Saturday, and held a conference with the Dobbyn…

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Central Mine. 450 Men to Start Work. Broken Hill

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

The Central Mine started productive operations to-day. It is expected that about 450 men will be on the pay-roll by to-morrow, and that as the mill approaches full running and…

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Stole £2500 in Gold Miner Got Hands on Riches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 7

CAIRNS, Monday.--A sequel to the disappearance of £2500 worth of gold between the Batavia goldfield and Laura (York Peninsula) in November…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Pelaco's Problems Profit From Cement

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 5

Pelaco's Readjustments On its trading activities during it 1931, Pelaco, Ltd., suffered a loss of £38,550…

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