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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 202

Fall Of Coal In Hold

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 17

When this picture of the Millais Was taken today, two men Were imprisoned in fallen coal in the hold…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 11

The mining share market quietened yesterday, due to a pause in the activity in gold shares after two days of heavy dealings. Business in the most important concerns…

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Nugget of Gold. Prospector's Lucky Find. MUDGEE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

Another fine nugget of gold was unearthed at Windeyer. A prospector started to sink a hol in an old cultivation paddock. His pick glanced off some hard object, which was…

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Puffs, Pars & Personals The First Discoverers of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 11

Edward Hammond Hargraves, who was primarily responsible for the opening up of the wonderful gold resources of Australia, eventually received a grant…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/1/ an ounce fine, compased with £ 6/0/7 yesterday. LORD CHELMSFORD'S FUNERAL…

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Dusting of Stone in Mines Unsatisfactory Reply Is Received From Minister

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

THE executive officers of the Miners' Federation, Messrs. D. Rees, general president, and A. Teece, general secretary,…

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Australian Trade. Favourable Balance for Eight Months Heavy Gold Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

Returns of Australian oversea trade tor the first eight months of the present financial year made available by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee) disclose a…

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To Get Oil Out of Coal Visitor to Experiment in Australia

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 4

An arrival on the Talping from Hongkong yesterday was Mr. J. H. Beery, of the Pun Lee Oil Co., who has hopes of producing oil from coal…

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Two Men Buried by Fall of Coal One Dead Other Rescued After 4 Hours Ship Tragedy

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 17

TWO trimmers were engulfed by an overwhelming subsidence of coal between decks of the British freighter Millais, at…

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President Eases U.S. Gold Embargo Still Has Grip Licences To Control Trading Hoarding Ban Washington, Wednesday. President Roosevelt

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

I has lifted partially the Federal gold trading embargo which was imposed in the recent financial crisis…

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For Coal Trimmer's Widow

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 11

We have received £1 from "X.Y.Z." for the wife of the late J. Hefferen, of Balmain, who was killed yesterday by a coal slide in the steamer…

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Bunker Coal Carries Death

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 8

ENGAGED in trimming coal as it fell from a chute above, two men were buried between decks of the British freighter Millias, at No. 22 Jones Bay, yesterday, when the coal on which they were standing suddenly subsided. One of the men was…

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Fall of Earth. Mine Worker Killed. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 11

Patrick Willoughby was partially buried beneath a sudden fall of earth while woiking on a trlbutaiy of the Skeleton Creek mine this morning. Although he wis immediately…

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Nearly Doubled Victoria's Rising Gold Yield MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 12

Victoria's gold yield increased from 24,119oz. fine in 1930 to 43,638oz. fine in 1932. For the first two months of the present year the gold yield was…

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United States. The Gold Embargo. Partial Relaxation. Washington, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 10

President Roosevelt is prepared to case the Federal gold embargo to permit licensed exchanges of gold for necessary commercial transactions…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Union Trustee Dividend Freehold Assets Co

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

Trustee Co. Pays 6 p.c. p.a. Final dividend, for the half-year ended February 28 last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, has been…

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“Scout” Miners An Open Shop Scheme of Hoskins South Coast, N.S.W.

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

The manager of Hoskins’ Wongawilli mine put forward a scheme to the officials of the Miners’ Union at Wongawilli. This scheme was to the…

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Buried in Coal On Steamer Millais. One Man Killed. Survivors' Graphic Accounts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 9

Two men were buried in a fall of coal in the bunkers of the British ship Millais, which was berthed at Jones Bay, yesterday morning. One man was killed, but his companion was…

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Man Caught in Coal Fall Is Held by Boots Dead Body of Mate Below Him

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 10

Buried to his neck in coal, with the dead body of his mate beneath him, William Crawford, coal-lumper, yesterday spent…

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No Mining Work in Tasmania Men Advised Against Going to Island State

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 12

THE unsatisfactory conditions operating in the mining industry in Tasmania, where unemployment is rife, were explained to the…

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