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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 202

Collie Coal Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday.--The Collie coal dispute is still unsettled, the main difficulty at the moment being that of agreeing to the terms of reference…

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Hercules Gold Crushing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 12

Owing to the battery being engaged treating are for other companies the whole of the stone broken by Hercules during last week could not be crushed only 172 tons…

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Collie Coal Dispute Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 5

The dispute over the Collie coal contracts is still unsettled, the main point of disagreement now being the terms of reference to arbitration…

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Gold Shares. a Steadier Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 11

Though still following an uncertain course, the market for gold shares on the Stock Exchange displayed a steadier feeling than on Monday. The reaction of the United States…

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Mining the Share Market

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

Compared with the previous day, yesterday's market for gold shares displayed a steadier front. Though uncertainty of the ultimate international position of gold…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 7

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

The price of gold to-day was £5/19/7 an ounce fine showing no change from yesterday. UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN…

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Crater Gas Cloud Danger Of Big Mine Blaze At Hill End NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 11

DENSE volumes of sulphuric smoke poured from a crater at the old Hill End mine, Cessnock, to-day, and efforts are being made to prevent the mine from bursting into flames. The sulphuric smoke is poisoning…

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Japanese Say Campaign Is Now Complete But Mines Are Being Laid at Mouth of Swatow Harbor Blockade Fear Britain May Reconsider Embargo on Export of Arms Peiping

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 1

JAPANESE officials assert that the capture of Chengteh, capital of Jchol, has completed the military campaign…

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U.S. Financial Crisis Affects Great Britain Government Stocks Are Lower; Gold Shares Down Market Opens No Dealing in American Dollars; Plans Awaited London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 1

THE British Government is following sympathetically the serious development of internal banking difficulties in the United…

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Smoke Pall From Old Coal Mine

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 1

Reeking pall of coat black smoke issuing from the crater of the old Hill End Mine at Cessnock. The smoke and the acrid fumes with which it is impregnated are causing anxiety and discomfort to the people of the district…

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Gold Mining. Western Australian Fields. Options Secured. Adelaide

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

A party representing powerful English and Australian financial interests has just completed a visit to the Western Australian goldfields…

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Fell Down Mine Shaft

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 20

BATHURST, Thursday.-- Joseph Benjamin, 28, miner, was descending a 50ft. shaft at Trunkey when the ladder broke, and he fell 30ft. to…

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Cra[?] of Gold

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

DEA[?] welcome to one who has always feared God and faithfully served Him. The greatest source of happiness is…

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Price of Gold

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 6

A fall of 8d an ounce in the open market price of fine gold was registered in London yesterday. At £5 18s 11d an ounce, the…

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Gold Cheaper London

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 1

The price of gold to-day per fine ounce was £5 18s 11d, as compared with £5 19s 7d yesterday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 13

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended March 3, is at the rate of approximately £6/13/6 per…

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Collie Coal Dispute Perth

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 5

The Premier, Sir James Mitchell, to-day declared that the coal crisis must be ended, adding that he expected a settlement to be effected…

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Fumes From Mine Cessnock Residents Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 9

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Residents of Cessnock are again suffering from dense fumes, which to-day floated over the township from the…

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Gold Price Rises London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 1

The price of gold to-day per fine ounce was £61811, compared with £5197 yesterday…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 13

In a market in which trading quietened to normal dimensions gold shares assumed a firmer trend yesterday. Despite the obscurity of the immediate outlook overseas the market…

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