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Mining & the mines, 1937

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Amusements "King Solomon's Mines"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 6

"King Solomon's Mines." produced by Gaumont-British and shown at the Capitol Theatre last night, enthralled a big audience, whose final applause…

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Stay-in Strike 80 Victorian Miners Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 1

Without previous notice, 30 coal miners at Korrumburra, about 100 miles from Melbourne, last night erected barricades and began a stay-in…

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Our Racing Letter Chelmsford Stares. Might Be Made Easy for Mala By Side-Stepping. Champions Hua, Ajax and Gold Rod Are Not Engaged and Allunga Might Miss It. a Great Betting Coup on Newcastle Horse Dulcedo

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 6

Next Saturday brings us a step nearer the big racing of the Spring, with the re-opening of Randwick after five months’ absence from…

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Amusements "King Solomon's Mines"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5

Romantic adventure and thrills provided by H. Rider Haggard, whose outstanding story, "King Solomon's Mines," will be shown for the last time…

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Manager Helped And Miners Went on Strike LAUNCESTON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 7
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Mr. J. Brown, manager of the Jubilee Colliery, assisted to wheel coal, and 45 men struck work as a protest…

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Gold Rod Another Excellent Gallop Mark Antony's Fast four SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 8

Continuing his splendid track work, Gold Bod registered 36½ sec. for the three furlongs at Randwick this morning, easily outdistancing his…

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Tumut Courts Wednesday, September 8 Warden's Court (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, Mining Warden)

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 1

In the conflicting applications for A. to E., by James Baker Elworthy and Daniel Lane Herlihy, ph. Wyangle co. Buccleuch. for sulphur…

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Mining Dispute "Anything Can Happen" Stop-work Meeting Next Week To Be Weld By Enginedrivers SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 1

It was stated at Cessnock to-day that every colliery in New South Wales where members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association…

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Mines Dispute Consideration by Trades Hall Committee Collieries Closed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 5

The Trades Hall Disputes Committee on Monday will consider the dispute between the Miners' Federation and the proprietors of the three coal…

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Six-hour Day Strike Threatened in Four Mines Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 1

Northern miners' lodges will be asked next week by the northern executive Of the Miners' Federation to approve of a Six-hour day strike in four mines…

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Gold Digging Days at Old Sofala The Chinese Fossicker (Copyright)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 2

In Australia the Chinaman has proved himself an expert in the intense cultivation of vegetables and in the art of fossicking for gold. He concerns himself with alluvial mining, leaving the more technical and laborious…

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Northern Collieries Idle Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 3

Special lodge meetings were held at the northern collieries to-day to consider the proposal of the northern miners' management committee to…

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Rehearsals for Epsom and Metropolitan Gold Rod's Form Mala And Silver Standard

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 8

In the view of the writer, the pace, the time, the weight, the bad barrier position had little or nothing to do with the staggering defeat of Gold…

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Spring Candidates Gold Rod Works Well Ajax Makes Best Time Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 8

Practically all the leading candidates for the Spring honors having raced at Randwick on Saturday, there were few fast gallops this morning. Gold Rod,…

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Mechanisation Opposed by Miners Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 1

For the first time in seven years a convention of the northern mining lodges was held to-day at Newcastle Trades Hall, with the object of…

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Gold Rod to Run in Camellia Stakes Experience in Big Field Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 8

The connections of Gold Rod have decided to run him in the Camellia Stakes instead of the Hill Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday, to give him more…

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Mine Mechanisation Considered by Northern Lodges Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 3

Sitting for the first time for seven years, the convention of the Northern Miners' Lodges held a long meeting to-day, at which the question of the…

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Gold Digging Days Church and School Life Floods on the Turon (Copyright)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 2

When old "Sofaia Sandy." In his travels near and far. Meets a mate he used to work with. In a claim at Maitland Bar…

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Impressive Epsom and Derby Trials at Rosehill Gold Rod, Ajax, and Talking in Brilliant Victories Gay Knight SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 8

Racing at Rosehill this afternoon brought the Epsom favorites, Gold Rod and Talking, into the limelight again. Jumping away smartly, Ajax quickly had a three lengths lead in the Rosehill Guineas, and, although he was…

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