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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 202

Underground Fires Burst from Colliery. FLAMES 30 Feet High. Newcastle

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

Underground fires, which have been burning for some months in the abandoned workings of Hillend colliery, Cessnock, developed seriously late this evening, when flames burst through…

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OVERLAPPING. Railways and Federal Court. Coal Strike Hint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 8

The Full Bench of the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday continued the hearing of applications by the Railway Commissioners of four States, including New South Wales for…

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Prices Steady The Pound And Gold LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 2

Sterling prices had remained remarkably steady, though gold prices in the United States had fallen 20 per cent., in France and Italy 12 per…

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£60,000 Premium to Gold Diggers Perth

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 5

GREAT BOULDER MINES, Pty., Ltd., to-day paid about £60,000 to 170 tributors, being the amount…

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To Fall, or Be Pushed Off the Gold Standard?

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 4

Events are moving so speedily in the money-markets of the world—and more especially in the United States, where the crises are sweeping over the country like the cyclones of the Middle West—that it is very hard to keep abreast of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 12

The price of gold to-day was £5/18/11 an ounce fine, compared with £5/19/7 yesterday. LORD BLEDISLOE'S HEIR…

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To Deal with the Evictions Unemployed Com'tee to Approach Miners Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 6

Cessnock umemployed to-day appointed a committee of 20 to approach miners' lodges and place before them the question of evictions…

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Financial. Currency Depreciation and Gold Prices. Is it a Deflationary Force?

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

During the depression the forces of economic nationalism have been greatly strengthened Normally, international competition is looked, upon as a healthy influence and we would all…

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Flames And Fumes Menace Cessnock Dense Smoke Belches From Hill End Mine Carbon Mon'xide Found to Be Present in Fumes Fire Peril, Too Danger of the Flames Reaching Aberdare Mine Cessnock, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 6

WITH a suddenness that left the workmen spellbound, the underground fires in the disused Hill End Colliery workings developed…

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Mine's Flames Reach 100Ft. More Falls at Hill End Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Thursday. -- The surface of Hill End Colliery has fallen in several new places, and to-right the mine is again…

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Warning to Miners

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 8

The general president of the Miners' Federation Mr. D. Ress, stated yesterday that he had been informed by the Northern executive of the…

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Mining Leases. Plans for Oil and Coal. Labour Conditions Suspended. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 11

Albert Andrew Holland, mining agent, of Sydney, applied to the Warden's Court at East Maitland to-day for a suspension of labour conditions on mineral leases in the parishes…

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W.a. Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 11

Our Kalgoorlie correspondent telegraphs that during February the Associated Gold Mines of Western Australia Ltd. produced 4766 tons. Revenue was £10,242, and…

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Alluvial Gold (Oceania), Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 11

Alluvial Tin (Australia), Ltd., reports that, in order to facilitate operations in New Guinea and adjoining territories, Alluvial Gold (Oceania), Ltd., has been incorporated at…

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Collie Coal Dispute Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 7

The Premier said to-day that he had been expecting a communication from Collie coal companies, which would bring the dispute to an…

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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 7

The price of gold per fine ounce to-day was £597½, compared with £5811 yesterday…

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Spread Of Colliery Fires New Craters At Hill End CESSNOCK

The Sun · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 9

EXTENDING underground for more than 200 yards, flames burst from the old tunnel mouth at Hill End Colliery to-day, providing evidence of the enormous grip which fires have secured in the abandoned workings…

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Coal Hulk Aground But Coaling Able To Proceed

The Sun · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 9

As the coaling hulk Muscoota, laden with 3800 tons of coal and drawing 23ft. of water, was being towed alongside the Dimboola at King-street…

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Mine Fires. Fresh Subsidences. Homes Invaded by Fumes. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 9

The underground fires at Hill End colliery, near Cessnock, regained new energy to-day. This morning it was hoped to smother…

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No Gold Chain Woman Disappointed with Lord Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 8

Had the Lord Mayor worn his gold chain at the municipal picnic at Clifton Gardens yesterday he would have performed a service for a…

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