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Mining & the mines, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 201

Price Op Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 15

Gold was quoted in London on Thursday at £5/12/6 per oz fine, our correspondent cables, a fall of /3 on the day…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 15

The mining share market had a steadier tone yesterday than on earlier days of the week. Though the recovery in metal quotations proved short-lived, Barriers held their…

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Suspicious of Foul Play Death of Boy in Old Victorian Mine MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 1

The investigation into the death of Frank Sexton, S, whose body was found at the bottom of a deep disused mine shaft at…

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Appeal to Court to Cut Rates Vic. Rail Commissioners Seek Reduction at State Mine Adjourned Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 5

ON behalf of the Victorian Railways Commissioners, Judge Beeby was asked it the Arbitration Court to-day to sot aside the…

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Mines Ulu Yam Tin Dredging Ltd

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1932 · page 9

FORMED in 1917, Ulu Yam was a good prot-earner until the metal market collapsed, and the dredge has been closed down for…

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Court Gowns Lame, Favored-- Dark Green is Smart, Too-- Silver and Gold Shoes

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1932 · page 17

THE new evening dresses prepared with a view to their being used with Court trains, show some new features and many of them are having their draperies to the…

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Here's a Heavy Blow to Labor's M's.L.C. All the Gold Passes Are to Go! Little "Privilege" That Eats Up The Bare £150,000 a Year

Truth · Sunday 5 June 1932 · page 16

ALL the Upper House gold passes are to go! If the Stevens Ministry is returned, not only will the Legislative Council be abolished and reconstructed on democratic and sensible lines, but the gold passes will be withdrawn…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 9

Gold was quote in London on Friday at £5/12/6 per fine ounce, our correspondent cables, unchanged on the day. Saturday's quotation was £5/12/2, a fall of /4…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 9

The mining share market on Saturday was for the most part firm. Barriers were strong and Souths, on a sale at 41/, was /3 higher. Norths were steady on quotations. The…

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Bank of England. Further Purchase of Gold. LONDON, June 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 4

The Bank of England has announced the purchase of £1,234,078 worth of bar gold. This is its seventh important purchase of gold since Britain abandoned the gold standard,…

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Win Again Dermid for June Stks. Eulclare Is Due Gold Gate

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 2

Clever trainer, Johnny Donohae, is as a rule a believer in running his horses right out, when once they have struck form Now…

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Gold Mining. Lesson to South Africa. LONDON, June 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 9

The "Financial Times" states: "It has been said that the gold discoveries in Western Australia' in the nineties did more than anything else to, lift Australia out of the depression…

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Great Boulder Gold Strike May Give 30 Years' Life to Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 13

PERTH, Monday. -- Mr. John Warwick, manager of Great Boulder Gold Mines, gays that the good development still continues…

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St. Aignan Gold

The Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 4

Reporting for the week ended June 3, the mine manager of St. Aignan (Lucknow), Gold Mine. N.L., states that on June 1, sinking of the main shaft was…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 5

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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No Coal For Workless, Says Dunningham NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 9

THE Department of Labor and Industry, of which Mr. Dunningham is "Minister," has informed Newcastle City…

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Another Chance For Old Gold Pillar Might Improve

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 2

THOSE who labelled Gold Pillar the other day at Rosebery and were satisfied with the run they received…

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Coal Strike in New Zealand General Stoppage Voted for

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 7

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday. -- A Dominion-wide ballot of miners' unions, by a two-to-one majority, decided on a general strike of coal…

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General Strike. New Zealand Miners. 6000 Men Involved. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 9

A general strike of coalminers, to resist the imposition of the coalowners' new terms, has been carried by a two to one majority in a Dominion-wide ballot. Nearly 6000 men…

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Coal Strike Trouble Looms In N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 13

There are Indications that a Dominion-wide coal strike is about to commence. The West port Coal Co. has been…

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