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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 221

Bulolo Gold Deposits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 15

Bulolo Gold Deposits Ltd. made a net profit, of £1085 for the year ended June 30. The profit includes £600 from Placer Development Ltd., representing £100 a month in…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 7. is at the rate of approximately £7/18/9[?]…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 18

The price of gold in London yesterday was £7/0/8 an ounce fine compared with £7/0/6 an ounce last Tuesday…

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Excelsior Coal To Carry On

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 10

Presiding at a meeting of shareholders in Excelsior Collieries, Ltd., yesterday, the chairman (Mr. L. T. Crouch) explained…

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Gold, Dollar. Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

Gold to-day, sold at £708 an ounce fine, a rise of 2d on yesterday's price. The dollar was quoted at 5.1 3-16, and the franc at 74 15-16 to the £…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 15

Gold shares failed to consolidate in yesterday's market the improved tone of the previous day. Prices opened steady, but a [?]actionary tendency set in later. Ora Banda…

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Excelsior Mine to Continue Liquidation Proposal Rejected

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 8

An extraordinary general meeting of the Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works Ltd., Thirroul, held at the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney,…

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Miners' Delegates to A.L.P. Conference Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

The Northern Miners' ballot for the election of five delegates to attend the Metropolitan Conference of the A.L.P. at Sydney on Saturday next…

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Coal V Oil. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 9

Sir,—An article in Saturday's "Herald" once more rightly emphasises the value and importance of oil in the national and commercial life of a country, and fortunate,…

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Will Plumb Well Possibilities Costly Shale And Coal Process

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Investigations having shown petrol could only be produced in Australia from shale or coal…

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£450,000 Forests, Mines New Works Federal Grant Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 13

FURTHER assistance amounting to £450,000 for forestry and metalliferous mining over the next two…

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City Gossip Mt. Isa Prospects Mining Trust

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 8

Bright Outlook for Mt. Isa That the political and business world of to-day is not ready for undiluted "professorial economics" and…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/8 an ounce jne, compared with £7/0/6 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Gold Output for 1935. Australia's Production £ A8,000,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 15

The Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. E. T. McPhee)announced yesterday that gold production for Australia for l935 amounted to 917,262 fine ounces, valued et £ A8,000,000…

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Sydney Colt Pleases Gold Rod Is Very Fit MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 2

THAT he will be in good trim for his engagement in the Federal Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, Gold Rod made evident at that track this…

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Journalists, Mining Magnates, and OTHERS Being the Library Page for the Week

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 15

THAT the life of a journalist is hard and sometimes dulled by monotonous routine, yet withal a most interesting one, is amply revealed in Mr. Frederick J. Higginbottom's fascinating…

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Two Dead? Suva Goldfield Riot SUVA

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 13

An unofficial report, denied by the Government, states that two natives were killed and one had his hand cut off in the fight between rival…

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Industrial News Wallarah Colliery Dispute

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 6

Following a direction from the Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday, a meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge is to be held…

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Coal Oil Japan Builds Plants

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 26

Mr. F. Oda, a professor in mining at the Kyushu Imperial University in Japan, declared to-day, on his arrival on the Kamo Maru, that…

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Miners' Council. Three Strikes Declared Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 12

The central council of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to recommend to the employees on strike at Wallarah, on the northern coalfields, and Wonthaggi and…

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