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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 218

Daily Telegraph Classified Imformation Section Finance and Commerce Markets and Mining Koitaki Responds to Higher Rubber Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 21

WITH the price of raw rubber above 1 a lb., the highest price since 1929, Koitaki Rubber shares sharply advanced 21½ to 326 yesterday, after having risen strongly on preceding days…

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Warwick Farm A Guide To Doncaster And Cup Gold Rod to Win Sprint Cracks Are Entered Two Victorian Sprinters Oppose

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

THE Warwick Farm Autumn Cup meeting to-morrow provides for race fans much more than a day of first-class racing. It Is something…

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Federal Policy on Coal Oil

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--It is now certain that the Federal Cabinet will decide against immediate action to develop the coal oil industry…

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Air and Gas in Mine Death-pit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The surface fan ventilating Wonthaggi State coal mine on the day before the explosion was the subject of evidence at the…

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Mine Gassing Disaster Native Victims Number 73 JOHANNESBURG

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

As the result of a gassing disaster at the Simmer and Jack mine, Germiston, 40 natives are dead and 33 are missing…

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Current Reviews "Gold Diggers of 1937" (Warner Bros.)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 27

Type: Comedy. Story: Farce; fairly sustained. Merits: Humor,…

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Lake George Mine. Sale of Shares in London. LONDON, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 18

Considerable interest was shown in the start of business in 10/ shares in the Lake George Mining Corporation, Ltd., of London, formed to acquire lead, zinc, copper, silver, and gold…

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Mine Explosion. "Gas Continually Emitted." Union's Allegation at Inquest. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 18

When the inquest into the deaths, of 13 men, who were killed in an explosion at the State coalmine at Wonthaggi, was resumed to-day, Mr. Stanley Lewis, for the Federated…

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Wonthaggi Inquest Mine Fans Were Not Working States Witness At Inquest Gas in Shaft Wonthaggi

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 5

SAYING he was more concerned with the possible presence of gas before the explosion, Mr. Stanley Lewis (for several widows) at the…

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N.S.W. May Rival W.A. Gold Shows 1,000,000 Tons At Forest Reefs

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 11

DIAMOND drilling at Forest Reefs (N.S.W.) Mineral Developments (Fiji) Ltd., is proving what will probably be this State's…

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Picnic Races in Summer Sunshine. Mr. P. C. Julian Wins Gold Cup. (From Our Special Representative.) YASS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 11

Brilliant sunshine played an important part in the success of the annual meeting of the Yass Picnic Race Club held on Marchmont racecourse to-day. Since early this morning cars have…

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SPORT and SPORTSMEN Maurice McCarten Tells of the Discovery of Gold Rod's Stamina How I Found Gold Rod Wasn't a Speedy Squib Now Winner of 8 Races in 13 Starts Will It Win Him the £1500 St. Leger ?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 8

IT WAS BY NO PRE-ARRANGED PLAN THAT CONNECTIONS OF GOLD ROD DISCOVERED HE COULD WIN RACES JUST AS WELL FROM BEHIND AS BY BURNING UP EARLY SPEED TO ENTANGLE HIS OPPONENTS IN A WELTER OF INTENSE…

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Finance and Commerce Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Markets and Mining Metal Stocks Advance in Quiet Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 17

QUIETER conditions, partly influenced by the proximity of Easter vacation, made little impression on share values yesterday, industrials being reasonably firm. The closing stages of the wool sell[?] find that commodity…

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Another Page From My Notebook of Crime Asked for Gold, Got Lead Violent End of Gunman Had Craving For Notoriety His Victims

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 10

THAT there is more lead than gold in the life of a Sydney gunman is indicated by the tragic end of Edward Pulley, who lived by the gun…

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Work Again at Wonthaggi Safety First in State Coal Mine Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 2

Following negotiations between the management and the men to-day, work will be resumed in part of the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, on…

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Colliery Dispute Settled Lithgow

Truth · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 19

A DISPUTE which had existed at the Renown Colliery over what the miners considered to be deficient bords has been settled. The…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 33

THE metal market early was easier, and prices receded to the levels prevailing early in the month. Speculators thus received a jolt…

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Miners Meet at Broken Hill Want Conference with Management Broken Hill

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 15

Trouble simmering at the North Mine has been temporarily relieved, following to-day's meeting of employees called by the North Mine job…

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Likes Room To Gallop Gold Rod Lost No Friends in Sprint

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 21

Gold Rod did not lose caste when he failed in the Liverpool Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday. He showed that he likes plenty of galloping room, and more definitely that his owner, Mr. E. J. Watt, and…

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Coalfields Plan "Hunger March" to Sydney Church Supports Move of Jobless Miners No Work for Many Men in Ten Years

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 2

While wheat and wool cheques cheer the farmer, and factories and steel works hum with activity, in the Northern Coalfields they are planning a hunger march. The voting papers have gone out, the Miners' Federation…

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