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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 202

Hangman at Work As Gold-digger. May Be Recalled for Execution

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 13

An executioner who is now working as a gold miner may have to be recalled to Nairobi (Kenya) from the gold field to carry out the sentence of death on Charles…

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Canada. the Note Issue. No Redemption in Gold. OTTAWA, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 13

The Minister for Finance (Mr. E. N. Rhodes) informed the House of Commons to-day that an Order-in-Council was passed two weeks ago, suspending the redemption of Dominion…

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£31,000,000 in Sunken Gold. Would Cover the American War Debt

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 1

A NEW YORK newspaper, writing on the subject of treasure lost at sea, states:— Treasure, reported to be sunken or…

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Mount Coolon Gold Mines, N.l. Further Capital Required

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 11

Mr. Colin Fraser, who presided at the first annual meoting of Mount Coolon Gold Mines, N.L., in Melbourne yesterday, said that owing to the increased cost of equipping the…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 3

THE man who loves God with a true heart and prizes Him above all things sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has an abundance of favors…

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News From Mines Golden Plateau Capital

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 12

Following on a report by Mr. T. R. Victor, Golden Plateau, N.L., has decided to purchase the Sunrise mine, which adjoins its own property at Cracow. The purchase…

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Gold Inside Brick. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 13

The son of Mr. William Harris, of Yambuk, picked up a brick from a stack being used in the erection of a building for the Church of England. Noticing a speck of gold on the…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 11

A strong market ruled for both gold and base-metal shares yesterday, and a general advance in prices ensued. Support for gold shares was reinforced by a decisive recovery…

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Treasure Trove. Better Than Mining

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 32

The Lutine boll is a lasting memorial of a grim story of the sea. Bung at Lloyd's to give warning of overdue ships, its sound reaches from time to time, by the car of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/1/ an ounce fine, compared with £5/19/ yesterday. CITY OF VENICE…

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Coal Exports. Increase in Quantity. Aggregate Value Lower. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 9

Further price-cutting in the coal trade is revealed in returns of oversea exports and interstate transfers of coal from Newcastle for the first three months of 1933. Shipments…

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Bargain with Denmark Butter for Coal a Three-Years' Pact LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 2

BRITAIN opposes the Argentine's demand, because it would be impossible to control imports. American…

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Problem for Financiers "Off the Gold Standard"; What Does it Mean?

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 27 April 1933 · page 12

Lately a subscriber to the "Financial Times," London, offered £6 to a charity for the most lucid answer to the question: "What is meant by a country being…

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Miners' President Visits

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 10

The general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. Rees, left last night for Brisbane. He will attend the annual delegate board…

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Saving on Gold Passes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 1

"Mr. Lang wants to know what there is in our claim that Upper House reform will reduce the cost of Parliament, since…

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Seeking Gold Landlord's Sorry Plight

The Sun · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 15

That the owner of several houses was in a desperate financial position and for the past 18 months had been prospecting for gold in Western…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 13

An active mining share market embraced a wide range of gold and base-metal shares yesterday. Favoured by a sharp rise in the price of the metal, the gold section strengthened…

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Western Coal. Freight Reduction Sought. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 11

The Advance Lithgow Association has appointed a deputation to interview the Premier regarding a reduction in coal freights from the western field…

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Nations Off Gold Do Most Trade Better Proportion of World Business in 1932

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1933 · page 12

A British Board of Trade analysis of world trade ill 1932 shows that both imports and exports of those countries whose…

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