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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 202

Coal Shipments. 54,959 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle for places beyond the State, during: the week ended February 16, (54,959…

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Coal Dispute Government's Notice to Collie Companies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 7

PERTH, Thursday.--The Government this morning gave the Collie coal companies one month's notice of termination of special licences…

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Fire Menaces Mining Village Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 1

Bush fires raged around the mining village of Kitchener to-day, and the local volunteer brigade had to perform strenuous work to save a…

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"Not Mine" Land Contract Woman's Story Two Men Charged Nelligen

The Sun · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 9

NEVER at any time had she signed a contract to purchase 15 blocks of land, declared Mrs. Kate Thorp, of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/2/ an ounce fine, compared with £6/1/8 yesterday. SNOW IN ENGLAND. More snow fell in England yesterday, the…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Bank of Australasia Dividend Rate

The Sun · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 6

Bank of Australasia Pays 7 p.c. p.a. Final dividend declared by the directors of the Bank of Australasia, in respect of the year ended October…

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'Bad Gold' Flows to London Won't Stay Harmful Changes London

The Sun · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 1

LARGE amounts of foreign money, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. N. Chamberlain), in the House…

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Bridal Ships Bring Boat-Loads of Blushing Beauties for the Bush! "Once Aboard the Lugger and the Girl. Is Mine" Middle Europe's Muddled Idea Of Australia

Arrow · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 5

ANOTHER blow has been dealt the old superstition that marriages are made in heaven…

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"Miners'" Reunion

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 16

THE Mining Battalion, which left Australia under the command of Colonel Fewtrell, on February 20, 1916, is having a re-union at Sargents',…

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W.A. Coal Position Govt. Rejects Proposal of Mine-owners' Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

Further conversations took place to-day between the parties of the Coolies coal dispute. The mine owners made an offer to the…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 6

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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Brave Miners Honored LONDON,Friday

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

The King held his second investilure at Buckingham Palace yesterday.Among the recipients of honors were five miners who received…

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Coal Supplies. W.A. Government Takes Action. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 15

The Government yesterday morning gave the Collie coal companies one month's notice of the termination of the special licences under which they have been operating. At the…

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Families Are Starving Medway Miners' Plight a Harsh Rule Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 6

The mockery of the Stevens Government is fittingly illustrated by the abject conditions being experienced by unemployed miners…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 13

The price of gold to-day was £6/1/10 an ounce fine, compared with £6/2/ yesterday, SAMUEL FEPYS COMMEMORATION. A commemoration service for Samuel Pepys,…

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Bank of England's Gold. An Increase of £9,983,084

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 15

The return of the Bank of England for the week ended February 22 dicloses that its holdings of gold coin and bullion increased by £9,983,084 during the week to £142,240,031,…

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MR. J. S. Bragg Dead Well-Known Identity In Coal Trade

The Sun · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 6

Mr. James Sage Bragg, who died in Sydney yesterday, was well known in the coal industry in New South Wales, and for many years was…

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Plucky Labor M. P. DEAD Prominent in Mine Rescues Imposing Record London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

The death has occurred Lieut. Colonel David Watts Morgan, G.B.E D.S.O Labor member of Parliament for East…

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Gold Influx Harmful Foreign Money Id "Bad" Govt. "To Act London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

Replying in the House of commons to a question regarding the recent gold purchases by the Bank of England issue…

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Leaderless Legion Pot-hooks v. Pick and Shovel -- Gold to the Rescue -- War On Mosquitoes -- Uncivil to Civil Servants Yes, We Have Cheap Bananas -- Joke About Unemployment Tax -- Why Not Concession Railway Fares? Misleading Pictures

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 15

ANY wonder other countries think Australia is arid? Press correspondents broadcast droughts and bushfires, and the selection of publicity…

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