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Mining & the mines, 1933

4,040 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 202

Rich Gold Yield. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 10

A 27½oz slug of gold, worth about £140, was brought to Grafton yesterday from a mine between Bucca and Coramba, which is being worked by a syndicate…

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Northern Territory Gold Claims. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 6

Gold claims at Tennant's Creek are reported to be giving good results, but the field is handicapped by lack of water. It is reported that 20 tons of ore recently crushed…

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Labour Party Split. Mr. Willis Challenges Executive. Chosen to Contest Bulli Seat. Expression of Miners' Federation Discontent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 9

A serious Labour split, threatening the leadership of Mr. Lang, is imminent as a result of the selection of the former Agent-General (Mr. A. C. Willis) by Labour leagues and miners' lodges in the Bulli electorate to contest the by-election against the nominee of the Lang-Garden-Graves…

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The Gold-Fetish Again

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 4

IT is with great difficulty that most persons can be induced to abandon an old economic superstition. This is particularly so in the matter of the "gold standard' of currency. Although it is well known that most countries no longer insist…

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Southern Miners "Disgusted with Executive." Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 9

The following joint statement by Messrs. F. Lowden, miners' district president, and W. J. Penrose, district secretary, was issued this afternoon in reply to a statement made by…

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Statement by Miners' Officials Bulli Seat Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 6

REPLYING to-day to a statement in yesterday's Press by the A.L.P. president (Mr. Keller), the president (Mr. F. Lowden) and…

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News From Mines Silaya to Purchase Big Shine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 10

Silaya Tin, N.L., has decided to exercise its option of purchase of the Big Shine gold lease. A crushing of 20½ tons from the east level returned 65oz. smelted gold,…

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Mining Shares in London London, May 22

The Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 4

[?] in snares in mining companies on the London stock Exchange to-day included:--B H. Pty., 25s 3d: North B.H., 605 3 34D: B.H. South, 41s 6d: Lyell,…

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Search for Gold Birtles Leads Party to Northern Territory

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 7

"Well, so long--we're on the gold trail now," smiled Mr. Francis Birtles, yesterday, as he led an expedition of two trucks and a car out of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £6/2/8½, compared with £6/3/1 on Friday. SIR ABE BAILEY. Sir Abe Bailey is retiring from all his…

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Move To Depose Inner Group Conference Of Unions Latest Turn in Willis Coup Miners May Expel Baddeley

The Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 7

IN furtherance of the move to do away with the control of the State Labor Party by the Inner Group a statement is being sent to all leagues and unions in New South Wales urging the signing of a petition…

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Wills Defies A.L.P CONSTITUTION Willis Outside The Movement, Says Keller Nominates As Independent Labor Candidate Against Selected and Endorsed Labor Man Action At Critical Hour Evokes Widespread Resentment Seeking to Divide the Movement 'United WeStand' Nomination Against the A.L.P. Runner South Coast Miners Will See Irony of Situation Sold Them Pup Rank and File Had Had Bitter Lesson in the Past

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 1

A FEATURE of the nominations for the Bulli by-election, which closed at noon yesterday. was the determination of Mr. A. C. Willis to continue his defiance of the constitution "IT is not remarkable to see from the apparently well-informed capitalist Press that all the disappointed place hunters and…

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Miners' Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 5

Consequent upon a direction from the last sitting of the council, a special meeting of the Central Council of the Miners Federation has been…

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Bismarck Range Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 4

A report by the mine manager at Lucknow of Bismarck Range (N.G.) Gold Exploration, N.L., states: On Joint 30ft. S.W. from main crosscut have intersected…

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Gold Yield Jumps

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 34

MANY Queenslanders feel inclined to embark in a community sing-song with the good old refrain "To-day I Am So Happy!" as the main item…

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Mionee Valley Gold Cup

Referee · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY owners and trainers should be greatly interested in the conditions of the Moonee Valley Gold Cup. The race carries the big prize of £2200,…

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Mine Disease Important Decision Is Given

The Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 11

An important Workers' Compensation decision was given to-day in a reserved judgment, in the case in which Linton Oscar Moore claimed…

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Gold Yield Increase. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 14

Because of the increased price and the reduced costs of production, the yield of gold in Australia continues to increase. In the first three months of 1933 the estimated total…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 15

As on Monday, Bulolo and Placer Development in the gold section, held yesterday the principal interest in the mining share market Bulolo again moved upward in a marked…

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Facts About Gold. Hoarding in the East

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 1

THE following are a few facts about gold compiled by New York University professors: Since Columbus discovered America…

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