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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 221

Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Bank of Australasia Increased Profit Bank's Fixed Deposits

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 6

As was stated in a cable message published in this column on March 18, net profit of the Bank of Australasia for the year ended October…

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Errol Flynn—adventurer. Life in Tasmania; A Launch that Caught Fire; Early Acting Ability; Gold in New Guinea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 5

ALTHOUGH born in Ireland, Errol Flynn, the A handsome young star, whose, meteoric rise to lame lias intrigued the film world, has spent a large part of his cheguercd and romantic career…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Overseas Buyers Still Keen on Placers Weaker Market for Claude Neon Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 16

FURTHER strong buying on overseas account--mainly from London--led to another good rise in Placer Development shares yesterday. Top prices, however, were not…

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Bismarck Mine Gold Case Orange

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 7

During the second day's hearing of the case in which William Ernest Smith, Richard Brooking and Herbert Edwin Wright are charged with…

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Conspiracy Case. Bismarck Mine. Evidence of Selling Gold. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 14

The case in which Richard Brooking, 48. miner, Herbert Edwin Wright, 37, miner, and William Ernest Smith, 35, painter, are charged with having, at Orange, between April 1. 1935…

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Norseman Gold's Plant

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 8

Directors of Norseman Gold Mines N.L. advise the purchase of a 350-horsepower Premier gas engine, with gas producer, alternator, &c., at a cost approximating…

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Gundagai Gold Crushing

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 8

The manager of Gundagal Gold N.L., in a report for the week ended March 21, states that crushing was proceeding with ore obtained from Keafe's shaft and No. 3…

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Better Than Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 19

BETTER than grandeur, better than gold, Than rank or title, a hundredfold,…

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Sandy Creek Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 8

The mine manager of Sanely Creek Gold Sluicing. Ltd., reports that for the period March 9 to 28, the plant treated 4150 cubic yards, for a return of 137oz. of gold, equal…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 18

The price of gold in London yesterday was £7/0/9 an ounce fine compared with £7/0/ll 1/2 an ounce last Tuesday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 27, is at the rate of approximately £7/19/5…

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City Gossip Premium on Gold Permewan, Wright Market Price of Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 8

In the premium on gold, the movement registered last week was upwards by 0.21-- from 104.48 on March 24, to 104.69 per cent…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 15

Buying orders for Placer Development, which had caused prices to rise for almost a week, were of lessened extent in yesterday's market. Prices backed down slowly in the…

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Wagga Gold Cup Entries by April 15

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 23

One of the most important country race meetings in New South Wales is the Wagga Gold Cup fixture, which will be decided on April 29 and 30…

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Glimpses of Country Life. Pansies, Gold, and the Tumut

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 2

WE heard about him at Tumut, we heard more about him at Batlow; at Tumbarumba they had met him, and at O'Hares' Bridge we saw him and talked…

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Men for Trial Conspiracy Charge Lucknow Gold Orange

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 15

EACH of the defendants in the Lucknow gold case today was committed for trial at the Orange Quarter…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/9 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/9½ yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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ANTARCTIC. Mr. H. Kenyon's Impressions, Oil and Coal Deposits. Balboa, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 13

The steamer Wyatt Earp, with Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian Polar explorer, and Mr. H. Kenyon, the Canadian airman, on board, arrived here yesterday, en route to Norfolk…

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Will Not Face Him in Sires' Produce Stakes Gold Rod Scares Away Opposition at Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 25

GOLD ROD'S presence in the Sires' Produce Stakes on Saturday week will definitely limit the size of the field. Many of the really promising…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Lack of Speculative Buying of Investments Easier Market for Placer on Profit Taking

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 19

REFLECTING a lack of speculative support, the investment market gave a particularly dull display yesterday. Prices, however, were fairly steady. Quiet conditions usually…

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