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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 202

Two Hurt in Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 9

LEADVILLE, Tuesday.--William Levy, once a first-grade Sydney cricketer, and William Edgar, were injured by a fall of earth in the Mt…

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Gold — John Galsworthy — Hitler

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

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Miners' Annual Meeting Important Matters for Discussion

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 6

Representatives from all States attended yesterday the annual meeting of the Miner's Federation, which has many important…

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Miners Escape Fall of Earth. Dunedoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 14

A fall of earth at the Mt. Stewart mine at Leadville completely blocked one of the tunnels for a distance of 300 yards. No men were working in the tunnel at the time of the…

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A Victorian Gold Rush in 1852

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 11

What a change has come over the scene! In these days the aeroplane and…

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Gold!: a World-Wide Revival of Confidence

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 11

The news from London of the frantic buying of gold shares on world-wide orders should end the nervousness of the Australian stock exchanges as to the future of gold. Two fads dwarf all other considerations. The first is that the supply of gold is not equal to the demand; the second is that modern machinery makes many a field good that a few years ago would have been passed over as unprofitable. The South African mines (Kaffirs) have opened a new era with a real "boom." The…

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General Strike in Spain Miners Join in Madrid

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

Twenty-seven thousand coal miners have joined in the general strike in the Asturias demanding a six-hour dat and higher wages…

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Price of Gold Declines London, Tuesday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

On the stock markets to-day the outstanding feature was again renewed activity in mining shares. A sharp increase in sterling rates sent…

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Windward's Win Gold Cup In Sight NORN'S 3 Seconds' Defeat

Referee · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 16

WINDWARD, the schooner, sailed nicely under the care of J. M. Hardle, on Saturday, when she beat the big yacths home and got another…

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Gold. Revival in Confidence. Germany in Transition. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 12

In these days when so many important events are happening, it is difficult for the ordinary reader to keep himself abreast of the times. The need for a…

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Ransomed Gold Commissioner A Celebrity of the Sixties — Mr. H. Keightley

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 17

THE sketch below of Mr. H. Keightley, gold commissioner, and a prominent actor in the bushranging era of the sixties, was drawn from life by Mr. Gus…

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Gold Shares. Renewed Activity. British Stock Market. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 13

On the stock market to-day the outstanding [?] was renewed activity in gold mining [?] A sharp increase in sterling rates [?] down the price of gold, and Kaffirs were…

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Ironbark Gold-mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 11

The Ironbark Gold Mining Co., N.L., Bendigo, crushed 5561 loads of ore in the half year ended December 31, for a return of 11292oz 6dwt gold. Proceeds from gold sales…

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Stone Dusting in Mines Miners Demand Its Discontinuance

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday, made an emphatic protest against the continuance of…

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Miners Unhurt

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 7

Mr. Louis Burkard (Mt. Stewart Syndicate) writes to point out that no such accident as that briefly described in a message from Leadville…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip. Broken Hill Gas Co. Vale of Clwydd Coal

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 4

Smaller Revenue From Gas Net profit of Broken Hill and Suburban Gas Co., Ltd„ for the year ended December 31' last. Including…

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The Unions. Miners' Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 10

The annual meeting of the council of the Miners' Federation yesterday carried a resolution protesting against the use of stone dusting in the mines. The resolution will be placed…

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Anglo-australian Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 11

Our London correspondent cables that the prospectus of the Anglo-Australian Gold Development. Ltd., has been issued. Of a nominal capital of £400,000, it is proposed to…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 3

NO man is thoroughly accomplished unless he has the ability to mind his own business. The necessities and the reasonable…

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Shankland Is Now "Mine Host"

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 23

Hotel host is the particular position in life that has appealed to George Shankland, young brother of the famous Bill, now…

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