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Mining & the mines, 1937

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More Areas for Comet Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 22

PERTH, Tuesday.--Australian Mines Management and Secretariate, Ltd., general managers for the De Bernales group, report that the options…

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"Gold Diggers" Travelled By Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 14

INTERESTING news of Captain H. D. Bowyer, the American airman who introduced the Stinson planes to Australia last year,…

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The Gold Clause Still Not Enforceable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 17

The House of Lords has reversed the decision of the British Court of Appeal in the gold clause case referred to in these columns a fortnight ago. The action was brought…

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Mine Disaster. 41 Men Asphyxiated. TOKYO, March 1[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 15

Forty-one men were asphyxiated while fighting a fire in a coal mine at Osawa. The death-roll increased because the driver of a motor lorry engaged in rescue operations…

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Mining Disaster Inquest to Open Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 6

The inquest into the deaths of the 13 victims of the recent disaster at Wonthaggi State Coal Mine will be opened to-morrow…

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Gold Rod. Warwick Farm Race. Sprint May Be Preferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 19

In view of his excellent form in Melbourne, Gold Rod's appearance at Warwick Farm on Saturday is keenly anticipated. He is engaged in the Chipping Norton Stakes, 1¼m, and the…

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The Financial Editor's Column Market Disappointed With Caledonian Coal Results

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 21

EXTREME disappointment in the trading results of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., for the December, 1936, year is reflected in the market for the…

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Production of Coal Oil "Would Cost 1s 5d A Gallon" CANBERRA

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 22

Investigations by Sir David Rivett in England have revealed that it would cost at least 1s 5d a gallon to produce petrol from coal in…

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Oil From Coal Too Costly. Chance of Start Remote. Newnes Possibilities. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 15

Because of the prohibitive cost, the chance of the early establishment of a plant for the manufacture of petrol from coal is remote…

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Hopes of Producing Oil From Coal Experiments Abroad May Yet Pave Way to Success

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 24

"ALTHOUGH the outlook for the production of petrol from coal in Australia is not hopeful at present, it is by no means hopeless," Sir George Julius said to-day. Methods were being improved continually and made…

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Blast Caused Deaths in Mine Disaster Gas Not to Blame Medical Evidence at Inqeust Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 15

NO external evidence was visible to show that 13 men killed in the Wonthaggi mine disaster died from carbon monoxide…

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Big Field Likely for Sydney St. Leger Gold Rod Does Not Upset Trainers Victorians Engaged in the Classic

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 2

OWNERS of three-year-olds with St. Leger possibilities might desire Gold Rod out of the race, but they will not permit a repetition of the V.R.C. classic when only three horses went to the post…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance and Commerce Markets and Mining Sharp Advance in All Govt. Securities

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 21

WITH holders of gilt-edged securities reassured by a steadier trend in interest rates, limited offerings on Change yesterday led to sharp rises in all issues. [?]Disclosed business was negligible,…

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Coal Mine Disaster Inquest 'Dense Volumes Of Black Dust From Shaft' Wonthaggi Wonthaggi

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 4

RESPONSIBLE for the deaths of 13 married men, the explosion which wrecked No. 20 shaft at the Wonthaggi State mine on Monday,…

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Corowa Gold Cup

Referee · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 23

THE secretary of Corowa Club, Mr. Frank Galbralth, a brother, by the by, of Mr. Joe Galbraitli, secretary, of the N.C.A., has a big programme set…

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Gold Rod's Task

Referee · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 1

GOLD ROD has shown himself a muster of weight. He won the Futurity at Caulfield last month with 94, beating…

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Bodies Left in Blazing Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday.--Stricken with grief, wives and other relatives identified the 36 bodies which have been recovered from the blazing coal mine in…

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Gold Rod And King's Head Will Not Meet

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 22

GOLD ROD will not run in the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm on Saturday. He will be reserved for the Liverpool Handicap, 6 furlongs, in which he has 9.3…

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Mine Disaster. Naked Light Theory. Inquest on Wonthaggi Victims. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 12

The City Coroner (Mr. Tingate, P.M.), at Wonthaggi to-day began an inquiry into the deaths of 13 men who were killed by an explosion in the State…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Mar. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/4 an ounce fine, unchanged from yesterday. NEW KING'S COUNSEL. The new King's Counsel include Mr. Wilfrid…

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