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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 218

Search for Gold by Aeroplane Air Force Garnet in Wild North Area Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 11

AN R.A.A.F. Gannet monoplane has arrived at Cairns to survey the wild country in the Cape York Peninsula, believed to be rich in gold deposits. It is piloted by Flying-Officer D…

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Colliery Prosecutions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--With the exception of the manager, William Bonsall, and the proprietors, all the defendants have been discharged in the…

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Mining. Lake George Mine. Plans for Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 13

The revived plans for the working of the Lake George silver-lead-zinc mines at Captain's Flat, N.S.W., entailed the formation of a new company in London, styled the Lake…

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Miners Back to Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

WONTHAGGI, Monday.--Weeks of industrial unrest and unemployment ended today, when a mass meeting of the Miners' Union carried a motion…

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Colliery Disaster. 31 Summonses Dismissed. LONDON, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 12

The magistrates at Wrexham dismissed 31 summonses for alleged disregard of the safety regulations by shot-firers at the Gresford Colliery before the disaster in 1934, when 265…

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Queensland Gold Yield. This Year's Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 13

Queensland gold production shows a steady increase for the first three months of the year, the yield at 25,651 fine oz. comparing with 23,827 fine oz. for the first quarter of 1936,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/9½ an ounce fine, unchanged from Saturday. EARL OF CLARENDON HONOURED. King George granted an audience to the…

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Fraud Case. W.A. Colliery Official. Secret Commissions. Verdict for P. AND O. Company. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 12

In the Supreme Court to-day, the Chief Justice (Sir John Northmore) gave judgment for the plaintiff in the case of the Peninsula and…

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Mining Royalties To Be Bought by British Government FOR £66,450,000. LONDON, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 11

In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) announced that the Government would accept the Coal Mining Royalties Tribunal's recommendation and…

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Mine Output Increased

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 8

The total value of metals and minerals won in New South Wales during 1936 was the highest recorded since 1929. and amounted to…

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Coal Freights Charges

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 8

THE position in the dispute between the County Council and the Railway Department regarding rebates to be allowed on the…

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Cut Coal Freights

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tuesday.-- Coal-owners, the Western Miners' Federation, and business men tonight appointed a deputation to wait on the Premier (Mr…

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Coal Freights Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 8

At a public meeting at Lithgow to-night a deputation was appointed to wait on the Premier with regard to coal freight charges. and to also…

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N.t. Miners on Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 8

TENNANT CREEK, Tuesday.--Tennent Creek miners have decided to cease work on all mines, except the Rising Sun, because of the…

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Bendigo Mines. President Barnes's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 19

Since last report I have been doing the mines around Bendigo, in company with Bill McEldrew, our Agent there. For a start we had the company of A. E. Cook…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 18

At London yesterday the price of gold was £7/0/5 1/2 an ounce fine as against £7/1/1 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 17

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended April 23, is at the rate of approximately £3/0/10 per…

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Mining Royalties London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 5

THE Prime Minister informed the Commons that the Special Tribunal on the valuation of mining royalties had given a special award…

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Colliery Co. Is Fined Aftermath Of Great Disaster LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 15

The Wrexham magistrates imposed fines totalling £140, with £350 costs, upon the owners and manager (William Bonsall) of the…

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Church's Share Of Coal Royalties LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

THE settlement of the question of the amount that the Government should pay to take over coal royalties has brought to light the fact that the largest drawers of royalties are the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whose main function is the…

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