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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 195

General Cable News. Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 10

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/10/1 an ounce fine, compared with £7/10/5 yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Miners' Clams Hint by Judge. More Comprehensive Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 11

When the hearing of the miners' industrial claims was continued yes[?]rday in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, Judge Drak[?]…

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Fast Sprint by Geebung Ready For Gold Cup At Moorefield

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 14

Geebung, a Peter Moore Cup candidate, sprinted two furlongs in 26 on the grass at Randwick this morning. He looks ready for his engagement…

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Coal Mining Disputes. "Men Not Told Truth." Witness's Allegation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 19

Turmoil in the coalmining industry was caused by officiais of the Miners' Federation not telling the miners the truth, said Mr. Stanley McKensey in…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 14

MOUNT MARTIN GOLD COY. reports having sold the whole of the forfelied shares which were offered for sale on December 19, The price was 3d, less brokerage and other expenses. Sampling…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 7 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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Mine's An Atoms and Soda, Please

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

IT takes men like Dr. F. W. Aston, M.A., D.Sc. (Cantab.) to make men like me understand about science…

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Firm Tone. Some Gold Shares Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 14

Leading base metal shares were in quiet demand yesterday, the market being hopeful of the prospects, of better metal prices…

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Money Talks Smiths financial Review Mining Promises And Performances

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 21

THE large number of Australian shareholders who, by association with Great Boulder, were influenced to subscribe for shares in Southern Cross (Frasers) in 1934, and who are now left holding only share certificates, are…

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Mort's Dock Shares Taken to New High Level N.z. Gold Active

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 13

INCREASED buying activity, particularly among second-class industrials, brought a firmer tendency to the share market yesterday…

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£350,000,000 Deal in Gold Defence of Sterling Exchange Quick Success In Campaign Against Speculations LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 5

The most spectacular money transaction ever known in the City of London occurred to-day when the Bank of England sold £200,001,571 in gold to the Exchange [?]alisation Fund…

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New High Price Puts State In Grip Of Gold Fever

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 7

This week the price for fine gold reached a new high level of £9 6s 10d an ounce placing the State again in the grip of the gold fever. Rare two-guinea pieces, Spade guineas . --minted about 200 years ago--and sovereigns have…

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Crocodiles, Cold Beer On Lonely Goldfield BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 5

The adventurous life of 80 prospectors, including four wives, who form the resident population of Claudie River Goldfield, Cape York Peninsula, was described by Mr. George Kane, gold miner, now in Brisbane…

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Coal Mining Accidents

Daily News · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 4

The necessity of international actio[?] aimed at reducing accident risks coal mining is clearly shown to studi[?] made by the International, Labor O[?]…

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Youth Handicapped in Coal Mines On Dole From 21 To 40

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 3

Youth's poor outlook in the coal mining industry was described at the Commonwealth Court of Arbitration to-day when Henry David Hill, colliery superintendent at Pelton, stated that young men of 21 were put off…

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Mines Resume Today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Sunday.--Yesterday miners and their families returned to Cessnock after a fortnight's holiday. Work will be resumed tomorrow at all the…

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Gold Seeker Doomed

Daily News · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--Lost in dense bush, eight miles from here, since Wednesday, 80-year-old pensioner Jack Oswald has been entirely without water and…

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Victoria Gold Dredging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 8

Victoria Gold Dredging Co., N.L., reports that the dredge has turned the corner at the upstream boundary of the lease, and is now working downstream on a course…

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Miners on Strike for Safety

Daily News · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 3

OALCLIFF, Sunday.--Coalcliff miners on strike to enforce a safety measure their members working at the screens tone and shale falls from an overhead…

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Missioner As Barber. Shaves Miners Before Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 10

The Rev. A. G. Manefield, of the Home Mission Society, in an address at the Lyceum yesterday, on the activities of missioners in the centre of Australia, said that one…

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