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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 221

Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

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

To-day's sales included:- Copper: Mount Lyell, 24/5. Silver-lead: Barrier South, 3/9, 3/11[?] 3/11; North Broken Hill, £8/1/, £8/1/6; Broken Hill…

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Further Remands Gold Stealing Charges ORANGE

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 13

Because the presentation of evidence is expected to last two or three days, requiring special arrangements for the magistrate to remain in…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 19

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

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

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Wright, Heaton Mt. Morgan Carrying Co. Pays 12 P. C. P. A.

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

Gross earnings of Wright, Heaton and Co., Ltd., for the half -year ended January 31 last amounted to £55,926, which was an increase of £301 on the…

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Wedding At Orange Attended By Many Sydney People Decorations In Gold And Yellow Fifty Guests Entertained At The Reception Smart Frocks

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 14

A wedding of city and country interests was that of Miss Jean Gordon, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Gordon, of…

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Dispute at Occidental Mine

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

The president of the A.W.U.. Mr. C. Dalton and the secretary, Mr. J McNeill, yesterday left for Cobar to meet the employees affected by a dispute at the…

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Terms Are Rejected in Colliery Dispute Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

Proposals for the settlement of the dispute in the Sunbeam colliery at Kerum burra were rejected as unsatisfactory by a meeting of the Trades Hall disputes…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

The price of gold to-day was £7011 a fine ounce, at decrease of 1d on yesterday's price. The dollar was quoted at 4.967 to the £ sterling…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 19

To-day's sales included:- Silver-lead: Barrier South, 4/, 4/4[?] 4/3; North Broken Hill, £8/2/; Broken Hill South, £5/13/6, £5/13/3…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 19

Mining shares, mainly on light dealings, found a fairly steady market yesterday. Western Australian old-established concerns, in which business is infrequent nowadays were…

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News From Mines Mt. Charlested to Close Down

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 9

The development work at Mount Charlested Wolfram Mines, to cover the cost of which the New South Wales Government advanced £2500 against a deed of covenant…

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Great Northern Gold Has Good Property But No Money

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 11

GREAT Northern Goldfields 18 getting behind schedule with its annual meeting, and a section of shareholders is…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 17

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/ the previous day. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Mining Activity at Broken Hill Broken Hill

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

The Proprietary mine is getting back to normal working, and 250 men are employed. The mine closed down to June. 1930, and only a few…

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London Money for Australian Industry Precedence Over Mining Ventures

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 11

UNLESS particularly assured, and strongly backed, there is little British money offering just now for mines…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 31

BEYOND extensive dealings in New Occidental and Sunshine the market in this section was slack. Even a story about ounces to the ton…

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Mining Reports in Brief

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 31

BLUE BIRD: A piece of stone from Blue Reef assayed 7 oz. 3 dwt. per ton. CROCODILE: Dredged 2,800 yards for 30 oz. 5 dwt. About 1/8 per yard…

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N.Z. Government Sharpens The Taxation Axe Rich May Provide "Gold Mine" for Ambitious Labor Policy Rosy Future for Farmers Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 2

The curtain will be rung up next week on the Labor Government's first dramatic production at Parliament House, when the Governor General's speech will be broadcast for the first time in New Zealand's history,…

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Australian Coal As Petrol Source Progress Made Overseas In Extraction Methods

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 14

TO the discussion on the extraction of oil from coal, Sir Frederick Stewart, in his report to the Government on Employment, makes an interesting contribution. IN contrast to the Commonwealth's lukewarm attitude to…

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Taxation Department's Gold Mine

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 6

The Taxation Department has discovered another gold mine. It has requested the Casino School of Arts to forward a return of its Income. No doubt other country Schools of Arts will be invited to contribute some portion of their huge profits to help the revenue. Scattered round the…

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