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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 216

Injunction on Mining Assets

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 7

An injunction which had been granted ex parte restraining George Wright, mining engineer (N.Z.), of New South Head-rd. Vaucluse, and,…

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News From Mines Bismarck Deeps Strikes Rich Ore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 13

On the Wentworth Tribute Block, reports Bismarck Deeps (Lucknow) Gold Mines, N.L., in developing the new reef (Golden Slipper), one of the snobs series…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 7

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

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/9 an ounce fine unchanged from Saturday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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United Front Is Rebuffed Big Kurri Meeting Unanimous Miners' Vote Kurri

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

Practically every miners' lodge in the district was represented at the A.L.P. branch meeting, the largest of its kind held in Kurri for many years,…

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Miners Are Not Wild Men Abbott on Call at Tennant Creek Darwin

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

The Administrator, Mr. Abbott, has issued a report of his visit to Alice S[?]rings, Wauchope wolfram field, Barrow Creek, and Tennant Creek…

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50 p.c. Drop in Market Value of Malim Nawar Tin Lucknow Gold Active

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 13

FOLLOWING the weekend announcement that sluicing operations are to cease owing to the low price of tin and the uneven nature of the ground being worked, Malim Nawar fell from 10- to 5--a fall of 50 per cent. They recovered to 54…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 19

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged al the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 5, is at the rate of approximately…

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Miners Wire to Lang Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2

The Northern Miners' Management Board this afternoon telegraphed to Mr. J. T. Lang an invitation…

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Newcastle Coal Trade 86,686 Tons Shipped Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 5

The Newcastle coal trade was animated last week. Shipments, including those to coastal ports, from the cranes at Carrington in the week that…

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Mining the Share Market. Base Metals Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 19

The principal base metal shares in yesterday's market resumed a drifting movement. Business was slight. Of Barriers, North B.H. and B.H. South had no cash dealings, but…

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Industrials Follow Weaker London Prices Wide Trade in Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 16

FOLLOWING, what, for London, was a heavy fall in industrials, and the relapse in New York, the local market was heavy yesterday, and the industrial index fell. Price variations were small, and the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/8 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/9 yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Miners Seeking Inquiry Demand Caucus Action on Labor Paper Seek Investigation of Lang Debentures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 7

MINERS' Federation leaders are trying to force the State Parliamentary Caucus to meet at once and discuss the Labor Daily position. They want Caucus to press for a thorough…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Affairs of Mining Syndicate. Leventhal v Wright and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 10

The suit instituted by Messrs. Harold and Morris Leventhal, against Mr. George Wright and "Earl Eyre'—particulars of which were summarised in last Thursday's law…

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Industrial Disputes. Time Lost at the Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 13

There were 235 industrial disputes in Australia in 1936, according to the Labour Report for that year, just issued by the Commonwealth Statistician. Dr. Roland Wilson…

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Miners' Committee's Action. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 12

The northern miners' management committee sent a telegram inviting Mr. J. T. Lang to attend its meeting to-morrow, when northern Labour members of Parliament will discuss…

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Lang Cannot Attend Miners' Meeting On Faction Fight

The Sun · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 2

Mr. Lang to-day telegraphed the northern board of management of the Miners' Federation declining its invitation to attend a meeting at…

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Gold Rod Is Fightin' Fit Melbourne

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 20

GOLD ROD'S gallops this week have Caulfield track touts goggle-eyed. He astounded them on Tuesday morning when he sprinted seven in 1.30…

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Figures Tell of the Value of Coal Exports

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 20

EXPORTS and interstate transfers of coal from Newcastle during 1937 totalled 2,959,773-tons, valued at…

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Sally Gold Is Two Up On Murray Court

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 2

"I HAD Sally going for a tremendous amount when Murray Court beat her at Victoria Park," remarked owner-trainer S. Mahony, after…

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