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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 216

Wiluna Gold Disappointment

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 14

Referring to the past year as one that had been both disappointing and exceedingly difficult, the chairman of Wiluna Gold Corporation, Ltd. (Mr…

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Miners Will Meet Sunday Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 3

Mass meetings of Northern miners next Sunday will decide the attitude of the Northern Federation to the Industrialist cause. Both sides are…

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Risk Of Hidden Gold LONDON

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 5

Gold bars worth £500,000 sent to a Dutch bank by Paul Kroenke, a Hamburg industrialist, were discovered after…

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Mining the Share Market. Barriers Rule Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 11

Barriers held a steady tone in the mining share market on Saturday in the face of fatting base metal prices in London. North [?].H. was shaded at the opening, but rallied…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £6/19/9½ an ounce fine, being unchanged from Friday. NEW CAVENDISH PROFESSOR. Professor William Lawrence Bragg, formerly…

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MR. J. M. BADDELEY. Opposition in Electorate. Miners' Latest Move. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 9

Officials of most of the miners' lodges in the Cessnock electorate made a surprise move against Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., to-day. At a meeting at Cessnock, they decided that…

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Sydney Cup for Damalis Colt Never Off Bit In The Essendon Gold Rod Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 2

CONNECTIONS of Damalis were delighted with the colt's showing in the Essendon Stakes at Flemington yesterday, which he won in very…

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Failure Of Gold Rod Trainer's Fear of Unknown Ailment May Never Race Again Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 18

THE reason for Gold Rod's inglorious failure in the Essendon Stakes at Flemington yesterday is a mystery to his…

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Three Miners in Smashes One Is Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

NORMAN POTTER, miner, of Margaret Street, Cessnock, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital in an unconscious condition last night,…

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“Where Japs Go Guerillas Go” Chinese Women Mobilise Tokio Lowers Yen Gold Content

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 3

“Every man armed and to the front! If the father fails, let the son take his place; if the husband fails, let the wife take his place!” This is the watchword of the people of Shansi province, a…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 19

VODDA GOLDFIELDS LTD.— Gold yield for February was 49 ounces. NORMANBY TIN N.L.— Cleaned up the opening out paddock at new site for a recovery of 2…

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300 Lose Jobs at Colliery Bulli

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 7

THREE hundred men have been thrown idle by the closing down of the Wongawilli Colliery, near Wollongong, for…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 19

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 25 is at the rate of approximately…

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Dry Mining Project

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 19

Dry Minign, [?] a newly registered company bus as its main object the amalgamation of the Lamplough dry crusher with the Foley dry dredge in a commercial attempt to…

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Miners Pledge Support to O'neil

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 5

A resolution pledging support to the Industrialists' candidate, Mr. E. O'Neil, in his candidature for the Cessnock seat against Mr. J. M…

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Newcastle Coal Trade Increase Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 5

Improved by larger shipments to South Australia and New Zealand, coal exports from Newcastle last week for places beyond the State were increased…

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Australian Gold Last Year's Big Yield

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 1

Australia produced more gold last year than in any years since 19l7. The output for the 12 months was 1,380,431 fine oz.,…

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Support for "L. Daily" Miners Meetings Called Election Fight

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 6

AGGREGATE meetings have been called by the Miners' Federation for Sunday next to give consideration to the endorsement of the Central Council's proposals to assist "The Labor Daily" financially and to build its circulation. The Central Executive…

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Heffron to Speak to Miners Lang Also Asked To State Case

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 1

INVITATIONS have been issued by the Northern Miners to Mr. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A, Labor leader, and Mr. J. T. Lang, leader of the…

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Arrival of the First Gold Escort. William Street, Melbourne, 1852

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 45

The gold was brought down by three drays, each dray carrying two boxes and drawn by a team of six horses. The boxes containing the gold were about three feet long with six handles, and were carried into the office by six men. The blue stone building on the left was in the occupation of the Government at that time, the ground floor being used as a gold office, and the two upper stories occupied by the Surveyor-General, Robert Hoddle, and his staff of draftsmen and clerks. When the escort…

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