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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 218

Money, Mines and Markets Higher Div. From Meggitt's Interim Payments On 10 p.c. P.A. Basis

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

Increased dividends, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, on preference and ordinary capital, for the half year ended November 30 last, have…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Tin Stocks Soar; Barriers and Industrials Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 12

ADDING to the general buoyancy of metal stocks, a flood of Eastern buying orders for tin dredging shares caused a spectacular rise in prices yesterday, the movement overshadowing further substantial gains in Barriers and a…

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Wide Interest in Princess Juliana's Wedding. Bride's White Dress Made By Hand. Gifts of Gold and Precious Stones From the Indies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 9

The marriage on Thursday of Princess Juliana of Holland, heiress to the Netherlands throne, with Prince Bernard Zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, nephew of the last reigning Prince of Lippe, has created world-wide interest…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended December 31, is at the rate of approximately £8/1/6½…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 18

At London yesterday the price of gold was £7/1/5½ an ounce fine tas against £7/1/4 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…

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Water in Dudley Mine Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

Following a report by the miner' check inspector, Mr. I. Hoare that an inrush of water had occurred at Dudley mine, it has ceased work. The Northern Miners'…

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Death of Ex-mine Employee Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

An inquiry into the death of Mr. Thomas Foley, a former employee of the Tyides ley colliery, near Cullen Bullen, was conducted by Mr. P. S. Poolman at Portland…

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Potatoes in a Field of Gold

The World's News · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 14

MR. T. H. NEWMARCH, a farmer near Salisbury (South Africa), has discovered on his farm what is veritably a field of gold. During the last 25 years…

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Gold Rush in New Guinea by Aeroplane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- A former pilot with Guinea Airways brings news of another gold rush to a reputedly rich field in New Guinea…

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Russia Piling Up Gold Reserve Moscow

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 13

Increased gold production in Russia--estimated at £80,000,000 last year--is piling up a huge reserve that will be available for use in time of…

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Gold Can Be Made But What a Cost

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 9

Gold can now be made. But the cost of the process is more than the value of the gold. Lord Rutherford, professor of…

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Swiss Hide Weapons & Gold in Caves Geneva

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 13

As a protection against a surprise invasion, Switzerland's gold reserves, worth £125,000,000, have been removed from the Zurich National Bank…

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Skeleton Found in Shaft. Miners' Discovery. Murder Suspected. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 14

Two prospectors found the fullyclothed skeleton of a man buried in a disused mining shaft near Wedderburn this afternoon. The police…

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Mining the Share Market. Base Metals Recede

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 15

Downward reaction developed in the market for base-metal shares yesterday. Recent large advances had provided scope for profit-taking, which ensued on falls in several metal prices…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/l/5½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/8 yesterday. BRITISH RAILWAYS. In the first nine months of 1936 the tonnage…

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Gold in New Guinea. Rush to New Area. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 13

News of another gold rush in New Guinea, this time to a spot on the Screw River, 50 miles from the Itape coast, was brought to Brisbane by Mr. N. J. Bruchhouse, a passen…

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Money, Mines and Markets More New Companies Figures For 1936 Well Up

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

The past year was one of considerably increased activity in the registration of new limited liability companies in New South Wales…

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Big Gold Rush in N. Guinea Report of Traveller Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 5

News or another gold rush in New Guinea, this time to a spot on the Screw River, 50 miles from the Itape coast, was brought to Brisbane by…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Industrials Strong: Barriers and Tin React

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 13

STIMULATED by the buoyant wool market, industrial stocks gathered further strength yesterday, but Barriers came back quickly, and profit-taking reduced the previous day's big rise in Eastern tin shares…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 13

Queensland gold yield for the first 11 months of 1936 was 105,383oz fine, an increase of l2,419oz fine, compared with 11 months of 1935…

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