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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 216

Gold Spark

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 15

N. Watterson on Gold Spark returning to weigh in after winning the Warwick May Handicap…

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Mines Official To Study Abroad

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 5

THE Senior Geological Surveyor of the Mines Department, Mr. E. J. Kenny, has left for Glasgow to attend a conference on Empire…

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Gold Spark Not For Doomben

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 11

OWNER-TRAINER A. G. Papworth said last night that Gold Spark, who was successful at Warwick Farm on Saturday, will not be nominated to-day for the Doomben…

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Children Wait For News After Mine Explosion

The Sun · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 10

AN EXHIBITION of Italy's air strength, during Hitler's visit to Rome. -- Two ships of 20,000 tons were run aground in the Tyrrhenian Sea, after being bombed by 200 planes. Bombs burst all round the stranded vessels. AN AMAZING picture of an accident. -- French driver, J. Paul, crashed through the safety fence at Brooklands Speedway. England, and, his car in flames, charged…

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Gold Shipments to Canada. Ottawa, May 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 12

Secrecy continues to surround the arrivals from Paris of gold shipments-reaching a total of 100,000,000 dollars (£A25,000,000). It is believed that they are either for the British…

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Gold Spark. Staying Filly. Equals Record for Course

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 15

There is no room to doubt any longer the ability of the three-year-old filly, Gold Spark, to stay. She won the Moorefield Handicap on…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/0/1½ an ounce fine, unchanged since Thursday…

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Colliery Idle. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 9

The South Bulli colliery was idle for two days of last week because of complaints by miners that picks, owned by their members, had disappeared on several occasions when…

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Proposed Re-opening of Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Monday.--Old employees of Aberdare South Colliery have decided to appeal to the northern executive of the Miners' Federation to negotiate with…

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Southern Miners’ Resolution

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, May 20.—The Port Kembla branch of the Ironworkers’ Union, at its meeting on Tuesday night, carried the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 8

ADELONG GOLD ESTATES, N.L.—Main shaft of [?]inch on dredge broke on Wednesday night. It was expected that repairs would take 24 hours. BARRYTOWN GOLD DREDGING.—First half of…

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Abermain Miners Send Letter to Lyons

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 4

KURRI, N.S.W.—At the monthly meeting of the Abermain No. 1 miners’ lodge, after hearing a report from the provisional…

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Around the World Soviet Coal Deposits

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

MOSCOW, Apl. 18.—Initial steps in working the rich coal basin along the River Bureya, in the Far East, whose deposits are estimated…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/4½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/1½ on Saturday. BASE METALS…

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Section for Girls and Boys (Conducted by South West Wind.) Phantom Gold Chapter Vii. the Ghost Miner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 23

WHEN Jennifer and John returned to the side verandah, they waited quietly, hoping to see the white figure again, but there was no sign pf it in the thick bush…

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"Mines Unsafe"

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 5

A TERRIBLE explosion is imminent in at least one northern mine. This statement was made by Mr…

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Recovery in Barriers. Quiet Mining Market. Tin and Gold Dull

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 14

Given breathing space by the first upward turn lately in metal prices, Barriers made a small recovery in yesterday's market…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 14

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended May 20 is at the rate of approximately £8/0/1 per…

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Activity in Gold Shares London

The Sun · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 22

Speculators lost no time in taking advantage of the more confident atmosphere after easing of the Czech crisis to resume gambling in gold…

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Japan Encourages Mining. Tokyo, May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 18

The Ministry for Commerce and Industry has suddenly issued an ordinance, providing for a new annual bounty of 1,000,000 yen (£A75,000) to encourage mining for iron and…

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