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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 216

Continent Buys Gold Heavily London

The Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 16

The Continent is still buying gold owing to dollar devaluation fears. Turnover to-day again exceeded £1,000,000. for the third cloy in succession…

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Want New Award A.W.U. Miners Confer

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

Mining matters were discussed at an official meeting of the Australian Workers’ Union held at Captain’s Flat, N.S.W., on Sunday, June…

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Miners Must Have Justice Orr Explains “Second Round”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

SYDNEY, June 15.—Miners' Federation preparations for a strong campaign to win the log of claims for national improvements in working and safely conditions arc commencing to get well under way…

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Finance Editor's Column Raub Gold At 136

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 19

IN paying 136 for Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., buyers obviously regard disclosed ore reserves as of minor importance in the broad scheme, pinning…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/10 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/9 yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Miners Prepare Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 16

Proposals of the Mincis' federation for a campaign to secure reduced hour, and a pensions scheme in the coal industry are now being considered by conferences of the officers…

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Miners' Unity Rally

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 5

NEARLY 299 delegates are expected from the Northern and South Coast coalfields to attend the June 25 Unity Conference…

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Miners Endorse Leader's Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Lodge delegates from 22 collieries employing 3500 miners on the lower field, tonight endorsed the campaign proposals of the…

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Gold Yield Higher Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 3

The Queensland gold yield for May -- 11,873oz valued at £50,437 -- was 1496oz. higher than for May last year. About 56,775 fine oz.. worth…

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Gold Production. Steady Increase Maintained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 8

Australia's gold production continues to rise steadily. The yield in April amounted to 124,923 ounces valued at £862,144 sterling. This was an increase of 13 pet cent compared…

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Three Gold Co.'s to Finance New Property

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 23

INSTEAD of making a public issue, for which support in present market conditions is more than doubtful, three gold-mining companies have…

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Barriers Steadier. Increase in Activity. Rise in Bulolo Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 8

Barriers revealed a steadier tone in yesterday's market. Norths, dealt in actively, moved in a narrow range of prices and closed…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/10½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/10 yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metala were quoted at noon to-day as…

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American Win. Ascot Gold Cup. First for 56 YEARS. Flares a Stout Stayer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 15

Despite repeated attempts, a period of 56 years elapsed from the year the American bred and owned horse Foxhall won the Ascot Gold Cup, until…

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Kalgoorlie, a City of Contrasts. Gold and Beer, Men and Iron. Along the Golden Mile

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 21

GOLD and beer: that's Kalgoorlie, a city of macabre contrast; there is not anothet like it. Towering smoke-stacks of the Golden…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 19 June 1938 · page 29

THE mining market sparkled. Added interest in gold shares, and a further splutter in oil, kept brokers busy. Base metal…

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Drift In Coal Shares

The Sun · Sunday 19 June 1938 · page 16

Threatened industrial trouble on the coalfields has brought sellers of coal shares onto the market at reduced rates…

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Gold Medal for Officer Gentleman

The Sun · Sunday 19 June 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Bruce, wife of the High Commissioner of Australia (centre), presenting the King's Gold Medal to Cadet W. P. Brouncer, for the finest "Officer Gentleman" of the college, at the Nautical College, Pangbourne…

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Road to Coal and Candle Creek

Truth · Sunday 19 June 1938 · page 11

ON the new road to Coal and Candle Creek, Ku-ring-gai Chase, excellent work has been carried out…

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Miners Not "Blindly Led"

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- The miners were not being blindly led into a struggle with the colliery owners, said tile northern miners' president, Mr…

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