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Mining & the mines, 1939

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Close Finish for the Peter Moore Gold Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 15

Nebraska (A. Knox), next to the rails, won the race at Moorefield on Saturday by a head from Bramol (J. O'Sullivan), centre, with Sedunum (E. Bartle), on the outside, only another head away, third. Loombah was fourth…

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Lured on by Gold at 80 KALGOORLIE

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

Eighty-year-old Jack Oswald's obsession that he would "strike it rich" at Mt. Robinson, eight miles from here, has probably been his…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/9½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/9/6 on Friday…

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May Help Markets Britain's Bold Gold Move LONDON

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 14

The British Treasury s dramatic stroke of last Friday, by which the Bank of England re-transferred…

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Barriers Recede. Mining Shares Dull. Bulolo Rises Again

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

The week's inactivity in mining shares was unbroken on Saturday. No callroom turnover of importance was recorded…

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Bank of England Acts. Spectacular Transfer of Gold. £350,000,000 to Exchange Fund. London, Jan. 7

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

By the transfer yesterday of gold worth £350,000,000 at current prices from the Bank of England to the Exchange Equalisation Fund, the Fund's gold resources have been increased, it is estimated, to £450,000,000…

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Reason for Strikes. "Men Earn Too Much." Coal Mine Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 15

Henry [?]avid Hill, colliery superintendent for the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company, said in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, that on…

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Miners' Advocate In Court Bill Orr Rips Into Coal Barons

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

BILL ORR IS ON A JOB THAT IS NEW FOR HIM. HE THE MINERS' ADVOCATE IN THE COURT HEARING ON HOURS AND OTHER OF THE CLAIMS FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S STRIKE…

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'Robbing' Coal Owners

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 3

A comparison between strikers who deprive coal-owners of profits and shoplifters who…

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Home News. Miners' Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

At the inquiiy into the miners' industrial claims a colliery superintendent said that on orations miners deliberately reduced their earnings so that they could come within the…

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Australian Gold Output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 17

CANBERRA, Monday.--Australian gold production in November was 139,753 fine ounces, valued at £A.1,273,322. Compared with the corresponding month of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 10

BLACK JACK GOLD.—Railed to Chillago[?] 1[?] tons concentrates, estimated total value approximately £950. NORSEMAN DEVELOPMENTS [?]December[?]…

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Gold Prices Are Lower

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 18

Prices for gold fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for the week ended January 7 are substantially lower than those for the previous week…

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Gold Production. Large Increase Recorded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 10

Gold production in Australia for the first 11 months of 1938 was 1,430,917 ounces, valued at £12,547,410. This is an increase of about 200,000 ounces, or about £1,846,000 in value,…

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Wiluna Gold. Working Costs Last Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 10

Working costs of Wiluna Gold Mines, Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1938, were 21/3.58 per ton, compared with 17/8.78 per ton in the previous year. Mining costs were…

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Newcastle Coal Exports 14,630 Tons Shipped

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4

The export of coal from Newcastle last week was one-fifth of the normal amount. Cargoes entered outwards amounted to 14,630 tons, compared…

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Will Gold Rod Be Starter in Challenge?

Daily News · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 8

ONE of Sydney's outstanding gallopers, Gold Rod, will run in the Challenge Stakes if the owner, Mr. E. J. Watt, thinks he is fit enough to contest that race on January 28…

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Three Mines Idle. Strikes on First Working Day, Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 15

The first working day of 1939 on the northern coalfields was marked to-day with strikes in three collieries—Elrington, Abermain No 2 and Abermain No. 3…

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A Gold Reserve. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 10

Sir,—Any defence system to be effective must be a cimprehensive preparation for war and consequently must visualise a position in which Australia and New Zealand would be…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/74 an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/9½ on Saturday. BASE METALS. Base metal prices at noon to-day were:—…

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