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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 216

Report On Miners' Action Southern Men to Consider Position Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

MINERS' leaders will hear a report on the campaign for better conditions, on June 19. The Southern Miners' Delegate…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/6. compared with £7/0/5 yesterday. BASE METALS Base metals (all dull) were quoted at noon…

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Miners Walk Out. Two Strikes in Two Days. Internal Disputes. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 8

Two strikes in two days have occurred at the Bellbird colliery Neither was caused by disagreement between the employers and the men…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 June 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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Reviving Interest In Gold Shares

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 23

IN sympathy with the revival in London, Australian gold shares have been attracting quiet, but nevertheless increasing, interest over the…

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Loloma Gold to Sink New Main Shaft

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 16

Following consideration of a proposal to increase the capacity of the present treatment plant, the directors of Loloma (Fiji)' Gold Mines, N.L. have given…

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Miners May Have To Face Grave Position NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 5

A CRISIS ATTAINING MAJOR PROPORTIONS MAY RESULT IF THE COALOWNERS CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE MINERS' DEMANDS…

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Coalfields Threat. Miners Prepare. Talk of General Strike. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 10

An intensive Propaganda Campaign will be carried on through the northern coalfields in the next two months to secure complete rank and file support…

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General Cable News. Price Op Gold. London, June 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/7 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/6 yesterday. BASE METAL PRICES. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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New Guinea Gold Mine Cash Prize Stories

The Sun · Sunday 12 June 1938 · page 3

ONE afternoon about one o'clock, we were debating whether to accept an invitation we had received some days ago. We had been…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1938 · page 25

THE mining section, with no encouraging movements in base metal prices, was less active than in the previous week. A…

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Storm Is Brewing on Coalfields Industry Needs Big Overhaul By Government Miners 70 Years Old in Work While Keen Young Men Can't Get Jobs NEWCASTLE, Saturday. Storm Clouds Are Gathering in the Coalfields, Where an Industry That Once Employed Over 23,000 Men Now Has Fewer Workers Than in the Darkest Year of the Depression

The Sun · Sunday 12 June 1938 · page 2

The miners are talking fight. They are organising for a long struggle because they say that only direct action will give them any alleviation of a situation which, on the surface, looks completely hopeless…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 6

CONSOLIDATED GOLD AREA N.L.—The option agreement over the Kurrajong mine, Western Australia, has been executed by the vendors. MOUNT COOLON GOLD MINE3 N.L.—No. 4 level:…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 13 June 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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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/0/7 an ounce fine, unchanged from Friday. DUCHESS OF NORFOLK HAS DAUGHTER. The Duchess of Norfolk, whose husband is…

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Gold by Air. Kalgoorlie to Adelaide. Elaborate Precautions. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 10

A consignment of gold bullion valued at £30,000 will be sent from here to Adelaide by the air liner Bungana early to-morrow. The shipment is being…

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Prospector Is King of Wild Natives Found Gold In New Guinea BRISBANE

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 1

Michael Leahy, 36-year-old prospector and explorer, is now practically king of the wild Wahgi natives on Mt. Hagen Plateau, 8000ft. high, in the centre of New Guinea. He is the only white man in the region…

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Western Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 8

Western Gold Mines, N.L. received £10,000 in dividends on its shareholding in Triton Gold Mines, N.L., in 1937, and a further £5,000 in April, 1938. A dividend of [?]/ a…

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Gold Found in Street. Thrown from Disused Mine. KALGOORLIE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 12

In the course of road-making operations at the corner of Hannan and Porter Streets, Kalgoorlie, this morning, a road roller caused the gutter over the mouth of an old disused…

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Support for Miners

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 4

IPSWICH, Qld.—The Trades and Labor Council has carried a motion pledging moral and financial support for the [?]iners in the coming…

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