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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 221

In Parkes Mining District. Organiser Anderson' Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 17

Since last reporting I was compelled to again visit Junction Reefs mine, as the majority of our new members, including the Rep., had been put off a few days…

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Lady Shenton Gold Mines. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 13

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Munsie) to-day refused the request of the directors of the Lady Shenton Gold Mines (1934), N.L., that an officer of the Mines Department should…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 7

The price of gold to-day was £711 per fine ounce, a decrease of ½d on yesterday's price. The dollar was quoted at 4.97½ to the £ sterling,…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 13

To-day's sales included:- Copper: Mount Lyell, 24/6. Sliver-lead: Barrier South, 3/2, 3/5; North Broken Hill, £8/1/; Broken Hill South, £5/13/, £5/13/6;…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 13

Business in all sections of the mining share market was of restricted extent yesterday. Gold shares continued to display a sagging tendency, Lady Shenton, Loloma, and…

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Crushed To Death Between Coal Wagons

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- The third tragedy in twelve months occurred to-day as the shift ended at Cessnock No. 2…

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Coal Versus Oil. the Dual-fired Ship

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 5

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 fuel, though coal was to be found in British mines and was…

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Oil From Coal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 4

Sir,—A report published in your issue of Tuesday, March 17, of an address given by Mr. J. N. Lawson, M.P., at Lithgow, on the extraction of oil from coal, throws a good deal…

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Oil From Coal. New South Wales Average. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 11

In an address at Lithgow Mr. Lawson, M.P. said that Dr. Synott, of Greenwich Research Station, had taken samples of coal from six mines on the northern New South Wales field,…

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Shunter Killed at Colliery Chest Is Crushed By Two Waggons Instant Death Cessnock, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

ALBERT EDWARD NOLAN, 59, shunter, of Wollombi Road, Cessnock, met an instant death as Cessnock No. 2…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/1 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/ the previous day. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The American dollar was quoted to-day at…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Associated Newspapers Interim Dividend Associated Newspapers' Dividend

The Sun · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 4

Directors of Associated Newspapers, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 2 per cent, on both preference and consolidated ordinary…

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Nearly 200 Mining Firms on Change 22 Pay Dividends Companies Debate Guillotine Works

The Sun · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 30

THE lure, the fatal lure, of gleaming yellow gold! What a volume of brave hopes blasted was contained…

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The "Referee's" Breeding Page Bend Or Line's Outstanding Success "Making Stayers" Of Sprinters Will Gold Rod Stay?

Referee · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 6

THE Bend Or sire-line had a great triumph at the Victorian autumn meetings. It not ondly had the champion stayer (Sylvandale) but most of the outstanding sprinters, including Regular Bachelor, Valiant Chief…

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Fatal Floods in U.S. Licensed Witchcraft Gold Badge Found 10 Feared Dead in Town Residents Flee To Hills New York

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 8

SUDDEN floods swept across sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia yesterday, causing thousands of The Government of South Africa licences its witch doctors, because the native boys in the gold and diamond mines will not work unless they have A New Zealand Justices' Association gold and enamel badge carrying the name of A. A. McGowan, was found in Liverpool Street, City,…

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Mine Dam Burst Kills Draughtsman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--R. Ian Marshall, 26, draughtsman, employed by Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie, Ltd., who, with three other…

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Pipe Near Colliery Blown Up at Night. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 12

A section of a waterpipe in the vicinity of Ayrfield colliery, which is worked by nonfederation labour, was blown up last night. The pipe was connected not to the colliery…

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Pop a Heart Of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 8

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 7

The price of gold to-day was £71 per fine ounce, a decrease of 1d on yesterday's price. The dollar was quoted at 4.97 1-16 to the £…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 13

So far as small price movements indicated, gold shares were steadier in yesterday s market, Several of the speculative counters showed increased activity. Of the first-class issues,…

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