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Mining & the mines, 1937

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Oil From Coal. Sir David Rivett's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 6

THE Minister-in-Charge of Development (Senator McLachlan) stated it Canberra last Thursday that the report of the chief executive officer of the…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. Reopening Old Mine

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 15

A COMPANY is being floated for the purpose of working one of the Callington mines. Many years ago there was quite a lot of activity on this field. It…

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Aged Miners' £2 PENSION Federation's New Objectives NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 14

A shorter working week, increased wages, and a pensions fund for old men, are points in the Miners' Federation…

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Miners' Aims. Shorter Hours. Mechanisation May Be Result Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 16

The Miners' Federation campaign for shorter hours and increased wages for colliery employees, to be begun in earnest at aggregate meetings on the South…

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Coal Contracts. County Council's Orders. Proposed Jetty at Bunnerong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 11

At the meeting of the Sydney County Council yesterday tenders were accepted for the supply of 370,400 tons of coal for the year beginning on May 1, at prices ranging from…

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Queen Mary's Gown. Pale Cloth of Gold. LONDON, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 9

Shimmering, and splendidly regal, Queen Mary's coronation gown of pale supple cloth of gold, designed on classical lines, is hand-embroidered in silver and fine diamente, in a…

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May Ship Coal to Botany County Council's Threat To Dept. Supply Tenders

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 6

A DECISION of the Sydney County Council yesterday to investigate fully the construction of a Jetty at Bunnerong for the reception there of…

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Inflow of Gold Problem for America. 4,000,000,000 Dollars' Worth in Three Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 17

Between the "banking holiday" in 1933 and December, 1936, when the United States Treasury began its programme of sterilising further gold acquisitions, about 4,000,000,000…

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Rebels Laying Mines Off Spanish Coast Plight of Starving Bilbau Seagulls Are Delicacy; Cats Soar In Price Battle in Madrid London

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 1

THE Spanish rebel "government" has notified the British Board of Trade that mine-laying will be intensified between Vidiago and Cape Machichacho, in the Bay of Biscay, and between Capes Sacratif and…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Metal Stocks Reach Lowest Point of Recent Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 17

A WEAK closing tone in London metals, following heavy losses, was responsible for a severe fall in dependent stocks yesterday. In most cases the lowest point of the reaction in recent weeks was reached…

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Stock Exchange "Closed Society" More Competition Would Reduce Investment Costs High Brokerage, Many Holidays, Two-way Mining Commission (No. 3)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 7

TN this third article on the Sydney Stock Exchange a special representative of the Daily Telegraph proposes that membership of the Stock Exchange should be enlarged, that there should be no two-way…

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Famous Old Goldfields

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 35

ONE of the brightest features of the gold-mining activities in Queensland in the last few months has been the beginning of work by powerful companies…

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News of The World Cabled By Our Correspondents Fear of Dear Money in Great Britain Prices and Trading Recovery Chancellor's Explanation To The Commons Gold Price Problem London

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 11

TN the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. J. Boothby, Conservative member for Aberdeen East, and an advocate of "managed" money, asked for an assurance that the Government would not check the…

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Miners' Point Is Conceded Officer Appointed To Control Colliery at Wonthaggi Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 8

DETERMINED not to resume work under the present management the Wonthaggi miners are believed to have scored a tactical victory…

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Gold. URILE[?]

The Broadcaster · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 4

[?] world whose [?] the Royal [?]n of Hyder[?] Ha[?]lur…

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Increased Gold, Increased Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 17

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Since the Commonwealth Government provided £500,000 for the assistance of metalliferous mining nearly three years ago,…

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Oil From Coal Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 8

A meeting of business men at Cessnock on April 27 will urge the establishment of the oil- from- coal industry, the provision of employment for youths, and the return of…

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Wonthaggi Mine Dispute. Settlement Likely. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 8

It is almost certain that the dispute about the manning of the State coalmine at Wonthaggi will be settled immediately. Trades Hall leaders and officials of the Miners'…

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Agreement with Swansea South Mine Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 9

The northern miners' president, Mr. T. Honre, stated to-night that the negotiations carried out between the district executive and the lessees of Swansea South…

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More Gold Greater Production in 1936

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 2

SATISFACTION with the increase in the value of gold production in Australia last year was expressed by the Minister in Charge of Development…

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