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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 218

Gold Production. Australian Figures. Increase for 11 Months. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 17

The gold production in Australia in November amounted t0 101,579 fine ounces valued at £891,916 Australian currency, or £713,533 sterling. Although slightly less than the…

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W.A. Fraud Charges. Yellowdine Gold Company. Allegations by M.L.A. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 17

The Royal Commissioner (Mr. P. L. Hart) to-day continued the inquiry into charges of coiruption made by Mr. T. J. Hughes, M.L.A., against Ministers and…

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Steady Demand for Bank Accommodation Australian Gold Output £ Aust. 9,030,056 CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 13

Steady improvement in the demand for industrial accommodation is shown in quarterly averages of the trading banks. Deposits are higher Australia's gold production during the first eleven months of 1936 was 1,044,225 fine ounces, valued at £Aust. 9,030,056, or £stg.7,224,046…

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Twelve Soviet Miners Murdered By Trotskyists Awful Crimes Revealed in Soviet Court Common Cause With German Fascists

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

We are able to make available the evidence in the trial of the Nazi agent, Herr Stueckling, and the Trotskyite terrorists, recently held in the Soviet Union. Two miners died, poisoned by the gases, and ten more were killed in the explosion caused by…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Investment Stocks Firm in Buoyant Share Market

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

ALTHOUGH some of the leading industrial stocks eased under the influence of profit-taking, the investment market generally was firm and buoyant yesterday. Commonwealth Government…

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Claims by Miners

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 6

The general president of tho Miners Federation. Mr. C. Nelson, said yesterday that formal business only was transacted at the meeting of the committee set…

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Miners' Houses in England

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 2

While British statesmen are spending enormous sums on armaments, the above picture, taken from the "Weekly Illustrated," shows the kind of houses in which British workers have to live, and the sort of places in which their children have to play…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended January 15 is at the rate of approximately £8/1/5½…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 18

At London yesterday the price of gold was £7/1/71/2 an ounce fine as against £7/l/61/2 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…

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Rich Deposits of Gold Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

RICH gold deposits have been located by the North Australia Aerial Geological Geophysical Survey in Portland Roads mineral field, Cape…

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Gold Production. Steady Increase in Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 15

The production of gold in Australia declined without interruption from a maximum output of 3,898,000 ounces fine in 1903 to 427,000 ounces fine in 1929. In 1930, due mainly…

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Site for Coal Oil Works Visitor May Make Inspection

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 14

Commencement of the hydrogenation process to extract oil from coal, at Moscheto Island, in the Hunter River, will be one of the major…

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Mining the Share Market. Prices Again Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 15

Few issues escaped an easier trend in yesterday's ruining share market. Further downward reaction in base metal sections accorded with metal price movements. Barriers…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/l/7½ an ounce fine. The price has been unchanged since Saturday. GALE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL…

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Extracting Oil From Coal Establish Plant At Newcastle? NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 9

"What can be done at Billingham-on-Tees can be done at Newcastle-on-Hunter," said Sir Frederick Stewart, M.H.R., addressing the Newcastle…

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Barrier Mine Fatality Man Killed By Fall Down Chute Broken Hill

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 14

Royal Walter William Douglas Lawson, 44, single, was killed last night, when he fell about 50ft. down a chute at the South Mine…

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Money, Mines and Markets Mt. Isa Output Hopes Depend On Freight Settlement

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

If transport problems can be solved, the directors of Mt. Isa Mines, Ltd., hope to enlarge the scale of the company's operations by the…

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Relief Worker in Luck Children Find Gold Worth £150 TEMORA

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 13

Gold that was sold for £150 was obtained from a lump of quartz picked up by two sons of Mr. H. E. Bell, a relief worker…

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Oil From Coal. Expert to Discuss Possibilities. £1,000,000 Alkali Plant. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 13

Sir Harry McGowan, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., who arrived in Fremantle by the Oronsay yesterday, said that while he was in…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Barriers Relapse Due to Lower Lead Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 17

FOLLOWING on the rather severe fall in the price of lead and spelter, Broken Hill shares weakened appreciably yesterday on,a comparatively small turnover. Zinc Corporation suffered the worst…

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