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Mining & the mines, 1938

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Inside Reports on W.A.Mines Swan Bitter Troubles

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 9

SWAN BITTER has not yet exhausted its supply of humor. Coincident with the office announcement of a dividend, the mine…

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Breakdown at Mine Cavil-out May Be Necessary Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

Owing to the breakdown of the winding gear at Aberdare Central colliery, a property of the Caledonian Coal Co., Ltd., a cavil-out of 100 men employed at the mine…

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Mining the Share Market. Barriers Drop Away

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 13

Barriers and Mt. Lyell were marked down in yesterday's market, a little sekkubg orressyre ensuing on further falls in metal prices. Leading gold shares were a shade easier…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/9 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/10 yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Final of Tooth's Gold Cup Double Bill At The Speedway Royal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

THREE English speed stars will make a desperate bid at the Royal Show Ground to-night to qualify for the grand final of Tooth's Gold Cup…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1938 · page 24

LITTLE was done in the mining market. Base metal prices, for the most part, moved unfavorably. Tin and gold shares were…

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Coal Versus Oil

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1938 · page 27

For some years coal has been losing ground to oil, but there is now a leaning back towards coal. Under modern shipbuilding practice…

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Miners Killed in Shaft New York

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1938 · page 16

FIVE miners were killed and twelve injured when a hoist carrying 20 miners at the international Nickel Company's mine at Sudbury struck a…

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Financial Notes and Comments Marked Expansion Occurs In Coal Trade Of New South Wales Prices Now Are on a Generally Profitable Basis

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1938 · page 27

Increased overseas and local demand and more remunerative prices have brought to the coal trade of New South Wales brighter times than have been experienced for a number of years…

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News From Mines Malim Nawar Stops Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 11

In view of the present low price of tin, and the general uneven nature of the ground ahead as far as ore values are concerned, together with the…

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W.a. Gold Dividends, £1,213,154

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 11

Dividends totalling £1,213,154 were paid by Western Australian gold mining companies last year -- an increase of £103,935 on 1936…

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Speedway Racing. Gold Cut Events. Wilkinson Equals Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 19

L. Wotton, the English motor cycle speedway test team representative, won the third round of the Gold Cup contest at the Showground on Saturday night from R. Johnson and V. Duggan…

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Mine Disaster. Five Killed, 12 Injured. SUDBURY Ontario). Feb 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 14

Five miners were killed and 12 were in[?]ured when a hoist carrying 20 men in the international Nickel Company's mine shall struck a protruding rock 850ft underground…

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Mining the Share Market. Base Metals Resist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 15

In a dull market on Saturday base metal shares resisted the impact of fresh fails in metal prices. The only change in leading issues was a small drop in North B.H. Gol[?]…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 14

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £6/19/9 an ounce fine, unchanged from Friday THREAT BY INDIAN CONGRESS. BOMBAY, Feb 6…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Commons Rejects Bill. Australia Cited. London Feb 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 14

In the House ot Commons Mr. W W Wakefield (Con Swindon) moving the re[?]ection of the Labour member Mr. Parkinson's Nationalisation of Mines and Minerals Bill…

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Restricted Investment Trading Values Mostly Steady Rise in Lucknow Gold Issues

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 16

Neither buyers nor sellers showed much enterprise on the Stock Exchange to-day and trading in industrial issues was on a very restricted scale. Leading counters were about on a par with last week's closing quotations…

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Miners’ Balance Sheet

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—After hearing the report of the delegate from the Tasmanian district, where the federation lodges are on strike,…

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Miners Propose Conference

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 6

Proposals for a Commonwealth convention to discuss organizational measures to enforce claims for a shorter working w[?]k, pensions, and improved safety were…

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Miners' Claims. Proposed Shorter Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 12

The Miners' Central Council decided yesterday to formulate a campaign for the purpose of obtaining a shorter working week for mineworkers, pensions for aged miners, and…

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