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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 216

News From Mining Companies

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

A1 CONSOLIDATED GOLD.—Output was 192oz 4dwt gold from 750 tons, and not 148oz as the company reported at first owing to an erros in transmission…

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£2 Fines For Mine Breaches NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 2

A. R. THOMAS, proprietor of Wilson's Colliery, Jesmond, was fined £2, with 8- costs, on each of five charges…

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Miners’ Demand for Safety Feature of “Second Round”

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

With the grim record of death and accidents before them, the miners enter into the “Second Round” of their fight against the…

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Newcastle Coal Exports. Improvement Shown. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 10

Improved exports of coal from Newcastle are shown from the handling of 1,829,935 tons at the Railway Department's cranes at Carlington for the first six months of this…

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Salvaging Gold on Sinking Liner Quebec

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

SALVAGE crews are working to remove £600,000 worth of gold from the sinking Cunard liner…

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Garden Gold Oranges and Lemons for Dessert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 15

HERE are some new ideas for those who like citrus fruit "dressed up" for their dessert course. Maybe you are…

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No Repudiation by Miners, Says Orr Answer To Owners

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

Only three per cent, of the total production of the coal mines in New South Wales is used for domestic Imposes said the general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Bill Orr). “THEREFORE, any talk by the…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments 61,246 Tons Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

Coal exports from Newcastle last week advanced to 61,246 tons from 54,466 tons the previous week. It is expected that about 87,000 tons of coal…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, July 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to—day at £7/0/9½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/9 on Saturday. BASE METALS…

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“Coughing His life Away” Tragic Story by a “Dusted” Miner’s Wife Warns Women Of Coalfields

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 2

Mr. Editor. Dear sir.— I would like to tell every woman on the coalfields my experiences of the terrible effects of the dust menace. My husband is one of the many victims; he worked…

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Colliery Manager Honoured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 13

Mr. Henry Dalziel, who has been appointed colliery manager of National Oil, Pty., Ltd., at Newnes, was farewelled by members of the staff of the State coal mine, where he had…

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All Australia's Unions Will Support The MINERS The CRISIS in the Coal Industry

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 1

THE miners of New South Wales have devised measures to alleviate the unemployment and poverty so devastatingly affecting those who work in…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 14

ELDORADO TENNANT CREEK, LTD, fortnight ended June 30, battery crushed 230 tons, recovery 116oz fine gold, value at £1,002. TRITON GOLD MINES, N.L.—Half-month ended…

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Safeguarding Business If Mine Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

If the threatened coal stoppage occurs, business people on the coalfields would not suffer serious losses…

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No Glitter About Gold Pan

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 9

Probably because Ted Bartie was in the saddle, Gold Pan, a four-year-old trained by Herb Anderews at Warwick Farm, found backers when he started in…

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Gold Production. Large Increase in W.A.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 14

In the first half of this year the Western Australian sold yield was 555,538 fine [?] compared with 473,708oz in the corresponding period of 1937, in which year, for the first…

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New Occidental Gold. Higher Values at New Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 14

New Occidental Gold'Mines, N.L., reports that at the Now Cobar mine, No. 4 drill hole, which has been completed, has proved a 25ft horizontal width of lode, of average value…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, July 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/8[?] an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/9. yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Liner Aground. Passengers Taken Off. £375,000 in Gold. Quebec, July 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 18

The Cunard White Star liner Ascania (14,013 tons) is hard aground on a, big island close to the spot where the Empress of Ireland was lost at a cost…

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Japan Claims Capture of Hukow. "Decisive Battle Opens." Chinese Are Determined. Hundreds of Mines Swept Up In Yangtse. SHANGHAI, July 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 17

The Japanese announce the capture of Hukow, on the Yangtse Kiang, about 150 miles from Hankow. A decisive battle has now been joined for the defence of Hankow, says a Hankow report. The Chinese spokesman, Mr…

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