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Mining & the mines, 1936

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

The price of gold to-day was £712 per fine ounce, compared with £7124 on Saturday. The dollar was quoted at 4.92 15-16 to the £ sterling, and…

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Firemen Fight Coal Fire Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

Cardiff and Boolaroo are grimaces were engaged for several hours this evening pouring streams of water from Cockle Creek on to 200 tons of smouldering coal in a…

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Miners' Threat. Mr. C. M. McDONALD'S WARNING

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 10

"I would issue a word or warning to the miners' leaders, that they should not place their members in a position that would undoubtedly affect them disastrously," said the…

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Mass Meetings of Miners Reports of Delegates Awaited Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

Mass meeting of miners will be held at Booval., Rosewood and AcLand on Thursday. The president of the Queensland…

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Coal Sales Are Stopped Victorian Railways' Action Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

Although they had been invited to attend a [?]ating convened by the Seamen's Union, representatives of unions at the Trades Hall to-day…

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To Meet Miners' Council A.C.T.U. Representatives Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

The emergency committee of the A.C.T.U. to-day decided to send the president, Mr. A. E. Monk, and the vice-president, Mr. King (the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 10

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/2 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/2½ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Fire in Coal Silo at Cockle Creek Three Fighters Overcome by Fumes in Battle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Three firemen were overcome by fumes while fighting a fire in a coal silo at Cockle Creek to-night, but were…

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Miners Prepare for Aggregate Meetings Vital Vote Taken To-morrow Unions Told of Decision Meetings To Be Called A.C.T.U. MOVE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

PURSUING its preparation for a general stoppage in the coal-mining industry on Friday, the Central Council of the…

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British Miners. Colliery Owners' Offer. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 13

The meeting of the National Executive of the Mine Owners' Federation, which was adjourned from before Christmas till yesterday, was further adjourned till after Wednesday's…

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Shipping Strike. Union Seamen Display Great Solidarity. Coal Mines May Cease Work

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 18

AN important development in connection with the shipping strike took place at a conference of representatives of mining Unions, held at Sydney last Friday, when…

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Case for Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

The secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr), in a broadcast address, last night, said tim the unions were seriously alarmed at the menacing attitude of certain…

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Hydrogenation of Coal

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

The Premier of New South Wales, it is stated, will make some enquiries abroad into the hydrogenation process of obtaining oil from coal. These investigations will be made more particularly as…

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An Old Mine Sapphire

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 48

DEAR CINDERELLA,— [?] I live 18 miles from Inverell, and about 32 miles from Glen Innes. We live on King's Plains station. Dad gets a bonus for all his fox skins. My three…

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Euro Gold Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 15

The option held by the Euro Gold Development Co. of Sydney, over the El Dorado mine at Tennant's Creek was exercised on Saturday at a purchase price of £15,000. El Dorado…

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Coal Petrol Pty. Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 15

An abridged prospectus of Coal Petrol Pty. Ltd. is published in our business columns Capital is £250,000, divided into 249,950 ordinary shares of £1 each and 1000…

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News From Mines Adelong Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 10

Adelong Gold Estates, between December 27 and January 4, treated 20,500 cubic yds. for 35oz. 16dwt. smelted gold. MORUYA GOLD CLEAN-UP…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 18

The price of gold In London yesterday was £7/1/0½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/3 an ounce last Tuesday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended January 3, is at the rate of approximately £8/0/3½…

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Coal Trade. 23,377 Tons Shipped

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped from Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State, was 23,377 tons, of which 5333…

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