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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 202

Country Breezes Katoomba Coal Mine

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 3

IF anyone is so fortunate as to have the oportunity of making an inspection of the coal mines at Katoomba, situated down below…

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Millions for Coal Oil Big Interests in Scheme Under Consideration Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 2

Proposals involving the establishment of a plant for the production of petrol from coat at a cost of about…

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Big Lift for Industries Employment for Hundreds What Tin Plate Plant Will Mean Help for Miners Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 2

According to estimates by experts, nearly £750,000 will be required to finance the new tin plate…

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Caledonian Collieries. Dividends Again Passed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 11

Caledonian Collieries, Limited, announce that due to the continuance of the poor demand for coal and unsatisfactory prices, the profit from operations of the company for the year ended…

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City Gossip Howard Smith, Ltd. Caledonian Collieries

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 3

Howard Smith--No Ord. Dividend No dividend on ordinary shares in Howard Smith, Ltd., is to be recommended by the directors at the annual…

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The Miners. Secession Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 10

Opinion is divided among the leaders of the miners on the question whether the northern miners should secede from the State Labour party and form a new industrial…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Saturday at £6/1/10½ per ounce fine, our correspondent cables, a rise of /0½ on the day…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 27 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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Newcastle Coal Weekly Export

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 8

The quantity of coal including bunkers, shipped from Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 38,897 tons, of which…

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Coal Dispute Notices Postponed Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 5

The latest development in the Collie coal dispute is that the amalgamated collieries, at the request of the Commissioner for Railways,…

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Pelaw Main for Interstate Coal Trade

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 6

Increased business in the Melbourne coal trade has resulted in the coastal collier, Pelaw Main, being recommissioned to carry coal…

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More Notices at Bellbird Mine Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 8

A further 10 top-hands have received notice of dismissal at Bellbird Colliery, bringing the total to 28 within the past month…

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"Bullets Are Mine" Berlin Dictator's Candor LONDON

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 1

"AS a soldier, I learned that a mistake in the choice of means is not as bad as a failure to act…

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Ten Million Scheme of Oil From Our Coal Investigating Company Is Formed in Melbourne New Industry Purchase of Mines Is Part of the Plan Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 1

WITH a small capital, and authority to make a call at any time, the Synthetic Coal Oil Products Pty., Ltd., has been formed…

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Gold Standard. Britain's Policy Outlined. LONDON, Feb. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 9

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain), speaking at the Industries Fair in Birmingham, declared that it was apparently hard to get an idea into people's heads, for…

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Gold Carried on Plane Air Mail Makes History

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 7

ROCKHAMPTON, Sunday.-- The Rockhampton Aerial Services on Saturday added another to the wide variety of jobs it…

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Staying Off Gold at Least Until War Debts Are Settled London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 1

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) in a speech at the British Industries Fair at Birmingham yesterday hinted…

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Miners' Federation Finances

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

As the result of a meeting, of district secretaries, together with the general president, Mr. D. Roes, and the general secretary, Mr. H. Teece,…

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Hydrogenation of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 11

A correspondent suggests that the adoption on a commercial scale in Australia of the hydrogenation process of treating coal would reduce imports of oil, and help the country to…

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The Gold Standard

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 4

COMMANDER - IN - CHIEF : Brave sons -- heroes of a thousand stricken fields--the day is ours. The enemy is routed on every front. Throw down your arms and surrender to him at once. --By Will Dyson, in the London "Dally Horald."…

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