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Mining & the mines, 1935

4,579 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 229

Mining Drama

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 9

To those outside the mining industry the word "goaf" might, mean anything. Harold Heslop has chosen the word as the title for his latest…

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On The Watch For Gold Passes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Railwaymen throughout Victoria have been instructed to watch for two gold…

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Back Injuries: Fall of Coal Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

When a fall of coal occurred in Corrimal Colliery. Phillip Acres sustained abrasions to his back, right band, and foot. The next broadcast recital by the…

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Further Sharp Rise in Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Gold went up to £721 per ounce fine to-day, an advance of 6½d on yesterday's price. Dollar and franc quotations were,…

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System of Rationing Opposed South Bulli Miners Determined WOLLONGONG

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

THE South Bulli Colliery was idle on Wednesday and Thursday because of a dispute in connection with the rationing system in…

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Coal-cattle Deal Pleases I.F.S. DUBLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 8

NEWS of the Anglo-Irish agreement to trade coal for cattle has been received with the greatest satisfaction in Free State…

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COAL & Cattle Exports Anglo-irish Trade Resumption London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

An informal understanding has been reached for a resumption of exports of coal from Britain to the Irish Free State and of Irish…

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Hours Dispute New Mining Award KALGOORLIE

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

Confusion arose to-day over the operation of the new 88-hour-a-fortnight provision of the gold-mining award…

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A 30-Hour Week Northern Miners' Aims for 1935 NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Mr. J. Kellock, vice-president of the Northern Miners' Federation, declared to-day the Federation's aims for 1935…

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General Cable News. Record Gold Price. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 16

The price of gold to-day was £7/2/1 an ounce fine, which is a record price. The price yesterday was £7/l/6½, which was within a halfpenny of the previous record price…

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Unloading Coal A.G.L.'s New £50,000 Plant

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

A large coal-unloading plant is now in course of construction at Mortlake works of the Australian Gas Light Company. The new plant…

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Finance and Commerce. Financial International Gold Standard. United States Hindrance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 17

The United States Department of Commerce has published a table of the balance of payments of the United States for the six months, January to June,…

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Mining Hours Dispute Stern Protest by Union Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Notices were posted to-day on Chafter's Shaft, one of the big mines on the Golden Mile signed by the union committee,…

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Coal Trade and Philippine Is. Anxious for Agreement Says Official . BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. E. E. Warron, an official of the J. and A. Drown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., after a visit to the Philippine islands, said to-day…

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Buonarroti May Win Gold Cup on His Favorite Track Recent Form Has Been Good Koda Pen May Be the Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

TWELVE months ago Randwick trainer J. T. Jamieson won the Moorefield Gold Cup with Persian. In to-day's cup…

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Should Be Cup of Cheer "Fill-up" With Australia Fair in Moorefield Gold Cup Koda Pen Will Be All "Write"

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

TO whom will the five hundred golden googies plus a gold cup go as the winner of the Moorefield Cup on Saturday? We reckon that Frank McGrath will garner 'em. He's the owner and trainer of Australia Fair and…

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"Had Never Seen a Racecourse Barrier" But He Led From Start to Stop "Country Cousin," Max Gold, Intrigues Stipes Sleuth Turner Inspects Brands

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

MANY strange circumstances surround the winning performance of Max Gold in the second heat of the Ascot 14.1 Handicap on Wednesday. FEW people had ever heard of Max Gold, but he was backed…

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Breeding Notes Rushed On To Course With a Flag and a Gun Peter Pan Recalls Thrilling Scene Grand Sire Was Brought Down During the Race For Ascot Gold Cup Tracing the Tracery Line in Australia

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 11

IT is strange how frequently in the racing world circumstances seem to combine in a striking fashion, says "Sporting Life." THE Cambridgeshire winner, Wychwood Abbot, is one of…

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A Real Gold Mine

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1935 · page 18

ABOUT five years ago several North Queenslanders put up £500 each to back a mining man who said that he knew of gold bearing deposits…

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Hope For Miners

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1935 · page 11

THE Home Secretary has announced that any underground mine-worker contracting silicosis will now be eligible for…

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