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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 221

Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Q. National Pastoral No Dividend Reverse for Pastoral Co

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

Persistently adverse seasonal conditions throughout 1935 over properties controlled by the Queensland National Pastoral Co., Ltd., were…

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Assistance for Miners. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 7

A conference of secretaries of miners' lodges decided that money to assist members of the Miners' Federation who were unable to work through illness and other causes should be…

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Colliery Strike. Dispute Over Cage Load. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 10

A strike has occurred at Oakey Park Colliery. The secretary of the lodge (Mr. M. Mckeown) said that the manager had decided not to bring the men to the surface…

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Science Aids Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Creation of a national geological survey is the likely outcome of a conference which…

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Rich Gold Strike at Gulgong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Vincent, announced yesterday, that he had received a report from Mr. Jones, Senior Geological Surveyor, on…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 11

Notwithstanding better values for some gold counters, the mining share market was inclined to drift yesterday. Quiet conditions generally were present, and the turnover was…

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To Stimulate Mining Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 5

Attended by representatives of the Commonwealth, the various States and prominent scientists, a conference was opened to-day by the…

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Tim Tyler's Luck a Bag of Gold!

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 20

Tim Tyler's adventures will be continued in "The Sun" to-morrow…

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Money, Mines and Markets : City Gossip Lustre Hosiery Steady Div

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 6

Lustre Hosiery Pays 7[?] p.c. On its operations during 1935 Lustre Hosiery, Ltd., cleared net profit of £31,252 after making provision for…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 10

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/11½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/1 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted at…

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Gold Discovery. 56 Ounces in 10 DAYS. Official Report to Ministry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 9

An official report received by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) states that a gold find has been made at Gulgong. The senior geological surveyor (Mr. George…

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American Capital Developing W.A. Mine. Company May Spend £2,000,000. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 10

The Premier (Mr. Collier) announced to-day that, on behalf of the State Government, he had signed an agreement with the American Smelting and Refining Corporation, under…

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Gold Rod an Exceptional Two-year-old Allunga Outclassed St. Leger Opponents

Referee · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY-OWNED horses made a hole in the V.R.C. programme on Saturday, and as Regular Bachelor is owned in Queensland and Greenhorn in New Zealand, there was little left for Victorian owners. Their turn may come at Randwick, as on the first day of last year's…

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Regular Bachelor's Amazing Victory in Newmarket Gold Rod a Champion Left Fidelity Far Behind In Sires' Produce Nothing Else Had a Chance

Referee · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 8

THE long-awaited battle between the outstanding two-year-olds of the season—Golf Rod and Fidelity—proved a fiasco. Gold Rod just made the opposition look like a lot of down-the-liners." IN Melbourne during the Spring car-…

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Lakekamu Goldfields N.l. Directors Recommend Liquidation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 11

Directors of Lakekamu Goldfields. (Papua) Development N.L., in their first annual report to January 23, recommend that the company be wound up. The mining engineer, who…

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Successful Miners’ Strike

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

BELGRADE, Jan. 20 (by mail)— After lasting six days, the miners' strike in Reseva has ended, the management having been obliged to grant all thirteen…

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Oakey Park Miners Cease Work

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 3

LlTHGOW.—At a pit-top meeting held on Tuesday, the miners at Oakey Park mine decided to cease Work .The men claimed that when…

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Helping Distressed Miners. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 9

An important decision relating to the financial assistance of members of the Miners' Federation who are unable to work owing to illness and other causes was reached at a…

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Gold, Dollar. Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

The price of gold today was £711 per fine ounce, compared with £70111 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 4.983 to the £ sterling, and…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 13

To-day's sales included:- Silver-lead: Zinc Corp., pref., 7/5. Gold: Boulder Perseverance, 5/3, 5/21; Commonwealth Mining and Finance, 12/3; Concord, 40/;…

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