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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 218

Pamelus-Gold Rod Match Race

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 18

THE main interest in today's Randwick racing will be the rich between Pamelus and Gold Rod in the All-Aged Plate…

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35 Killed in Mine Accident Johannesburg

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 7

THIRTY-FIVE men were killed owing to the overwinding of the cage in the Durban Deep gold mines…

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Report of Gold Discoveries Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 7

Information received by the Minister for Development, Senator McLachlan, does not yet indicate whether the gold discoveries to the…

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Many Disputes in Mines Southern Position Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 8

PRIMARILY called together to deal with a dispute at Wongawilli mine, the southern district delegate board of the Miners' Federation to-day had before it…

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35 Miners Killed. Pit Cage Falls. CAPETOWN, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 13

As a result of the overwinding of a pit cage 35 miners were killed in the Durban Deep Ltd. goldmine. The cage crashed into 30 feet of water at…

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Inquest Into Mine Blast Counsel's Address To Jury MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 9

"This accident was brought about by the negligence and carelessness of the mine management." said Mr. Lewis, who is appearing for the…

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Mining Outlook for Lead. At Increased Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 15

During 1936 a spectacular rise in the price of lead exceeded the most sanguine expectations of producers. The report of Brandeis, Goldschmidt, and Co., Ltd., gives an…

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Fire Damp in Mine Manager on Cause of Explosion Wonthaggi

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 10

JOHN McLEISH, general manager of the State coal mine, giving evidence at the resumed inquest into the deaths of the 13 victims of the…

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Mine Explosion "Caused by Naked Light." Claim by Witness. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 14

John McLeish, general manager of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, said to-day that, in his opinion, a naked light had caused the explosion at shaft 20 on February 15, when…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/3 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/4½ on March 23. ASHES OF V.C REINTERRED. The ashes of Sergeant A. Evans, V.C.,…

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Money, Mines & Markets Prod. & General Finance Board Calls Up 6s A Share

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 4

The directors of Producers and General Finance Corporation, Ltd., have decided to make three calls of 2s a share, at intervals of a month,…

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Prittle Prattle in Shape Cracks Shine In Randwick Gallops Gold Rod

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 4

PRITTLE PRATTLE will strip in fine shape for his race in the Coogee Handicap this afternoon, After being left at the post in the…

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North-south Railway. Possibility of Completion Mining Development. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 18

The first official hint that the completion of the north-south railway line from Adelaide to Darwin is being considered, in view of recent mining…

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Backers Shocked by Plate Boil-over Regular Bachelor's Fine Finish Pamelus Third, Eat Gold Rod Out Of A Place Ajax Outpaces Rivals

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 3

REGULAR BACHELOR, at 20 to 1, shocked Randwick backers to-day by galloping away from five high class opponents in the All-Aged Plate. Gold Rod had a big lead early, but after entering…

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Australian Mines. Criticism in London. Mining Director's Reply. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 10

Major Neale Robinson, a director of Corderoy Mines, Ltd., Mt. Wellington Ltd., and other companies in a letter to the "Financial News" suggests that the aim of recent…

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Fire in Bulli Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 2

BULLI, Wednesday.--A fire which started in the outcrop of Excelsior No. 1 tunnel on Monday today burned into the tunnel underground…

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Wagga Gold Cup

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE Murrumbidgee Turf Club Wagga Gold Cup meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15. The main event, the Wagga Gold Cup of £400,…

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Soviet Ships Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 3

MOSCOW, Wednesday--Gold valued at £38,000,000 has been shipped to Britain. Part of it will pay for Soviet…

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Gold Rod's Owner

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Mr. E. J. Watt, owner of Gold Rod, [?]as not quite sure about the prospects of his great colt in the All-Aged Plate when photographed before the…

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