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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 201

Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Friday at £5/12/9 per fine ounce, our correspondent cables, a rise of /3 nu the day. Saturday's quotation was £5/12/5…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 4

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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"If Only They Were Mine !"

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 9

Marjory and Belly Roberts admiring two furry rabbit at the Rabbit Show at the R.A. Showground…

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Mine Deputies and Managers' Exams

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

An examination for certificates of competency as deputy under the Coal Mines Regulation Act was held at the Technical College, Ultimo on…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 11

Gold shares again provided the chief centre of interest in the mining share market on Saturday. With one notable exception, this section was firmer Bulolo dropped back 1/…

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600 Jobs Re-opening of Mine at Cobar

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 7

"As a direct 'result of the change of Government, the Occidental gold mine here has made arrangements for unwatering the…

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Strong Denial by Miners Helensburgh Sec.'s Disclosure

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 10

Mr. G. R. Newby, secretary of the Helensburgh Miners' Lodge, writes: I wish to give an emphatic denial to the statement published by Mr…

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Gold Outflow From the United States. New York, May 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 10

The United States has lost roughly 100,000,000 dollars in monetary gold in the past 10 days. It is the largest outflow since last autumn, when the British lapse from the…

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Dropped It Like a Hot Coal! Eastern Subs. Railway Exposure Silences Stevens Debenture

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

FOLLOWING Saturday's exposure in "The Labor Daily" of the manner in Which he sabotaged the proposal of a powerful Victorian…

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Sustained Improvement in W.A. Gold Shares Activity at Week-end Big Premiums

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 11

West Australian gold ventures have apparently come to stay on the Sydney share market. [?] WEEK of activity on Change…

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Fruitless May Be in Abandoned Mining Shaft No Trace Since Friday Country Combed Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 8

TEN square miles of forest country near Rushworth is being combed by 200 searchers for Frank Sexton, aged eight,…

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Saw £1,000,000 of Sunken Gold (Copyright to "The Sun" and "The Times") Aboard the Artiglio (near Brest)

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 1

AT long last, the Artiglio's divers have begun their task of raising the contents of the bullion room of the sunken P. and O. liner Egypt, with its £1,000,000 worth of gold. After removing nearly the Whole of the roof of the bullion room, they…

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Gold Mine To Be Reopened. May Employ 600 MEN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 9

The Occidental gold mine at Cobar is to oe reopened as a direct result of the change in Government. It has been idle for 10 years…

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Lang's Coal Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

In a speech at Coledale, Mr. Howie, Federal Labor candidate for Bulll, attacked the Lang coal policy. The Bavin Government, he said…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 11

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, Including jewellery, lodged at theMelbourne Mint for the week ended May 27, is at the rate of approximately £ 6/6/2 per…

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Coates On Gold Pass Gift

The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 7

"The announcement that a Victorian Lang follower, Mr. A. C. Crofts, has been provided with a free gold railway pass between Melbourne…

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Gold Stocks Active in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Turnover in gold stocks at the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day was the highest for many years…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 11

Activity was confined largely to gold stocks in yesterday's share market. Barriers weakened. Norths fell /9 to 58/, and Souths, with 200 sold, declined 1/ to 38/9. Mt. Morgan,…

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Great Boulder Mine. Development of New Lode

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 11

Interviewed during the week-end on the recent promising development on the 1650ft level in the Great Boulder Proprietary mine, telegraphs our Kalgoorlie correspondent, the…

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To Bridge Gap British Coal Legislation LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 12

In moving the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill in the House of Commons to-day, the president of the Pard of Trade (Mr. Walter…

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