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Mining & the mines, 1936

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Mt. Isa Mines Ltd. Loss Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 10

The loss of only £3195 last year, compared with a loss of £169,816 in the previous year was shown at the annual general meeting of Mt. Isa…

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News From Mines Pomme D'or Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 12

Pomme d'Or crushed 150 tons for 32oz. 14dwts. Previous sands, 2dwts. INGLISTON SOUTH YIELD Ingliston South Gold Development. N.L.,…

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EXTRA 6d Proposed Conference Proposal for Miners' Doctors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--At a conference of doctors, unemployed, and miners' representatives, in connection with treatment of unemployed and…

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Mining Dispute. Men Resume Work

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 8

As a result of negotiations between representatives of the Miners' Federation and representatives of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd., work has been…

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Mine Stoppage. Dispute about Employee. Decision to Resume Work. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 12

A secret ballot of miners employed at the Coalcliff Colliery was taken to-day to decide whether work would be resumed, in view of the management's insistence on the…

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Killed in Mine Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

John Russell. 67, was fatally injured when a huge rock fell on him at the Blackjack Mine, in the Charters Towers district. His son…

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News From Mines Plant for Loloma

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

The directors of Loloma (Fiji) Gold Mines, N.L. report that during the past few months exhaustive investigation into the treatment of the company's are has been made, and…

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Gold. Dollar Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

The Price of gold to-day was £7010½ a fine ounce, compared with £709½ on Monday. The dollar was 494 15-16 to the £ sterling, and…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 13

Gold shares were again depressed in yesterday's market. Prices moved lower in all but a few instances. New Occidental, which was the medium of the heaviest pressure, gave…

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Secret Ballot Miners Resume Work Despite Direction

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

Coalcliff miners yesterday agreed to work with a horse- breaker who was said to have been employed out of his turn…

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Called Police Mine Trouble Feared BRANXTON

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 26

Appeals for police assistance at Rothbury colliery were quickly answered by Inspector Noble, of West Maitland, and Sergeant Brodie, with…

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Villiers to Sail Mine Experts For Islands. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 31

Although here Was doubt, yesterday whether Captain A. J. Villlers would sail in the Joseph Conrad in search of gold, near the Solomon Islands…

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Miners Killed Two Fatally Crushed by Fall of Stone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Southern Cross colliery, near Ipswich, was the scene of a tragedy to-day when two miners were fatally crushed by…

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Australian Gold Yield. 814,760 Oz. for Eleven Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 13

According to a statement by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee) yesterday, the gold production of Australia for November, 1935, amounted to 95,431 fine…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/[?]/91 an ounce fine, compared with £7/[?]/11 on January 17. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Two Killed in Mine Fall Rescue Efforts of No Avail Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

Two married men, Gilbert Burren, of' Margaret Street, Silkstone, and David Bertram, of Pole Street, Booval. were fatally injured when they…

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Two Miners Killed In Fall of Stone. Companion's Remarkable Escape. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 12

Two men were crushed to death in a fall of stone at the Southern Cross colliery near Ipswich to-day. A third miner narrowly escaped a similar fate…

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More Gold Mined Production Up in Spite of Hold-ups

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Australia's gold production in November increased by 17,720 ounces to 95,431 fine ounces, compared with the same…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Syd. Ferries' Capital Richardson and Wrench More Capital for Sydney Ferries

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 4

Shareholders of Sydney Ferries, Ltd., at an extraordinary meeting, to be held on February 18, will be asked to consider a recommendation, by…

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Significant Move At Bellbird Colliery. Coal for Non-union Ships. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 12

The Bellbird Miners' Lodge, at a special meeting to-night, rejected, by a large majority, a motion calling on members to refuse to get coal for any boat manned by…

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