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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 195

Judge Awake to Mining Risks Says Men Have Reason To Have Wind Up

Daily News · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

Coalminers have good reason "to have the wind up," Judge Drake-Brockman said in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, referring to the risk of explosion in mines…

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Motor Spirit From Brown Coal. Cost of 1/3¼ a Gallon. Report to Victorian Government. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 22

A report to the Premier, Mr. Dunstan, by the Victorian Agent-General in London, Mr. Bussau, states that motor spirit can be produced from Yallourn…

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Gold Revalued. Bank of England Acts. Reserve Up £100,000,000. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 11

This week's Bank of England return is the first to be issued under the new Currency and Bank Note Act and is regarded in the City of London as a…

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Brown And Gold Cocktail Suit

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1939 · page 11

AT a cocktail party arranged by Mrs. A. L. Bayley at her home at Balfour-road, Rose Bay, last night, she wore a tailored cocktail suit…

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Great Boulder Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 8

The dliectors of Great Boulder Pty. Gold Mines Ltd. have issued a statement to shareholders, in which they refer to "certain disturbing rumours" about the mine. These…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 8

LAIGLON GOLD AND TIN,—Shaft sunk to 89 feet; at 85ft spur cut the western wall of shaft canying values and heavily mineralised; bottom of shaft is lode formation with high…

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Gold Rod Shines on Track

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 15

Gold Rod ran a brilliant four furlongs at Rosebery this morning. Locking a picture of condition, he…

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Price of Gold. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 11

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/4 an ounce fine, which was unchanged from Friday (Other Oversea News on next page.)…

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Mining Shares Dull. Mild Changes. Triton Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 8

Mining shares showed no clear trend in Saturday's market. Movements were of small extent, and callroom turnover was trifling…

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Men Out on Four Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 7

BULLI, Monday.--Four mines on the South Coast--Scarborough, Corrimal, Excelsior, and Coalcliff--were idle today. At Scarborough the men claimed that…

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Local Gold Price Higher

The Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 16

Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints during the week ended March 3 are £8 9s 7d a…

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Corrimal Chartered for Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 13

The Patrick line steamer Corrimal which is usually employed in the interstate cargo trade, has been [?]tered by R. W. Miller and Co. [?] Ltd., for the coal trade between Sydney and…

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Miner Injured by Fall of Coal

Daily News · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 5

WONGAWILLI, Monday. -- Struck by falling coal at Wongawilli mine, Alex Masters, a miner, of Balgownie was knocked against the side of his working…

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Orr Devastating On Mine Accidents Work “Dirty, Disagreeable And Unhealthy”

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 3

“All the authorities who have been prenared to express an honest opinion on the mining- industry indicate that it is a dirty, disagreeable and unhealthy occupation. “It is also a very dangerous occupation.”…

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Spirit From Brown Coal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 3

Sir,—I was amazed to read the published report to the Premier of Victoria from his Agent-General in London, stating that motor spirit can be produced from brown coal for…

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Gold Fillings in Teeth. Jews May Keep Them. "Herald" Exclusive Service. Berlin, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 11

The decree ordering Jews to hand over their valuables for compulsory sale has been modified to allow them to keep their wedding rings, silver watches, two sets of table silver,…

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Popular Front. Supporters Warned by Labour Party. Miners' Breakaway Possible. From Our Own Correspondent. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 11

Two Labour members of the House of Commons, Messrs. Aneurin Bevan (Ebbw Vale, Monmouth), and G. R. Strauss (Lambeth North), have made speeches defying the…

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Norseman Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 14

At a meeting of shareholders of Norseman Gold Mines, N.L., in Adelaide, the plan for distributing the 100,000 shares in Norseman Development, N.L., owned by the company, was…

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Collieries Idle. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 19

Aberdare Colliery was idle yesterday because of a dispute over the number of horses available in one of the wheeling orads. The men resumed work this morning…

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"Coal Industry Is Misrepresented" Orr's Charge Against Owners In Miners' Award Hearing

Daily News · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 6

"THE owners keep on attempting to misrepresent the position in the coal industry." Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners Federation, said this yesterday, during his address in the mineworkers application for a Federal award…

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