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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 218

City's Great Achievement Linking Wheat And Wool With Coal And Steel Maryvale Railway Will Open Rich Country

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 46

"ONLY one mill in the world--one in India--can compare in plant and productivity with the B.H.P. Co.'s steel works at Newcastle. There is nothing in America so complete." So said Mr. R. B. Bennett, former Prime Minister of Canada, when he visited…

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Polling Day in Vast Gwydir Area Rainfall May Upset Farmer Votes Final Shots In "Battle Of The Gold Passes" Chances Are Even Narrabri

The Sun · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 3

RAIN fell m many parts of the Gwydir electorate today and it is feared that some farmers will be unable to reach the polling booths. This will cost the Country Party candidates a…

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GOSSIP Love Laughs At Tax Gatherers--Parliament Seat Depends Oil Gold--Curlewis Is No 'Hoptimist'--Camera Story of Darkest Papua What's Become of ? (No. 40) A. D. KAY

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 13

FOR years a spruiker in Sydney Domain, then M.L.A., for North Sydney, then a member of the Meat Board, A. D. Kay, the man who…

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Teems Reached in Coal Mine Dispute Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 16

A basis of settlement of the Wonthaggi State coal mine dispute was reached to-day at a conference attended by…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 25

IN the mining section, Barriers and Mount Lyells were all that mattered to sharebrokers so far as commissions were concerned. In gold the…

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Punters to See Molten Gold

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 19

Molton Gold, the name chosen by Mr. "G. Lightford" for his Rosewing-Linlass colt in G. Price's stable, is the name of a…

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Central Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 11

April, treated 1150 long tons for production of 1021oz bullion, estimated to contain 915oz fine gold; estimated value, £A3030. UNITED WESTRALIAN…

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Idle Collieries. Two Disputes at Cessnock. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

The Pelton colliery is idle because the union objects to the employment of a deputy who is not a member of the Deputies' Association. The Deputies' Association claims that a…

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To End Mine Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

The Federal Council of the Miners' Federation, meeting in Sydney yesterday, recommended Wonthaggi State Coal Mine employees to return to work…

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Youanmi Mine. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

After the death of James Halbert, 26. single, who was killed by a fall of earth in the Youanmi Gold Mine, on the Murchison goldfield, on Friday, the men held a stop-work meeting…

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Wide Search in Mine Shaft Murder Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

Police investigating the Wedderburn mine shaft murder are endeavoring to trace the movements of Thomas Murray, of Scotland, who is…

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Wonthaggi Mine Dispute. Settlement Probable. Inquiry Promised Into Management

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 9

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which met in Sydney yesterday, decided to recommend to the Wonthaggi branch the resumption of…

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Two Men Die From Injuries Tram and Mine Shaft Accidents

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

Jack Donohoe, 39, married, of Monash Road, Gladesville, who lost both feet as a result of a tram accident in Byrnes Road Rozelle, on…

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£2500 Gold Won From 4½-Ton Crushing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

ARARAT (Vic.), Sunday. -- News that Watson brothers had discovered a lode at Mount William which yielded 62 ounces of gold to…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/0/8½, compared with £7/0/8 on Friday. EMPIRE BROADCASTING. Mr. J. B. Clark, director of the B.B.C…

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British Industrial Disputes Transport Board's Overtures To 'Busmen Miners' Plans London

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 6

AFTER a protracted meeting the 'bus section of the Transport Workers' Union decided to submit to all branches the final offer of the…

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Vic. Mine Parties Confer Wonthaggi Terms Of Settlement N.S.W. Rules Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

AS the result or a conference of all the parties concerned, agreement was yesterday reached in connection with terms of settlement of the…

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Money, Mines and Markets New Capital Issues Over £3,000,000 So Far This Year

The Sun · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

New capital issues announced by established Australian public companies since the beginning of this year aggregate, with premiums, over…

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Threat to World Recovery. Monetary Experiments. View of Mining Company Chairman. Capetown, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 9

Mr. John Martin, chairman of Rand Mines. Ltd., says the monetary experiments threaten progress and world recovery. He hopes that the consultations of…

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Old Gold Mine. Renewal of Activity. Sir Herbert Gepp's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 17

The possibility of winning gold from hitherto unexploited parts of the old Croydon goldfield are hopefully referred to by Sir Herbert Gepp, a…

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