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Mining & the mines, 1938

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 1

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Year's Expansion in Coal Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- More coal was exported from the Carrington cranes this year than in any other year since 1927…

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Britain's Gold. Holding of —stg815,000,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 15

In accordance with the undertaking given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in June that a statement of the holdings of the Exchange Equalisation Account would be…

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Mining. Tin Quota Changes. Claims of Malaya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 15

The announcement by the International Tin Committee early this month of a sharp reduction in the quota for the first quarter of 1938 from 110 per cent. to 70 per cent. of…

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A Traveller's Tales. Our Wild West. Gold and Gun Play

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 9

There are certain recognised psychological moments for the telling of stories. There is the hour when the port is being passed round, the hour beside…

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Tooths' Gold Cup Champion of Champs To-morrow

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 7

TO-MORROW night another Speedway carnival will be staged at the Royal Agricultural Grounds by World's…

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Hospitals, Planes, Radio for Far North Giant Health Plan Launched In Queensland Service Will Help Miners And Settlers To Open Up New Country BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 12

Having dotted Queensland with ornate hospitals and maternity homes out of plenteous State Lottery funds, the Government has set about an ambitious scheme for providing flying doctors and base…

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Mining. Murchison Gold Development. Subsidiary Companies' Operations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 9

Murchison Gold Development Ltd., London, which owns the whole of the issued capital of Emu Gold Mines Ltd, and Riverina Gold Mines Ltd., reports that a 20-head mill and…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Stability of Gold. London Chairman's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 9

Lord Lee of Fareham (chairman), speaking at the annual meeting of Younami Gold Mines Ltd., said that business had to surmount extraneous obstacles such as general…

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Schacht's Faith in Gold Basis Berlin

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The former Minister for Economy (Dr. Schacht), in an article in the "Law Academy Review," advocates an international currency based on…

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British Exchange Fund. Increased Gold Holding. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 9

The Financial Editor of "The Times" points out that at £7 an ounce the increase in the gold holding of the Exchange Equllisatlon Fund during the six months ended September…

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Tall Stories of the Western Goldfields

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

SOME of the meatiest tales ever told concerning the nineties on the Western Australian goldfields are those which now…

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Oil From Coal

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

AN OIL FROM COAL plant in fu U swing. For many years the need for such plants has been fell in Australia, but the oil combines and chemical combines have so far squashed such moves. Will 1938 see this industry established here?…

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Mining Reports

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 16

BARRYTOWN GOLD DREDGING.--Dredge return for December: Hours, 381; yards, 133,000; yield, 581oz. smelted gold; approximate costs, £2200; approximate…

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Snooker Gold Cup London

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 18

In the snooker gold cup competition, Alec. Brown, who receives 14 in each game, leads Horace Lindrum by seven games to five…

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Gold Rod, Topweight Scratched From Big Randwick Sprint

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 17

GOLD ROD, who was allotted top weight with 9.10 for the Challenge Stakes, was withdrawn from the race shortly after the weights were issued to-day…

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Speedway Racing. Four Riders Injured. Gold Cup at Showground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 9

The motor cycle spcedway races at the Showground last night were marred by a series of accidents, in which four riders were injured three of them being taken to Hospital…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/5 an ounce fine compared with £6/19/6 on Friday. BASE METALS…

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A Coal Miner Writes On the “Sesqui” to the Editor

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

If I could arrange the anniversary celebration procession I would have the coal miners leading it, for I think, they have played the…

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