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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 202

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 15

Tongkah Harbour output last week, 7 tons, including Harbour 5 tons, Bidor 2 tons. Bidor dredge was closed for six days for Government annual inspection…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 29 March 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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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

Gold was quoted to-day at £609½ a fine ounce…

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Lustre at Show Figure in Gold

Referee · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 19

A MAGNIFICENT golden figure, sparkling in the sun, will mark the Easter Show Stand of Lustre Hosiery Ltd., at 200-205 Hordern Pavilion. The…

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City Electricity New Switches Urged-- Coal Tenders

The Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 14

Reporting that a number of old high-tension switches are in a dangerous condition and may result in an interruption of supply, the…

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Titanic's Sole Survivor Hunts for Hidden Gold

The World's News · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 9

A ROMANTIC quest for treasure believed to be hidden on the bleak, volcanic island of St. Paul, in the Indian Ocean, is…

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Gold in Northern Territory. Large Area Taken Up

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

ADVICES have just been received from Darwin that the Sino Development Co. has recently purchased the old Union Reefs Mine, situated…

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Oil From British Coal. Year's Supply Ordered by Admiralty

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

A LONDON report states that an order for one year's supply of oil made from British coal, which is the first of its kind in naval history, has…

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Coal Train Crashes Over Embankment Wellington (N.z.), Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

William McLean, the driver of a coal train, was killed when it got out of control and crashed over…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 13

The price of gold to-day was £6/0/9½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/0/10½ yesterday. RIFLE SHOOTING RULE…

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Brighter Outlook for Wool Prices on Gold Basis 50 Per Cent. Below 1913 Levels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 12

Development in the wool market of late have been of a more cheerful nature. Any change, to prices for merino and the finer crossbred wools…

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Two Fortunes Slipped Through His Fingers! William P. Taylor might have been part-owner of the world's richest gold mine, the Rand, and one of the richest men living. This article tells how he missed that, and another considerable

The World's News · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 10

ONE of the brightest spots in the history of Africa is the great discoveries of mineral…

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In Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen.) a Gold Mine. Bismarck Range (New Guinea) Gold Exploration, N.L., v Linton and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 5

Argument was concluded on an application by Bismarck Range (New Guinea) Gold Exploration. N.L., to make absolute a rule nis[?] for prohibition calling upon C. A. Arnold,…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 3

WE must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins but that perseveres to the end shall be saved…

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Boys' Shaft for Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 8

GRENFELL, Wednesday. -- Three boy partners in a gold claim, found while playing under a tree, are sinking a shaft close to the site, with…

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Miners May Bury Their Own Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The decision of the Northern Miners' Management Committee to demand a reduction in…

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Swiss Reply Gold Standard Policy

The Sun · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 14

SWITZERLAND, says the Consul-General in Australia (Mr. E. Bloch), has no desire to abandon the gold…

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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

The price of gold to-day was £6011½. By special arrangement, Reuter's World Service, In addition to other…

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Mr. C. J. Goode As Mine Host

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 5

Mr. C. J. Goode, formerly Chief Transport Commissioner, will take over the license of the Hotel Alexandra, Leura, to-day…

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news from all Quarters Nugget of Gold

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 2

A nugget of gold worth nearly £90 was found just under the earth's surface by George Endacott, whilE prospecting at Yarrabin…

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