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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 195

Dust Diseases Increasing Miners Refute Denials by Owners

Daily News · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 8

"APPLICATIONS for compensation on account of sickness due to dust were increasing." Witnesses had stated this, said the secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, during the coal…

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From Mine To Grand Opera New York

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 1

Robert Nicholson, former Australian coal-miner, was one of five chosen from 659 candidates as finalists in the Metropolitan Opera auditions. Two will be chosen on Sunday to…

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Much Dust in Mine More Air Needed At Scarborough

Daily News · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 8

SCARBOROUGH, Thursday.--Dust removal and watering is very badly needed in certain roads in Scarborough mine. This was reported following an…

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Coal Dumps Afire Been Burning For Three Weeks

Daily News · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 5

For three weeks, firemen have continuously fought a fire, smouldering in a dump of 11,000 tons of coal at the North Shore Gas company's Oyster Bay works…

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Judge on 40-Hour Week Objective Coal Owners' Opposition

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 2

It would be neither practical nor economic to reduce the working hours of coalminers below their present standard of 43 hours weekly, said Mr. Cassidy, K.C., (for the coalowners) in the Federal Arbitration Court…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/6[?] an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/6 yesterday EASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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Carpathia Tin Mining Co. Prospecting Operations to Expand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 8

Prospects of Carpathia Tin Mining Co. N.L. were encouraging. the chairman. Mr. K.O.A. Loane, said at the half-yearly meeting yesterday. With the likelihood of the price of tin…

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Threatens Favorite Gold Rod's Doncaster Demand £10,000 Double with Feminist

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 18

Gold Rod and Feminist were backed to win £10,000 yesterday by punters who have nothing to do with…

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Gold Rod's Fast Four Trainer's Wait Rewarded High Caste, Defaulter Impressive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 17

GOLD ROD, a popular Doncaster pick, ran the fastest gallop of the morning at Randwick yesterday, when he covered half a mile in 50½sec. Using the outer section of the course proper, he covered…

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Gold Mine in Lane. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 6

Guigong Municipal Council granted an application by Mr. George Hodge to sink a shaft to mine for gold in a lane. Similar applications have been granted…

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Miners Snub Inner Group

Daily News · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.--Only 102 members of the Miners' Federation voted in the Inner Group pre-selection ballot. These included 10 from the State Mine…

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Coal for Use at Bunnerong

The Sun · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 5

Tenders for 451,000 tons of coal costing £269,260 and involving freight to the Railway Department of…

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Rush To Back Gold Rod

Daily News · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 12

GOLD ROD is firming every day for the Doncaster Handicap. Yesterday the handsome…

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Barriers Neglected. Souths Lower Gold Shares Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 8

With conflicting advices from over[?] seas—the London market being firm and New York a shade casier—Barriers were inactive yesterday…

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Lucky Strike Oe Gold Wife Helps Search In Wilds

Daily News · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--Assisted by his wife, a young prospector has made a valuable gold find near Riverina, 30 miles north-west of Kalgoorlic…

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The Daily Telegraph Bookshelf "Gold is where you find it" Goldseeking in the Russia of today and the Alaska of yesterday in Search of Soviet Gold, by John D. Littlepage and Demaree Bess. London: Harrap. Gold Nugget Charlie, by Frances Lloyd-Owen. London: Harrap

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 4

MR. JOHN D. LITTLEPAGE is a husky, amiable, commonsense Alaskan mining engineer, six foot three high,…

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Nature's Gold

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 2

The violets in the nook, The blossoms in the glen The lilies on the brook, Nature's gold, there and then…

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New Plant for Mt. Lyell Mine

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 8

To maintain copper production at 13,000 tons annually, new plant is being installed at the Mt. Lyell mine by the Mt. Lyell Mining and…

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480 Strikes Hit N.S.W. In Year Huge Loss to Industry; Coal Suffers Most

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 13

Enormous losses in productive capacity caused by industrial disputes in New South Wales are indicated by figures prepared by the State Department of Labor and Industry…

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D. Munro Confident of St. Constant in Doncaster Sprint Failure Overlooked Bramol And Gold Rod For Minor Places

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 20

St. Constant's failure to finish in a place in the Campbelltown Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday has not sapped the confidence of his jockey, Darby Munro, that the baldy-faced black will win the Doncaster Handicap, the…

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