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Mining & the mines, 1937

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Gold Digging Days Wonderful Mineral Wealth of Bathurst District Naming of Ophir and Sofala (Copyright)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 July 1937 · page 3

Ophir! and instantly the mind reverts to the Old Testament and its records of Solomon the Wise, and that mysterious, and enthusiastically disputed, region whence came the gold and precious gems for the embellishment of…

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Miners' Claims Conference to be Held SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 1

J. and A. Brown and Co. to-day advised that the Miners' Federation and the company was willing to confer in company with the…

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Northern Coalfields General Stoppage Threat Miners Want Safety Devices. Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 4

The committees of three Aberdare miners lodges decided to-day to seek a general stoppage of the mining industry of the northern fields to force the…

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Miners' Strike Assistance Offered SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 1

According to an official of the Central Executive, the statement that all Inter-State branches of the Miners' Federation have now agreed to give…

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U.S. Gold Reserves London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 2

In reply to a question in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) said that the gold reserves of the United States…

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Affected Unions Representatives. Meet Miners' Secretary Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 3

The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. Orr), addressed representatives of about 30 unions and the Sydney Labor council at the Trades…

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Miners' Claim Thirty Hour Week. ANti Wage Increase- ' Conferences Planned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 3

The J. and A. Brown Co. to-day advised the Miners' Federation that the company was willing to confer with members of the miners' associations…

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A.J.C. Double Gold Rod—gay Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 8

Gold Rod and Gay Knight were favored for the Epsom-Metropolitan combination to-day and the pair were supported for all money available, Gold…

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Support for N.S.W. Miners Promised by Other States and New Zealand Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 1

According to an official of the central executive, all interstate branches of the Miners' Federation have agreed to give the New South Wales miners…

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U.S. Mine Explosion Sixty Men Trapped New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 2

At least four are dead as a result of an explosion in a coal mine at Sullivan (Indiana). Seventy were trapped, and so far 10 have been rescued, all…

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Items of News "Speck" of Gold Worth £48

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 6

Ringbarking on the property of Messrs. Chapman Bros., Jew's Creek, Mr. Charles Bourke, of Turondale, discovered a "speck" of gold which was…

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U.S. Mine Explosion (Continued from Page Two) Twenty Bodies Recovered New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 6

Twenty bodies have now been brought to the surface…

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Less Gold in German Teeth London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 1

The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says that £1,135,000 worth of gold which hitherto went into the months of Germans has already been…

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Gold Digging Days Nonogenarian Survivor at Bondi Grim Practical Joke (Copyright)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 2

Packing all his family possessions into a dray. Mr. M'Cloy faced the long and difficult trek of weeks' duration. Crossing the Nepean River by means of…

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Miners' Federation Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 1

Officials of the Miners' Federation to-day described the answer of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company to the log of claims for a new award as…

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Mining Conference Company Rejects Men's Claims Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 1

Following a conference between representatives of the Northern Milners' Federation and officials of the Broken Hill proprietary Co., Ltd., to-day, it…

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Miners' Claims Share of Prosperity Desired Official Quotes Mining Profits SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 4

Central officials of the Miners' Federation to-day described the answer of the Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. to the log of claims for a new award as…

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Mine Idle Wage Claim or Soccer Test? Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 3

The Aberdare Extended Colliery was idle to-day. 500 men being affected. The clippers declined to work and the miners had to return to the surface…

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Mining Act Graziers' Association Seeks Protection of Landholders From Dredging by Reasonable Regulations Reply by Premier

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Graziers' Association it was carried, on the motion of Messrs Kitten and Wilson,…

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Narandera Police Court Suspected Coal Thefts

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 8

At the Narandera Police Court on Thursday, Norman Kent, aged 24 years, and Joseph Murray, aged 24 years, strangers to the town, were…

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