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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 201

Fallen Down Mine Shaft? Vic. Boy Still Missing Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 8

Further searches in the bush country of the Rushworth district today failed to reveal traces of Frank Sexton, to eight-years-old boy who…

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No Trace of Boy Old Mines Being Pumped Out MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 13

A further search by 150 townspeople is being conducted to-day at Rushworth for the missing boy, Frank Sexton, aged 8, who has not been…

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Business Improves and Share Prices Rise Confident Tone W.A. Gold Shares Up Again

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 9

AFTER a fortnight of inactive trading, during which prices had shown no decided trend, the share market…

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Big Blaze Threatens Wide Area Mining Activity Damage of £12,000 to Store Bucket Line Byron Bay, Monday. ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

Residents were called from their homes shortly after 10 o'clock to-night to assist in extinguishing a fire which broke Activity in gold-mining shares continued on the Stock Exchange today. Sixty thousand shares were dealt with in the most active market…

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British Coal Mines. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, May 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 15

Moving the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill in the House of Commons, the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Walter Runciman) said that in the present trade…

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British Coal Bill

The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 9

London, Tuesday. -- The House of Commons to-day passed the second reading of the Coal Bill by 391 votes to 58…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Monday at £5/12/6 per ounce fine, our correspondent cables, a rise of /1 on Saturday's price…

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Coal Lumpers Solid for Lang

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 6

The Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union expresses an earnest desire that all unions should get in behind Mr. Lang and…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 13

With brisk business in gold ventures supplemented by an impioiccl representation of base metal interests, the mining share turnover made a better all-round showing…

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Coal Shipments. 23,865 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended May 26, for places beyond the State was 23,865 tons, of…

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The Gold Problem in the United States

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 28

For some years now the United States — and France, too, for that matter — have been gathering…

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More Appointees ? But No Life Gold Passes

The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 8

When Mr. Stevens forms a Government after June 11 he will have a mandate from the electors that will in the view of political authorities, clearly entitle him to additional…

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Boy's Body Found In Abandoned Mine Shaft MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 9

A message from Rushworth states that the body of the missing boy, Frank Sexton, who left his home last Friday, was recovered from the…

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Temora Too Good for "Coota" Weissell Gold Cup Game

Referee · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 17

ON Wednesday last Cootamundra visited Temora in quest of the Eric Weissell Gold Cup, to suffer defeat by…

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Gold in Street. Five-Ounce Nugget Found. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 15

Crisp, Armstrong, and Kerrison unearthed a five-oz gold nugget on a road claim in the main street of Wedderburn, Hayes and party are getting good gold in the same street from…

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Uproar in U.S. Senate Rush Op Gold Withdrawals Scares Washington

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 9

"During the past 12 hours the entire international picture has changed, and foreign exchange…

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Topics for Women Debs Posies Gift Of Ex-Students White and Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 16

Ex-students of Our Lady of Mercy's College, Parramatta, who presented the debutantes at their annual ball with posies, chose white…

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Share Prices Rise Under Strong Buying Breweries Advance Relapse in W. A. Gold Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 11

Following the lead given on Monday, all Stock Exchange securities yesterday were the medium of strong support,…

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A Hot One Put Over on Miners Seven-hour Day to Be Side-tracked in Britain Tory Blah (Official Wireless.) LONDON

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 1

IN moving the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill in the House of Commons, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter…

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General Cable News. Coal Mines Bill. London, May 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1932 · page 15

In the House of Commons, the Coal Mines Bill was read a second time, the voting being 391 to 68. VOYAGE OP THE KILLORAN…

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