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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 8

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

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Commercial. Coal Gas for Bus Running

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

A number of British gas companies are said to be organising, or giving practical support to, a scheme for running motor buses on coal gas. The "Times" says: "The bus service selected is…

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Coal Export at Newcastle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 8

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 31,410 tons, of which 3800 tons…

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Resumes To-day Aberdare Extended Mine Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 8

Aberdare Extended Colliery, which was idle on Friday last, when the management hurriedly blew the "No-work" whistle at the mention of a dispute, will…

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Working Times in the Northern Mines Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 8

Owing to the holidays, six days constituted full time at the northern mines. Thirteen collieries were idle. Working times are:…

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Hidden Reason Suspected Reopening of Mine at Aberdare Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 8

Doubtful as to whether Caledonian Collieries Ltd. has some undisclosed reason for not reopening Aberdare Colliery, a meeting of the…

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Acted Up to Farm Effort Gold Digger Again

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

OWNER-TRAINER G. S. Luscombe must now be wondering how many races his three-years-old Gold Digger has lost through being…

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Pot Luck! Tramps Boiled Billy Over Gold Hoard

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

TO discover--too late--that they had boiled their billy over a small fortune of gold, was the heartbreaking experience of two sundowners in the Queensland bush, who unwittingly camped over the spot where a gold thief had…

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The Turf. Stablemates Win. Gold Digger and Lady Joy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 12

Owner-trainer G. S. Luscombe certainly decided on pleasant names for his horses, for, up to the present, they have brought happiness and profit to the stable. The Treclare…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Greater Union Theatres More Capital

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Greater Union Theatres Capital Needs As additional capital is required by Greater Union Theatres, Ltd., that company has communicated…

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Hobby Horses Win[?] a Double Gold Digger is Speedy Lady Joy Good

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

MOST men are prepared to pay for their hobby, but Mr. Gordon Luscombe, who trains his own horses, is…

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Lucky They Were Not Opponents Magnetic and Just Gold Won Well Celtic Weakened

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

So attractively did Just Gold win the Carlton Mile at Moorefield on Saturday that the probability is that Magnetic's task…

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Gold Reserves To Be Withdrawn from London by South American Banks. Montreal, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 10

The correspondent of the Associated Press, at Santiago, says it is authoritatively reported that the Central Banks of Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia plan immediately…

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Celtic Was in Front a Stride Past Post Close Finish in Carlton Mile Favorite's Backers Unlucky Just Gold

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

It would have served Davidson right if he had been taken to task by the stewards after the Carlton Mile, and…

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Assoc. Gold Mines of W.A.

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 9

During December the Associated Gold Mines of W.A. produced 5145 tons. Revenue amounted to £10,426, and expenditure to £8789…

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Entombed Miners. Rescue Work at Colliery. Pathetic Scenes at Pithead. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 11

Believing that the entombed men were dead, the rescue party working in Karsten colliery (Germany) was astounded to-night to hear its signals answered by tapping. Then…

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Wires of Death in Coal Mine Shiftman Killed by Electric Shock "Negligence" Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 8

While Mr. T. Iloare, president of the Northern Miners' Federation was questioning a witness at the inquest to-day, into the death of…

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Collieries and SHiPPING Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 8

The following axe the names or the collieries and shipping companies, will their addresses and telephena numbers, which are at present…

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W.a. Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 13

Our Perth correspondent telegraphs that gold production in Western Australia for 1931 was, 510,572 fine ounces, valued at £2,168,770, or 94,203 ounces in excess of the 1930 output, and…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 13

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, but not sovereigns, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended[?] January 8, is at the rate of…

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