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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 202

Explosives in Mines Owners Reject Claims of Employees

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 4

The general secretary of the Miners Federation, Mr. A. Teece, stated yesterday that he had been informed by the Minister for Mines,…

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Mining Near Prison Camp. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 12

An application in the Warden's Court. Glen Innes, for permission to commence mining operations near the prison camp, was opposed by Mr. H. J. Boler, the officer in charge of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 11

The price of gold to-day was £6/3/3 an ounce fine. THREE MURDERS. A message from Paris says that a former…

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Greater Gold Production World's Need International Bank Advocates Freer Trade London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 1

GOLD is not properly employable as stores oil wealth nor is its primary object to assure the internal convertibility of notes…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Burns, Philp's Expansion Renong Tin B.P.'s Jubilee Year

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 4

Shareholders in Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., were told by the chairman (Mr. James Burns) at their annual meeting to-day that there had been…

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Genuine Coins and Spurious One Allegedly Gilded to Represent a Gold Piece Four Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 May 1933 · page 6

A GENUINE £5 gold piece a genuine silver 5piece and a gilt 5 piece were the exhibits in an unusual counterfeiting charge at…

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Northern Miners' Bd of Management

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 8

The general president of the Miners Federation. Mr. D. Rees, and the general secretary. Mr. A. Teece, will attend a meeting of the…

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Bundle of Letters Gold Pass Grab; S.p. Scandal Gold Passes

The Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 15

With a number of referendum votes still to be counted, though the result is no longer in doubt, I learn that members of the present Council are…

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Clunes Monument to First Gold Discovery

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 6

A MONUMENT commemorating the first discovery of gold in Victoria, and worthy of the historical traditions of the township, was recently unveiled at Clunes, which at one period was far more famous than Melbourne. The first…

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City Council Coal Substitution Plan Ruled Out

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 5

Discussion on a resolution by the Electricity Committee for a variation of a contract for the supply of coal, by R. W. Miller…

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For Bulli Seat Southern Miners Will Hold Own Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Southern miners' lodges, in conjunction with branches of the A.L.P. in the electorate, have determined that…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. 43,490 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State was 43,490 tons of which 7050 tons…

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Upper House. Retention of Gold Passes. Scheme Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 13

A proposal may be placed before the Cabinet at an early date to define the privileges that may be retained by the present members of the present Legislative Council after…

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Bulli By-election. Labour Candidate. Miners Insist on Selection. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 13

It was made clear at a meeting of the Bull[?] A.L.P. electorate council at Thirroul to-night that the southern miners would not countenance any attempt by the inner group to select…

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Gold Rush Planes to Join Search Deposits in Labrador

The Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 26

Aeroplanes and an ice-breaking steamer are being prepared for a gold rush into the wild heart of the Labrador Peninsula as soon as…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/3/ an ounce fine, compared with £6/3/3 yesterday. AMBASSADOR TO BERLIN. The King has approved the appointment…

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City Council Coal. Variation of Contract Proposed. Lord Mayor Stops Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 13

The Lord Mayor last night declined to allow a recommendation from the electricity committee to be put to the City Council, on the ground that it was a variation of a contract…

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Queensland's Gold: The Romantic Past and Present Prospects The history of gold-mining in Queensland is a Wonderful record, but the special justification for this article is that there are signs of a revival of the industry on a big scale

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 19

SO far as Queensland is concerned, at any rate, the discovery of rich mining areas has followed in the wake of periods of acute…

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First Win in Sight Gold Honour May Be Rewarded Repartee Fit

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 4

A particularly smart field of ponies will contest the first division of the 14.1 Handicap today at Rosebery, and it will…

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New Guinea: Land of Gold, Stone Age Customs and Daring Flying Men

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1933 · page 8

The story of a recent trip by Mr. Tom Richards, once a famous international footballer, and, by reason of long experience, a "man of the goldfields." His description of the gold areas and of…

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