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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 216

Horse Sicked Men, Miners Claim Lithgow Strike

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

LITHGOW.—Miners at the Steelworks Shaft, Lithgow, have not been working for a week; owing to a dispute started originally over…

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Western Miners Endorse Council and “Labor Daily”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

Meetings of members of the Western District of the Miners’ Federation during the week-end endorsed the policy of the Central…

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Still A Sprint In Gold Rod

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 20

GOLD ROD, considered a fallen star, ran a brilliant four furlongs in 47¼sec. at Randwick yesterday…

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Gold Plot Charge Notables In Rumania LONDON

The Sun · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

Arrested, with highly placed Rumanians, for complicity in a gold-smuggling plot, Alexander Buzdagen,…

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Oil From Coal Brief Debate in House of Lords London

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 7

A BRIEF debate took place in the House of Lords on the recommendations of the Falmouth Commission, which recently reported on…

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Oil From Coal in Britain. Falmouth Commissions Report. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, April 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 14

A brief debate took place in the House of Lords on the recommendations of the Falmouth Commission, which recently reported on the various methods of extracting oil from…

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Raub Gold Mine Profit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 13

The Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd. earned a mine profit, (subject to depreciation) of £stg.1,786 for the quarter ended February 26 (consisting of three four-weekly…

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Caledonian Collieries, Ltd. Chairman's Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 4

Mr. A. Howard Smith, chairman of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., stated in his address to the ordinary general meeting of shareholders on March 24…

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Mine Stoppage Over Horse

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 9

In connection with the stoppage of work at the Lithgow Steel Works mine last week, following the refusal of three men to work a horse which…

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Miners to Help "Labor Daily"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 7

The Delegate Board of the Southern District of the Miners' Federation has appointed Mr. Jack Martin, of the South Bulli Lodge, to attend…

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Miners' Delegates to Union Congress

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 9

The Southern Miners, at this weeks delegate board meeting,appointed delegates to attend the Trade Union Congress, to be held in…

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Rising Unemployment In W.A. Mines

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 42

A GOLDFIELDS labor crisis is looming in Western Australia. The cessation of capital expenditure and exhaustion of…

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Miners Back In Harness: Dispute About Mare

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 7

MEN at the B.H.P. mine at Lithgow will start work again on Monday after a two weeks' stoppage over a mare named Rose. This decision was reached at a…

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£31,783 Profit for Cuthbert's Misima Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 12

A profit of £31,783 was earned by Cuthbert's Misima Goldmine, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1937. Four dividends, amounting to 20 per cent. on…

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Cuthbert's Misima Gold. Increased Profit and Ore Reserves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 13

Cuthbert's Misima Gold Mine Ltd. shows a net profit of £31,783 fo 1937, compared with £27,634 for the previous period, the first of the present company's operations,…

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News From Mines Kuala Lumpur Has Life of 25 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 12

"Not withstaning the serious diminution in both the amount of allowable production of tin and the price of metal, Kuala Lumpur Tin, N.L., was still able…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/071½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/0½ yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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Track Dash by El Golea Four Furlongs in 48 at Randwick Royal Ensign Also Works In Brilliant Fashion Gold Rod Over Three

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 8

El Golea, carrying M. McCarten, galloped brilliantly over half a mile in 48 seconds at Randwick this morning. Conditions were all in his favor, but the manner…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 33

BASE metal prices, for the most part were fairly steady, but the dependent stocks moved sluggishly. A sharp advance in metal prices will be…

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Mining Reports in Brief

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 33

MOUNT COOLON: During fortnight ended March 30 treated 1.960 tons, including 312 tons tributers ore and 58 tons old battery sands, for 803 ozs. bullion containing…

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