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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 216

America's Huge Gold Hoard Roosevelt's Battle To Bring An End To Nation's Stress Aladdin's Cave to Be Opened

Truth · Sunday 24 April 1938 · page 14

THE United States Treasury has two kinds of gold, that which is used for reserve purposes, and that which is not. The latter is known as* the "sterilised hoard." It is gold which has been confiscated, gold bought in from producers,…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 April 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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Miners' Hymn-Singing Holds Up City Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

SEVENTY-FIVE coal-miners held, up traffic in Margaret Street City, for half an hour on Saturday afternoon while they sang hymns. They were members of the Combined Coalfield Male Choir, from…

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Miners Cheered Weston to Victory Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 10

Heartened by the lusty cheering of a trainload of miners, Weston downed Adamstown by three goals to one on the letters ground yesterday…

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Holidays with Pay for Miners London

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

AS the result of a conference between the colliery owners and the men's representatives in Yorkshire, the workers have agreed in…

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Final of Australasian Gold Cup Tournament at Kyeemagh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 4

LADY HUNTINGFIELD (left) congratulates a member of the winning New Zealand polo team, Mr. R. Nolon, at Kyeemagh, on Saturday. Between chukkas, Mr. Angus Parsons, Mrs. A. C. Rymill, and Mrs. Rex Warnes, dispense tea to Captain N. Reynes, Mr. A. C. Rymill, and Mr. W. E. Hayward, of the New Zealand team,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £6/19/7½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/6 on Friday. MR. GANDHI…

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Mining Shares Steady. Tin Stocks Improving. Scanty Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 6

Business in the mining share market was of too insignificant an extent to reveal a clear trend, but quotations indicated steadiness…

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Ajax Supreme. Easy Sprint Win. Toyed With Pandava. Gold Rod's Poor Showing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 13

Hopes for a keen race in the C. W. Cropper Plate on Saturday waned when the going proved dead, but spectators were treated to a great exhibition of…

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N.Z. Polo Win. Gold Cup Final. K. Peake Brilliant. Speedy Ponies' Part

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 13

With speedy ponies and a brilliant back, K. Peake, dominating the game, the New Zealand polo team convincingly won the Australasian Gold Polo…

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'A Marvellous Colt' Ajax & His Rider Bartle Had Pandava At Any Stage Gold Rod

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 2

"WHAT a marvellous colt he isl" exclaimed E. Bartle after, he had ridden Ajax to victory in the C. W. Cropper Plate at Randwick on…

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Goldfield Dispute Is Settled Wood Cutters And Company Pay In To Charity Work To-morrow Kalgoorlie

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

THE Goldfields Firewood Co. agreed late on Saturday to comply with the striking Kurrawang woodcutters' demand and nay an amount equal to…

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Phantom Gold. Chapter Iii. the Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 15

JOHN rushed balk to the sitting-room. "Did you hear that?" he exclaimed. "Hear what?" his fathet asked, and his voice seemed to assume an air of innocence…

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Mechanised Collieries' Conditions Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 6

A conference of representatives of John Darling, Burwood, Durham and Wallarah lodges has been convened for tomorrow (Tuesday) at the…

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1000 Miners Cease Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Following the dismissal of two men on charges of misconduct, miners at the State coal mine at Wonthaggi began a strike…

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Miners’ Convention Proposed “Second Round”

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY—The central council of the Miners’ Federation will meet in Sydney on May 3, to arrange an interstate convention, at which it…

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Mt. Stewart Mine. Labour Conditions Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 10

At the Dunedoo Warden's Court, before Mr. C. Pickup. mining warden, Peter Smith, miner, of Leadville, made application for the suspension of labour conditions for six months, in…

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Four Mines Work Full Time Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 6

Working time during the past fortnight on the coalfields was affected by the Easter holidays. Nine days constituted full-time…

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Star Gold Is Hard To Keep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 6

A film star may make colossal money. But can he keep it?…

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Charge Over Gold Theft Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 6

The hearing of the case against Frank Savage, a member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, who is charged with having been an accessory…

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