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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 221

Wonthaggi Trouble Mine Workers' Grievance Over Cavilling

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--All pits at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, were idle to-day, following a dispute over the cavilling rules…

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Stowaway by Chance. Cingalese Unseen Among Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

A Cingalese youth, who is on the freighter Appledore, now in port, was accidentally carried off from Colombo lying eslep on a heap of coal…

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May Day Delegation To U.S.S.R. Northern Miners’ Ballot

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Many nominations were received for the Northern miners’ May Day delegate to the Soviet Union, including a number of leaders,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/10 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Missing Gold From Mail Bag Cairns Discovery Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

BULLION-- probably a bar of gold from one of the mines in the area-- and a remittance to the postmaster at Cairns were found to…

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Mining Figure Passes Death of Mr. T. R. Morgan

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

THE remains of the late Mr. Thomas Richard Morgan, well-known figure in the mining industry and early in his career a…

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Vigorous Defence of A.C.T.U. Answer To Miners' Secretary Party Tactics Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

IN a vigorous refutation of attacks that had been launched against the A.C.T.U. by the general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr…

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United States. Gold Exports Cease. As the Dollar Recovers. New York, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 11

Commitments for shipments of gold to Europe ceased to-day, as President Roosevelt's announcement of plans to cancel 1,000,000,000 dollars in the Government's lending…

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: Money, Mines and Markets : City Gossip J. C. Ludowici Kandos Cement Leather Co.'s Reduced Profit

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

Net profit of £4247, disclosed by J. C. Ludowici and Son, Ltd., for 1935, is £230 less than the previous year's result. The dividend, reduced from…

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Gold Mining and Employment 15,424 Miners in W.A.

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 11

THE value of gold-mining as a field for labor, is illustrated in the case of Western Australia. But for the gold revival the State…

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Low Output From U.S. Mines

The Sun · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 8

SUBJECTS ranging from music to mining were discussed by passengers on the Maunganui when she…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 5

The price of gold to-day was £707½ an ounce fine, compared with £7011 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 5.01 9-16 to the £ sterling…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 19

To-day's sales included:- Silver-lead: Barrier South, 1/10; North Broken Hill. £7/11/6; Broken Hill South. £5/14/. Gold: Boulder Perseverance, 5/4½ Central,…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 19

Quiet business in gold shares in yesterday's market showed prices to be slightly easier. but downward movements assumed little consequence. Sunshine, paid, provided the most…

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Gold Added to Reserve London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 1

THE value of the gold added to the a reserve of the Bank of England in the past four years, if assessed at to-day's market price, would be…

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South Africa Wants Mining Reforms

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 11

"SMITH'S" advocacy for reform in company legislation finds a strong echo in South Africa, where a merry mining gamble has dimmed the sheen…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/7½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/11 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Mail Bag Rifled Mystery of Gold Bullion and Cash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 7

CAIRNS, Friday. -- A registered mail bag despatched from Kidston to Cairns was rifled, and gold bullion and cash remittance to the value of…

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British Gold Reserve. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 18

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) informed the House of Commons to-day, in answer to a question, that the value, at to-day's market price, of…

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COAL V. OIL. Progress of Rivalry, the Dual-fired Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 16

Under the irresistible influence of Lord Fisher, when he was First Sea Lord of the Admiralty before the Great War, the Royal Navy began to abandon coal in favour of oil…

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