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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 216

Stoppages at Collieries 1700 Men Idle At Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

Seventeen hundred men are idle on the Cessnock field to-day as the result of disputes at three collieries. Aberdare Central and Bellbird…

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Miners Will Attend Rebel Conference Decision

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 9

The Northern Miners' Delegate Board has decided that the northern miners shall be represented at the Rebel Union Conference in Sydney…

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Gold Rod Ready for Melbourne

Referee · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

GOLD ROD is ready for Melbourne. He goes south in a couple of weeks time. He did a steady half mile at Rosebery this morning, K. Cook having…

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Miners Strike in Support of Timber Men

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Twelve thousand mine employees are out in support of the men who are getting timber for the collieries on the South Maitland…

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Tin Hare Talk, Closure Chat Kennel News Famous Greyhounds Canine Gold Mine Blood Lines Of Hillcourt Lass Worth Studying Outcross From White Hope

Referee · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 11

HILL COURT LASS, though not possessed of top-class pace, was a brilliant worker, and once placed behind the hare was exceedingly hard to defeat. Her memorable duels with champions of the calibre of…

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Support From Vic. Members Timberworkers Fight For Rates Northern Mines

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

DECLARING the wholehearted support of his members behind the demand of the colliery timbercutters on the northern coalfields…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. LONDON.Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £ 6/19/7½, compared with £6/19/8 yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals (all firm) were quoted at noon…

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White and Gold Summer Uniforms and Frocks. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 20

As the bridegroom and his attendants wore the summer uniform of officers of the Royal Australian Navy, the white colour scheme chosen by the bride and her…

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Failed to Pay New Timber Rates Two Mines Idle Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

Bellbird minora were to-day involved in the dispute that followed the failure of certain contractors to pay the new rates claimed by cutters for timber supplies…

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Mining the Share Market. Heavier Trading in Barriers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 13

Further price appreciation in the oversea metal market induced wider operations in Barriers yesterday. The gold and tin sec tions of the mining share market were…

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Cocks Pioneer Gold. Increase of Capital to £75.000. Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 13

The management of Cocks's Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines (1934) N.L. reports that investigations into the most suitable methods of working the 12,500,000 cubic yaids of…

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Novels And Novelties Not Sharing In The "Prosperity " Mining Folk on Welsh Coalfields

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

AT a time when Government loud-speakers in England are blaring forth such phrases as "unexampled prosperity" and "work for all on rearmament," James Hanley's story, "Grey Children" comes at an opportune time…

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Japanese' Control in China. Shipping on Yangtse Stopped. "Danger of Chinese Mines." Statement of New Policy To Be Delayed. London, January 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 11

The Japanese naval staff has informed the British naval authorities at Shanghai that Japan will no longer allow non-Japanese merchantmen to travel up the Yangtse Kiang. The Japanese claim that this interference is due to the…

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Timber Dispute in Mines Three Collieries Idle Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

The statement that certain [?] being used at Aberdare Colliery had been procured in the same manner as that which had been declared…

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Western Miners’ Plebiscite

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

PLEBISCITE SYDNEY, Jan. 12.—The-Western District of the Miners’ Federation is holding a ballot of members to decide whether…

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Tasmanian Miners Still Out

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

Members of the Miners’ Federation employed in the Tasmanian collieries are still on strike because the owners refuse to make a new…

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Northern Mine To Re-Open CESSNOCK

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 7

Miners who have not seen the inside of a colliery for ten years will be re-engaged at Whitburn Colliery…

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Stir at Snooker Gold Cup Match London

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

There was a stir at the snooker Gold Cup match between Willie Smith and Newman, when the former was snookered, played a cushion…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/7 an ounce fine, compared with £6/10/7½ yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Mining the Share Market. Slight Reaction in Barriers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

Under the influence of moderate tradin[?] several base metal concerns, which had been the subject of active buying during the early part of the week, showed a relaxing of values…

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