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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 218

Negligence Finding At Inquest Blame by Jury for Mine Disaster Counsel Warning of Slander Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

A FINDING of accidental death, coupled with negligence on the part of the mine, management, was returned at…

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Mine Disaster Verdict Accident, Says the Jury Negligence On Part Of The Management Over Inspection Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 6

RETURNING a verdict this afternoon that the deaths of the 13 victims of the tragic explosion in Shaft 20 were accidentally caused, the jury in the Wonthaggi mine disaster inquest also found that there was negligence on the part of the mine…

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400,000 on Strike at Mines Motor Hold-up, Too, in U.S.A. New York

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 3

Today 400,000 soft-coai miners in 12 States stopped work. Their action followed the failure…

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Money Talks "Smith's" Financial Review Bright Prospects for Beechworth Gold Dividend May Be Paid Is Another Float Indicated?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 11

FOR speculators who still have money for gold propositions, shares in Beechworth Alluvials should appeal as one of the most outstanding on the share market. Prospects are bright for the exercise of the option over…

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Maurice McCarten Told You So Through "Smith's" "No Squibby Speedster" Proves His Worth Gold Rod, The Versatile, Shows It In The Leger

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 8

"SMITH'S WEEKLY" gave Maurice McCarten's opinion great prominence that Gold Rod was no squibby speedster, on the colt's return from the Melbourne autumn campaign, where he won the seven-furlong Futurity and the ten-furlong Essendon Stakes, weight-for-age…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 27

THE mining market, as a small boy might say, was nothing to write home about. In the two and a half days available for…

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Wage Increases Granted American Coal Workers Win Strike MONTREAL

Truth · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 14

THE United Mineworkers have signed a two-year agreement providing for wage increases totalling 85,000,000 dollars annually,…

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Gay Chou Gathered a Lot of Gold For "Sportsman" Punters

Truth · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 5

"SPORTSMAN'S" army of punters, together with the visiting Victorian contingent, had nothing to "rouse" about as the result of Gay Chou's win in yesterday's Rous Handicap at Randwick. "SPORTSMAN" told the world that this fellow was the one to get square on, and he…

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"US" By James Montgomery Flagg The crooner's wife: "When did you leave Heaven, angel mine?"

The Sun · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 8

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American Strikes Called 'Insurrection' Paralysing of Industry in Several States Alarms U.S. Hotel Employees and Miners Force Terms on Employers Vancouver

The Sun · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 1

Strikes are paralysing American industry. Statisticians are unable to estimate the extent to which the economic life…

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Union Wants Mine Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

WONTHAGGI, Sunday.--A full public inquiry into safety in the State Coal Mine, and relations between miners and management, will be asked…

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£21,250,000 Pay Rise. American Coal Miners. Ford Co. Plant Caught in Strike Wave. New York, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 9

Three hundred thousand soft-coal miners in eight States will receive wage increases totalling 85,000,000 dollars (£Aust.21,250,000) annually…

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A Broker To His Client Newcastle Wallsend Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 13

CLIENT: Twelve months ago we could have bought the surplus liquid assets over liabilities of Wallsend Coal at less than 20 in the £. and got the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/2/ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/1½ on Friday. SIR WILLIAM BEVERIDGE…

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Finance and Commerce Daily Telegraph Classified information Section Markets And Mining Further Sharp Set-back in Metal Stocks Industrials Steady

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 13

A FURTHER severe set-back in base metal prices created pronounced weakness in dependent stocks on Saturday. Speculative interest appears to have waned, leaving profit-taking…

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Zinc Mine's Future

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 7

BROKEN HILL, Monday.--"The Zinc Corporation's mine is a great one and it is going to be greater still," said the managing director of Zinc…

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New Wage for Mine Deputies

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 6

Under the terms of a new Colliery Deputies' (West) Award agreed to by the parties before the Conciliation Commissioner yesterday. deputies in collieries west of Sydney…

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Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 13

Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines (1934), N.L., reports that run No. 13 of hydraulic sluicing operations at Eldorado (Victoria), ended April 3, has resulted in a yield of 775.4oz…

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Freight Rebate on Coal County Request To Minister

The Sun · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 10

Sydney County Council to-day decided to approach the Minister for Transport on the question of obtaining freight rebate on coal carried on…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/ on Saturday. DR. C. C. CHOYCE DEAD. Dr. Charles Coley Choyce, a prominent…

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