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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 216

Unity of Mining Unions Will Fight For New Deal

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Unanimity was reached al a conference of unions with members engaged in the coal mining industry at a conference on Wednesday to evolve plans to meet any emergency that might develop in the present dispute in the industry…

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Coal Miners Forge World's Greatest Strike Weapon Steak at 1d. Included in Plans

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 1

ON August 4, the National Conference of the Miners Federation will decide on action, if coal-owners refuse…

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An Investor's Diary. Profits and Losses in the Coal Mining Industry—Results of Eight Public Companies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 14

There has been a good deal of publicity lately in the Press relative to a possible strike in the coal industry if certain demands made by the miners…

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News From Mines Oil Search Activities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 16

Oil Search, Ltd., reports.--Drillers, Ltd.: Hutton Creek bore: Present depth 4668ft., formation hard compacted dark shale. The Federal Oil Advisory Committee recently visited the bore. and…

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Govt. Attacked On Threatened Coal Stoppage

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 2

FAILURE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT THE IMPENDING INDUSTRIAL CLASH ON THE COALFIELDS WAS…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/9 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/8½ yesterday BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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Coal for China. Newcastle May Get Orders. War Causes Shortage. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 17

Large orders of cargo coal for Shanghai may come to Newcastle as a result of the war between China and Japan cutting off Shanghai's usual sources of…

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Salamaua-wau Road. Economic Value. Gold and Timber Resources. Saving Freight Costs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 19

The new road from Salamaua to Wau, which will be built in conjunction with the transfer of the capital of New Guinea from Rabaul to…

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Borneo Gold Project Theodore-Wren Group Retire

Truth · Sunday 3 July 1938 · page 27

BORNEO Gold Explorations came into the news during the week with an announcement that Messrs. Wallace H. Smith, P. F…

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Colliery Owners' Chairman Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday at his home, Wygadon Street, North Sydney, of Mr. Ivo Clarke, chairman of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association and the…

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Stop Press Rich Gold Reported

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A rush has set in to Mansfield, where two prospectors have reported a rich find on line of rich lode 60 years ago…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, July 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/0/9 an ounce fine, unchanged from Friday. "GIPSY" SMITH MARRIED. LOS ANGELES, July 3…

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Lithgow Colliery to Reopen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 7

LITHGOW, Monday. Cobar Tunnel colliery, which has been out of production for several years, is to be reopened. Only a few men will be employed,…

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Granites Development Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

During the week ended June 30 the Granites Development N.L. mine worked only 70 hours owing to the opening out of the face and to minor mechanical troubles. A partial…

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Prices Wangled to Show Loss Orr Explodes Coal Barons’ Tales Facts Support Miners’ Claims

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 4

Coal prices were low because they were fixed by the larger companies, which used must of their own coal, said the miners’ general secretary (Bill Orr). They preferred to show a “bookkeeping” loss at their coalmines if large profits from cheap coal…

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Miners Want Inquest Reopened

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

Officials of the Miners' Federation have been asked to request the Government to reopen the inquest on John Anderson. 42." who was killed at the John…

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Victoria Gold Dredging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 9

The dredge of Victoria Gold Dredging Co., N.L., is expected to begin a trial run this week. For the nine months ended March 31 (the…

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Sunshine Gold Return

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

Sunshine Gold Development, Ltd., clean-up for June yielded 306oz sold…

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Mine Owner On Five Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A mine owner A. R. Thomas, of Jesmond, was convicted, today on five charges of breaches of the mining regulations…

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Miners Affiliate with New Party

The Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

The first union to affiliate with the new Labor Party, formed at the Newtown rebel industrial conference recently, is that of the southern…

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