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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 218

Effigy Burned by Miners How Wonthaggi Celebrated Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 3

Wonthaggi coal miners celebrated May Day to-day with a procession through the town. On a vacant block of land an…

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Will Not Return to Colliery Management's Terms Rejected At Wonthaggi Men Determined Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 9

TOLD that the Wonthaggi miners, at a mass meeting to-day, had rejected the terms for resumption of work offered by the mine…

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British and American Gold Holdings. New York, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 17

Sir George Paish, governor of the London School of Economics, in an address, said that Britain and the United States held threequarters of the world's gold, and were…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/3 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/6 yesterday. £14,457,600 FOR HOUSING. In the first quarter of 1937. the Minister…

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The Gold Scare. United States Attitude. Veers Towards Deflation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 19

The report that the American Administration might lower the dollar price of gold was one of the most severe blows the financial markets had suffered for some months…

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24 Tons Show 12dwt AVERAGE Mines of Australasia At Marble Bar

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 11

EXPLOITING the so-called "banket" lode about a mile from Halley's Comet, Mines of Australasia has treated 24 tons for 14½oz of fine gold…

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Wonthaggi Mine. Men Refuse to Resume Unless Manager Is Removed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 18

Wonthaggi miners, at a mass meeting to-day. decided that they would not return to work until the general manager of the State Coal Mine (Mr. J. McLeish) was removed from…

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Three Aust. Opal "Mines" in England "Man With The Harp" Once More

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 9

PROSPER RALSTON, opal king, artist, business man, harpist, and adventurous wanderer, is back in England doing good work for…

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London 'Buses to Stop Tie-Up May Extend Over Coronation Miners Restive London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 1

NEGOTIATIONS for the settlement of the dispute in the metropolitan omnibus service have broken down, and it is regarded as inevitable that the strike will commence at midnight. SIR ERNEST BEVIN of the…

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Goldfields Strike. Operations Almost at a Standstill. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 18

The strike of miners at the Tennant Creek goldfields, which the men are referring to as the "Anzac Day lockout," continues, and operations on the field are almost at a…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 25

THE mining market was slack. Gold shares were particularly weak. Base metal stocks moved erratically for the most part, but…

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Lithgow Strike Miners' Complaint LITHGOW

Truth · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 1

MINERS at the Vale of Clwydd Colliery are on strike. The men demand that they be transported in the surface immediately their shil[?] is…

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Wonthaggi Miners Fire Effigy MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 2

After hanging an effigy of a man from a hastily erected scaffold, 300 excited miners and 40 miners'…

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Mining Reports in Brief

Truth · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 25

CARSHALTON (B.M.L.) MINES: Crushed 504½ lone tons from stoping in No[?]. 3 and 4 levels for a return of bullion estimated to contain 52oz. 2dwt. fine…

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Gold Did Not Attract Her Wife Preferred To Stay In City

Truth · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 26

HOW should a woman face facts? A sadden change of fortune for instance? A swift upset of circumstances? A moment when a…

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£4,000,000 Support for Gold Shares Powerful London Groups Take Action London

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 11

Four powerful mining finance houses, namely, Central Mining Corporation, Rand Mines, Ltd., Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa, and…

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The Price Of Gold America Fears "Indigestion" From £2,400,000,000 in Treasury New York

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 1

Too much gold bought by America on borrowed money is menacing American business. This gold indigestion has given markets a…

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Colliery Dispute. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 7

The dispute at Vale of Clwydd Colliery continues. It is likely that an attempt will be made to settle the matter next week, when a meeting of the lodge will be held. The…

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Gold Share Slump

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Sunday.--Paper losses in the last month due to the slump in gold values are estimated at £200,000,000 sterling…

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Govt. Adamant on Mine Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Acting-Premier (Mr. Olde) said on Saturday that the Government had gone as far as it would in meeting the miners…

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