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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 202

External Trade Is Buoyant 9 Months' Exports £40,198,312 Big Shipments of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 10

Exports from N.S. Wales during March were valued at £6,122,022 in Australian currency, compared with £10,115,788 in Febru…

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Riverina Collieries

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 4

Registration was announced to-day of Riverina Collieries, Limited. Nominal capital is £100,000 in £1 shares, and objects are to acquire the whole or any part of the…

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Mine Deputy Killed by Fall of Coal

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 20

ONE man was killed and six others had a narrow escape, when a heavy fall, of props and coal occurred in the Black Jack Colliery at Gunnedah, yesterday morning. Frederick Sommerville, 40, mine…

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Boy O' Mine

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 17

Remember boy o' mine. The little brown path Runs over the hill. The little white lamp…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 3

LIFE is like an empty lamp without the oil of love. Want of vigilance over our eyes feeds almost all the passions which make war…

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Mining Lena Goldfields Claim. Soviet Government Recalcitrant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 11

A further stage in the protracted and abortive efforts of the Lena Goldfields, Ltd., of London, to secure from the Russian Soviet Government the compensation due for the…

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Mine Deputy Killed. Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 10

Frederick Sommerville, mine deputy, at the Black Jock colliery, was killed this morning by a fall of coal…

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Amateur Athletics Gold Cup Events

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 4

All members of the Rydalmere Amateur Athletic Club and intending members must bear in mind that events will start on Saturday, April 22, at…

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Effect on Foreign Loans. Payable in Gold Coin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 11

It is believed in many quarters that if the United States were to go off gold it would be of benefit to those countries who have raised loans in the United States inasmuch as they…

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Oil From Coal Great Possibilities for New Extraction Process

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 3

Every minor in Now South Wales would be employed profitably and permanently, and all our waste coal, such as "tops," "bottom," and "slack," could be…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/0/2 an ounce fine, compared with £6/0/9½ yesterday SPANISH ESTATES. A message from Madrid states that the…

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Coal Recovery "Almost As Good As Rise in Price of Wool"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 9

"If the Government can bring about the rehabilitation of the coal industry, it would achieve something almost as good as getting a higher…

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Bank of England. Large Purchases of Gold. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 10

The Bank of England yesterday bought £4,468,000 worth of gold from Australia, India, and South Africa, the largest purchase ever made in a single day…

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News From the Country Coal Charges Lithgow Seeks Freight Reduction LITHGOW

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 25

The Advance Lithgow Association has called a special meeting of citizens to make further representations to the Government for relief for the…

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U.S. Off Gold Planning To Raise Price Levels Export Ban Washington

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 1

THE Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Woodin, stated to-day that the action of the President in forbidding the export of gold had…

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Japanese Advance Worries Great Britain Looks Like Threat to Peking British Mine Interests Already Suffer Invasion Goes on China Offers Small Resistance Bandit Gangs London

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 1

GREAT anxiety is felt in Great Britain concerning possible developments in the Far East as the result of…

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New Guinea Goldfields. "May Be Permanent."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 10

"Miners believe that some of the New Guinea goldfields, especially at the Wau and Bulolo, will be permanent, and a constant source of wealth," said Mr. J. A. Carpenter, managing…

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Another Mine Fatality Deputy Crushed to Death by Coal Gunnedah

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 7

BURIED under a fall of 50 tons of coal and mino props at the Block Jack colliery yesterday, Frederick Somerville, 40, a mine deputy, died…

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Mine Lod Ge Treasurer Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 9

Seventeen nominations have been received to fill the position of treasure of the State Mine Lodge, Which has become vacant following the death of Sir…

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News From Mines Ratrut's Cash Position

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 12

The chairman of Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., N.L, (Mr. G. H. Blakemore), indicated to a sparsely-attended annual meeting of shareholders yesterday that the cash…

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