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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 195

Hardened Miners' Soft Drink Orgy PERTH

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

Hundreds of miners at Marble Bar and Nullagine, crowded soft drink bars, yesterday. It was election day in both towns…

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Coffins of Gold and Silver London

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 5

A mummy, reputed to be that of one of King Solomon's father-in-law, has been discovered in Egypt,…

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Parliament Reps. Censured Miners Incensed by Help Given Inner Group Newcastle, [?]

Daily News · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 5

MINERS' Parliamentarians who supported the Inner Group candidate at the Hurstville by-election were censured by the Northern Regional Conference of the A.L.P. to-day…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/6[?] an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/6 on Friday.—A A.P. N.Z. SINGER'S SUCCESS…

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Oil From Coal. Heffron Party Urges New Industry. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 13

A resolution favouring the establishment of an oil from coal industry on a nationalised basis as an important part of Labour's defence policy, was…

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St. Constant Now Shares Favoritism For Doncaster Rosehill Finish Impresses Gold Rod Eases

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 17

ST. CONSTANT'S fast finishing second to Caesar at Rosehill on Saturday has caused him to…

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Coal-fall in Mine While Judge Inspecting CESSNOCK

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

A fall of coal, seriously injuring a miner, occurred to-day in Aberdare Central colliery while it was being…

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Federation Fiat Affects 7 Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Monday.--Officals of Rothbury's Miners' Lodge stated today that they had been advised by members of the Northern Miners' Board of…

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Miner Crushed As Coal Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Monday.--William Evans, 45, a miner, employed at Aberdare Colliery, was crushed by a fall of coal today…

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Mining Shares Weaker. Barriers Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 8

Prices of all classes of mining shares fell, back sharply yesterday. Selling pressure resulted in a large increase in turnover…

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Market Recedes. Many Falls Czech Gold Reserve

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 8

Attention of the investment market yesterday was focussed upon the reports of increased international tension in Europe…

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Guns, Gold and War Industry Hitler's Booty

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

The population of the Hitler Entire is now 91,000,000, minus the multitudes who are refugees or murdered in the fascist Bastilles. When Hitler came to power the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/6 an ounce line, compared with £7/8/6½ on Saturday BASE METALS. Base metals fall firm) were quoted at noon…

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Good Trial by Hamurah Doncaster Candidate Over Half-mile Gold Rod Pleases In Rousing Seven Furlongs High Caste Attracts

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 17

Hamurah, Gold Rod, Spear Chief and High Caste provided interesting trials at Randwick to-day over various distances. All work of consequence was done on the…

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Dispute at B.H.P. COLLIERY. Miners Appeal to Chief General Manager. Allocation of Skips. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 17

During a dispute to-day concerning the allocation of skips at the B.H.P. Company's Burwood Colliery, the Miners' Federation, under instruction by the Burwood miners[?]…

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Hurt During Mine Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--While Mr. Justice Davidson and members of the Mines' Safety Commission were inspecting one section of Aberdare Central…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 14

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 17, is at the rate of approximately £8/10/ per…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 15

ADELONG GOLD ESTATES[?] N.L.—Week ended March 18[?] Treated 16 750 cubic yards for 53oz 5dwt[?] smelted gold, includ[?] gold recovered from treatment of residues…

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Govt. Delay Irks N.G. Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 8

WAU, Tuesday.--Public bodies in the goldfields area are incensed at the Government's failure to begin the construction of the Salamoa-Wau motor road…

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Coal Industry Judge on "Bad Feeling"

The Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 10

Agreeing that there was "bad feeling between the masters and the union," Judge Drake Brockman, in…

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