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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 221

General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 16

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/9 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/11 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Fatal Mining Accidents. Inquiry Urged in W.A.

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 17

Mr. C. B. Williams, M.L.C, Vice-President of the mining section of the W.A. State Branch of the A.W.U., stated at Kalgoorlie last Friday that, in view of…

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Call for Non-union Miners. Move by Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 8

Arising out of the withdrawal of members of the Miners' Federation from the Lambton B Colliery, in the Newcastle (N.S.W.) district, following the…

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Villiers To Search For Gold Forms Company for Pacific Isle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The full-rigged ship, Joseph Conrad, will leave Melbourne within a week with a party of mining engineers and…

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Shipping Strike. More Interstate Vessels Involved. General Strike Proposal Is Defeated by Miners

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 18

MEMBERS of the Seamen's Union are still solid in their determination not to work under the new Federal award and until the licensing system introduced by…

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Fortune Cost Him [?]1 Brass Was Gold; Glass, Diamonds Calcutta. Tuesdy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 1

EXAMINING ornaments in a brass dealer's shop in Benares, an officer of a British regiment bought a small statuette,…

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Industrial News Miners Confer with Owners John Darling & Durham Disputes Thrashed Out Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 9

That considerable progress bad been made at the conference to-day with officiate of John Darling and Durham collieries regarding tho existing…

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Fortune for £1. Officer's Purchase. Gold and Jewels In Brass-dealer's Shop. CALCUTTA, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 15

By expending £1 in a brass-dealer's shop in Benares an officer in a British regiment has obtained a solid gold statuette with eyes of diamonds—a…

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Collieries to Resume

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

NEWCASTLE Wednesday. -- Work will be resumed at Lambton B. Colliery next Monday. John Darling colliery will…

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Miners to Resume Work. Lambton B Colliery. Company's Terms. Newcastle, Wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 9

Members of the Durham miners' lodge, who walked off their jobs at the Broken Hill Pty. Company's Lambton B colliery on November 11…

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Oil From Coal in Japan

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 15

Experiments are being made in Japan now with the extraction of oil from coal. Soon, it is said, synthetic petrol will be put on the market there…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

The price of gold to-day was £709½ p[?] fine once; compared with £709 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 4.96 5-16 to the £ sterling,…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 11

In a quiet market dealings in mining shares yesterday were on a small scale, except in two or three instances. Gold shares remained on a sagging course. Mt. Morgan…

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Shipping Strike. Idle Mines to Resume Operations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

The Sydney branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation held a meeting yesterday and decided to continue working…

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Gold Search in Pacific Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

Captain Alan trailers disclosed today that the party of geologists who are to be taken on the Joseph Conrad when she leaves Melbourne will…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 10

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/9½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/9 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted…

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Decision by Miners to Resume Settlement Of The Mechanisation Dispute at Two Pits Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

'THE mechanisation dispute at the Durham Colliery was ended today, when, following meetings of the John Darling and Durham miners'…

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Monday's Meeting Is Vital Policy In Seamen's Dispute Will Be Decided Miners' Case Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

VITAL matters of policy in connection with the seamen's dispute will be decided at an Important conference, to be held in…

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A Room with a Charm Mainly in Ripe Corn Gold, Delphinium Blue and Beige

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

A room with a charm of well-thoughtout color, this! As if sunshine were drenching many blue delphiniums with its warm, inviting rays—an enviable…

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John Darling Miners

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

The John Darling lodge will also resume work without any alteration in conditions such as were threatened. “Bondy” Hoare made reference…

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