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Mining & the mines, 1936

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Heard by the Way Third Oldest Hospital—Monument to an Explosion—Affection in Finance—Cat's Ninth Life—Throwing Gold Away, etc. Big Suit against Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

THE action by the executors of the estate of the late Sydney Smith against Penrith Council for alleged damage to property (Belmore Park)…

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Coal-shale

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 18

AUSTRALIA is dependent entirely for oil supplies from overseas sources. In the event of a disruption of sea…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 23

THERE was nothing much doing in the gold market. The Fiji group fluttered a little, but otherwise the tendency mostly was to mark time…

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Gold Rod's Speed Won Race From the Start Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 43

Gold Rod is certainly a class above the general run of Melbourne youngsters and the clash at Flemington with Fidelity will be…

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Financial Notes and Comments Current Gold Production Does Not Weigh Heavily in Balance of Payments

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 24

Thanks entirely to the fact that the "price" of gold has risen from £4 4s 11d per fine ounce since 1931 to £8 12s 2d at the moment -- it has been higher -- the value of Commonwealth production has almost doubled. There is little doubt, however, that the position of gold in our economy plays second fiddle to the lure of the metal as an incentive to its production…

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Pot Pourri of Racing "The Man in the Boxer Hat" Thinks Gold Rod Will Frighten Fidelity Caulfield

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 2

THERE'S one man over here who reckons Gold Rod will give Fidelity the fright of her life, aud be ought to have a fair Idea. We refer to "The Man in the Boxer Hat" Speaking to "Truth" after Gold Rod's victory, the "Boxer Hat Man" said, "As soon as I saw him I made up • • • • •…

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Look Out Fidelity! Gold Rod Shows He's a Super-Charged Speed Job Now for Sires' Produce Caulfield

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 2

"WHAT a colt. What a colt." That was the excited babble through the various enclosures when Sydney's crack youngster, Gold Rod, demoralised the field in the first heat of the Federal Stakes to-day. Gold Rod…

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New Goldfield in New Guinea World's Biggest Dredging Area, Is Claim Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1936 · page 9

Charles Graham, mining prospector, who passed through Townsville to-day in the Montoro, bound for Sydney on a holiday was one of…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 11

With only two issues showing declines, mining shares closed the week on Saturday on a lather stronger note than had been evident lately. The only important deals were…

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Tennant Creek. Reported Gold Strike. Prospector's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 10

Mr. R. N. Hughes-Jones, who arrived in Sydney yesterday from Tennant Creek in a 'plane piloted by Mr. Frank Neale, stated that ne and his partner had just put through a…

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Gold Bloc Tariff Reduction Woolgrowers' Case Kneeshaw Replies

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 9

"THERE is an old saying that there is nothing more misleading than facts-- except figures. It is vindicated in a striking way…

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Sydney Amateur Sailing Club. Winners of Gold Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 15

The Sydney Amateur Sailing Club brought its gold medal point score series of races for 1935-36 to a conclusion on Saturday. Its three classes competed over the usual courses in a light cast-north-east…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 10

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/0/11½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/10 the previous day. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Financing Mining Disputes Levy Fund to Be Used

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 6

At its concluding session on Saturday, the Central council of the Minora' Federation decided to finance the disputes at Ayerfield and Aberfield collieries out of the…

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A Galloping Machine Gold Rod Causes Big Impression In Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--"The finest two-years-old I have ever seen," was the eulogy of a prominent Melbourne trainer, when Gold Rod…

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Forecast Of Labor Unity Mr. Lang's Speech At A.L.P. CONFERENCE Government Attacked On Oil From Coal Question

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 7

"The approaching unity of the Labor Parties will come at a time when the people of Australia are again turning to Labor for redress," Mr. J. T. Lang said in his address to the State A.L.P. Metropolitan Conference…

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Small Coal Mines. Intensifying Boycott. Committee's Decision. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 16

The northern miners' committee of management, at a meeting in Newcastle to-day, decided on an intensification of the campaign against small mines and non-federation labour…

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Colliery Strike. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 16

A strike occurred at the Oakey Park colliery to-day. The men refused to work, owing to alleged insufficiency of places following a fall in the mine. A meeting of the lodge took…

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Gold Rod

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The crack Sydney two-years-old, Gold Rod, will not have another race before he tackles the unbeaten…

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Collieries & Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present operating at…

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