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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 216

Miners Firm For Unity And Shorter Week

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 7

THE Central Council of the Miners' Federation has given a lead to districts and lodges throughout New South…

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Machines Before Men Modem Age Takes Living Of Miners

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 7

THE desolate mining township of Catherine Hill Bay, on the Northern Coalfields, was inspected yesterday by local government officials and Miners' Federation representatives…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments 68,739 Tons Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 5

Coal shipments from Newcastle continued to improve last week, despite the holiday on Monday. Trading with Victoria was brighter, and the…

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Luckier In Mining Than On The Turf

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 16

THE secret buyers of the 2800-guineas Melfort colt at the Easter yearling sales, Messrs. W. A. Freeman and L. V. Waterhouse, have been associated in rich mining ventures…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/10 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/8½ on Saturday…

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Conspiracy Charge. Alleged Gold Theft. Stockbroker in Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 13

Frank Savage, a stock and share broker of Melbourne, was charged before Mr. Addison, P.M., in the Bendigo Court to-day with having, between…

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Southern Miners Seething Dust Menace To Life And Health Legislation Full of Anomalies

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 3

The dust question is still the cause of great discontent in the ranks of mineworkers in the district. Many point out that instead of cleaning up the dust a bit, like they did for some years past, the owners do practically no cleaning up at all now…

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Miners Hit Lyons Arms Plan Won’t Give It Aid, Says Union Leaders

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, May 6.—Delegates to the Central Council of the Miners’ Federation, interviewed by the “Workers’ Weekly” today, repudiated any idea of trade union co-operation with the Lyons government in its rearmament scheme…

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Section for Girls and Boys. (Conducted by South West Wind.) Phantom Gold Chapter V. Jennifer Arrives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 23

JOHN and his father hastened to the car outside their gate. It was a large limousine, and seemed to dwarf their home to insignificant proportions. The grandmother continued to stare…

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Gold Mines of Papua

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 14

Gold Mines of Papua, Lid., reportd that during April the plant, running at approximately half capacity, crushed 1,375 tons ore and recovered gold valued at approximately…

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Miners' Officials

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Mr. G. Lowe, who has been secretary of Aberdare Central Miners' Lodge for 8½ years, is not seeking re-election…

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Stop Press Colliery Deaths Now 28

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Deaths-list in colliery disaster now totals 28. Thirty-nine are in hospital and 50 are still trapped…

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Mining Reports

The Sun · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 24

GOLD MINES OF PAPUA.--During April, plant, running at approximately half capacity, crushed 1375 tons of ore for gold valued at approximately £930. Most…

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Aborigines and Gold

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 33

THE Cape York Peninsula has developed info one of the most promising gold-bearing regions in Queensland. Several new fields have been opened up, and a…

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Miners Hopeful Of Insurance Society

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A miners' society, approved by the Federal Government, to implement national insurance, is envisaged by the Northern…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank [?] gold, including jewellery, lodged at the [?]elbourne Mint for the week ended May 6 at the rate of approximately £7/19/3½ per…

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Indemnity for Mine Manager Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 6

GUARDING him against any criminal proceedings concerning the Bendigo gold mine case an indemnity, signed by the…

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Guinea Gold. Higher Profit Reported

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 14

Guinea Gold, N.L., reccived £48,759 in dividends, chiefly on its holding of shares in Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., during the year ended February 28, and the net profit…

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Threat of Violence by Miners Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 7

Fearing riots, extra police have been rushed to Beria to watch developments among 220 Lancefield mineworkers…

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60 Killed In Mine Disaster LONDON

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 1

Sixty miners have been killed and many injured by an explosion in the Markham colliery at Duckmanton, in…

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