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Mining & the mines, 1939

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New Occidental Gold. Shareholders' Committee Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 14

Mr. A. Vickery, a director of New Occidental Gold Mines, N.L., who was chairman of the company until succeeded by Sir Harry Moxham last week, refers, in a circular to shareholders,…

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Hitler's Birthday Gold Crown BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

Germans in Australia are being asked to subscribe to a birthday present for Herr Hitler. The present will be a gold crown--an…

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To Demand Action on Dust Danger Southern Miners, Restive, Call Conference

Daily News · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 5

WOLLONOON, Friday.--The Southern Miners' Delegate Board to-day advised Corrimal Lodge to resume work, pending a conference on stone dusting in the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/8½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/8 yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals (all firmer) was quoted to-day…

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Gold Rod May Be Sent South Other Challenge Horses

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1939 · page 19

Gold Rod probably raced himself into another trip to Melbourne by his fast finishing fifth in the Challenge Stakes at Randwick yesterday, but neither his owner, Mr. E. J. Watt, nor trainer, George Price, will make a final decision until…

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Books and writers a Battalion at the Front Records Of The 30th From 1915 To 1918 "The Purple and Gold," a History of the 30th Battalion A.I.F.. Compiled by Lt. -Colonel H. Sloan. Sydney, 1938

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1939 · page 52

THIS book is the war history of the 30th Battalion, A.I.F., compiled by Lieut.-Col. H. Sloan. The author was the Battalion's…

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Morning Star Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 6

At a meeting of directors of Morning Star G.M.A. Mines in Melbourne, it was d[?] to take immediate steps to re-equip the mine with the object of resuming production and…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 30 January 1939 · 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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Dudley Miners to Resume Work

Daily News · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Dudley mine is to resume work. The northern miners' president, Mr. T. Hoare. stated that the result of an…

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Death Risk Mines Astounding Figures

Daily News · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 6

THE accident rate in Australian coalmines is much higher than in Great, Britain if the number of fatalities is…

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Buried by Mine Fall Launceston

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

The splintering of timber and the crash of falling debris, gave the alarm when the main prospecting shaft of the Swansea mine, five miles from…

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Coal Miners' Page Daily News Prize Story Needed Paid Holidays Benefits Enjoyed In Other Lands N.S.W. BACKWARD

Daily News · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 6

HOLIDAYS with pay is one of the most important demands being pressed at the present time by the Miners' Federation. Coalminers have repeatedly pointed out that provision for…

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Price of Gold. London, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/8/8½ an ounce fine, being unchanged from Friday…

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Mining. Edjudina Mine. Financial Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 8

Realising the value of the goldmining industry not, only to Western Australia, but to the whole of the Commonwealth, especially at a time of reduced wheat…

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Gold Mine Strike Proserpine, Nth. Qld

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

Claiming persistent pin-pricking tactics by the manager, about 60 men are on strike at a goldmine in this district…

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Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

The movement of the price of gold during the last twelve months might well be described as the thermometer of the "jitters." When the price of gold has moved up it has been an indication…

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Norseman Gold. Increased Ore Reserves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 8

Forecasting that 1939 would be the company's most profitable year, and that even greater profits could be expected in later years. the managing director of Norseman Gold…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/7½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/8½ on Saturday. BASE METALS…

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Progress in New Guinea. Gold Production. Plans for New Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 9

Mr. J. Kmt[?]chni[?] chairman of director of the New Guinea Goldfields. Ltd., who [?] been on a visit to Wau, returned by the Bulolo yesterday to meet Lord Castle Stewart…

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Slandering Of Miners Not An Accident Not An Accident Orr Tells Court Shareholders Of B.H.P. And Newspapers

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

"In the ‘Sun’ yesterday and in the ‘Sydney Morning Herald' this morning there we're big headings 'Dishonest Miners,’” said Bill Orr in the Arbitration Court last week. “This helps confirm the idea that this sort of thing is not…

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