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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 218

Surely Gold Rod Isn't a "Goner"! Had to Be a Super Steed to Score King's Head Enhances Claims on Doncaster Prize How Silver Rose Improved!

Truth · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 2

WHAT is the real strength of Gold Rod? Supported for the proverbial "million" in yesterday's Liverpool Handicap at the Farm, the big chestnut colt was not capable of filling a place…

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Mine Dispute Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 13

LITHGOW, Sunday.--A dispute at the Renown colliery over what the miners considered to be deficient bords has been settled…

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Jockey Tells Why Gold Rod Failed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 20

M. McCARTEN, who rode Gold Rod, the hot favorite, in the Liverpool Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday,…

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Wonthaggi Mine to Resume Preparing Sections Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

Work will be resumed at the State coal mine, Wonthaggt, tomorrow, following negotiations between the Miners' Federation and the management…

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Many Natives Killed. Accident in Mine. JOHANNESBURG, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 12

Forty natives are dead and 33 are missing as the result of a gas accident at the Simmer and Jack mine, Germiston, in the Transvaal. Many others—Europeans and natives—were…

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Police Activity at Mine Protest to Chaffey Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

The use of police in industrial disputes has been the subject of a strong protest by the Newcastle Trades Hall Council to the Chief…

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Air Fan in Mine Stop Doubted by Mechanic Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 10

A BELIEF that the main ventilating surface fan at No. 20 shaft was not running on the day before the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 12

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/2/4½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/4 on Friday. BRITISH TREASURY BILLS. The total amount applied for in tenders…

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Oil From Coal. Project May Be Dropped. High Production Cost. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

The report on the hydrogenation of coal, prepared for the Commonwealth Government by the chief executive officer of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Sir…

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Ivory Silk for Queen Shimmering Gown with Purple Train Gold-embroidered Dazzling Pageantry of Her Majesty's Coronation London, March 2

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 13

THROUGH a lane of European royalty and aristocracy in silks and satins of wondrous hue, amid the shimmer of the world's most precious jewels, Queen Elizabeth will walk in regal rhythm in her…

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Finance and Commerce Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Markets and Mining Metal Stocks Ease on Lower Overseas Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 14

A SUBSTANTIAL set-back in overseas prices led to appreciable falls in base metal stocks on Saturday, Barriers being chiefly affected, owing to a fall of 20 a ton in both lead [?]…

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Collieries & Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 6

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present operating…

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Irowat Gold Finances

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 23

Irowat Gold Alluvials, N.L., would be in an embarrassed financial condition should writs taken out against the company by two engineers for money alleged to be owing…

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Aust. Gold Prices

The Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints during the week ended March 19 were 1d higher, compared with the…

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Getting Oil From Coal

The Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 14

SYNTHETIC production of oil from coal is not yet an economic proposition, but two great countries-- Britain and Germany -- have already undertaken it on a fairly considerable scale, regarding it as a second line in national industry, which may…

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Mine Shaft Skeleton Mystery Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

CONTINUING their inquiries into the mystery surrounding the finding of a skeleton at a Wedderburn mine, detectives over the week-end…

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Dispute Oyer Fan at Mine Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

WONTHAGGI, Monday.--At the inquest today into the disaster at the State coal mine on February 15, when 13 men were killed by an explosion,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 15

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/4½ an ounce fine, unchanged from Saturday. FIRE AT WOOLWICH. People at Woolwich awoke after midnight…

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Mine Disaster. Allegation of Negligence. Operation of Fans. Conflicting Evidence. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 18

Allegations that the management of the State coal mine had been negligent in not taking adequate precautions against accidents were made…

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Contract Rates Raised Broken Hill Miners’ Struggles Record Profits But Bosses Still Hungry

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

BROKEN HILL.—The dispute at the Zinc Corporation (South Blocks) mine has ended in a manner fully satisfactory to the…

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