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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 201

Queensland Gold Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 11

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphs that the yield of gold in Queensland last month, and for the period of four months which ended April 30 last, was considerably in excess…

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Black Diamonds? Paid Dearly For Picking Coal From Line

The Sun · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 8

Harold James Wilson (24) and William Leslie Bell (25), who had gathered coal fragments valued at 4s scattered for a mile along the…

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Can Fix Value of Gold! Professor's Hope London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 6

Professor Ernest Cassel, Swedish economist, says we are now beginning to see that it is possible under the gold standard for deliberate…

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Northern Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 11

Time worked in the principal northern collieries for the fortnight ended Saturday included: 10 days (full time). Dudley, Maitland Main, New Lambton:…

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Coal Freights Substantial Reductions Recommended

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 6

Substantial reductions in the freight on coal for export have been recommended by the Transport Commission. The recommendations…

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Wongawilli Mine Resumption to Be Considered

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 8

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Wougawilli Miners Lodge is to be held at Brownsville at 2 p.m. to-day, to consider a resumption of work on…

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Miner Killed Fall of Stone in Colliery Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 8

A fatality occurred at the Coalcliff colliery his afternoon, when a fall of stone burled David Henderson, a shiftman, of Scarborough…

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N.z. Miners to Go on Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 5

WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Monday. -- All the West Coast coal miners have decided to strike…

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Strike Declared. New Zealand Miners. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 9

All West Coast miners have decided to strike as a protest against the New Zealand coalowners' proposals for new working conditions. A meeting of Denniston miners to-day, which…

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English Funds. Available for Mining Development. BRISEANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 9

Sir Edward Macartney, the ex-Agent-General for Queensland, said that, from his own knowledge, large sums of money, which would have been available for mining development in…

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N.Z. Strike Over West Coast Miners Also Effect Compromise WELLINGTON

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 1

The Christchurch tramway strike ended to-day, the union, accepting the special tribunal's terms. The West Coast coal owners state…

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Teeth Test for Suspect Were Gold-filled, But Not Decisive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 5

A novel means of seeking to identify a suspect at a police station lineup was adopted by a Willoughby woman. Mrs. Mow…

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Claim for Wage Cut; Vic. Mine "Drastic Curtailment of Expenditure Only Way" Old Story Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 7

IN an affidavit filed in the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. C. H. Brown; general manager of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi…

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United States Adopts Lang's Remedy 25 Millions in Throes Hunger Inflation Vitally Necessary Off the Gold

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 10

While 25 million men, women and children wandered the streets aimlessly in a hungry condition last summer in the…

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New Guinea Goldfields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 11

New Guinea Goldfields, Limited, has received the following progress report for April from the Mining Trust, Ltd., consulting engineers for the company:—…

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Roumoya Gold Mine

The Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 14

Boumoya Gold Mine, N.L., has been advised by the mine manager that the crosscut is apparently through the reef. In the end, he reports, there is granite with…

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Strike Threat. Northern Collieries. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 11

There is a possibility of a serious strike on the northein coalfields as a result of disputes between the Miners' Federation and the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's…

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Western Australian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 13

Our Perth correspondent telegraphs that the gold yield for April amounted to 48,936 fine ounces, valued at £207,869, as compared with 38,892 ounces for April of last year. The yield…

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Blow to the Coal Industry

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 11

WHEN the Lang Government announced it intention, some weeks ago, to discontinue paying the coal subsidy of 1/6 per ton, "The worker" pointed out that…

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Got Gold in Ducks' Gizzards

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 7

MUDGEE, Tuesday. -- A resident of Hargraves, near Mudgee, last week bought a pair of ducks, and in the gizzard of each a…

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