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Mining & the mines, 1939

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Gold Rod's Challenge Stocks Slumped

Daily News · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 9

GOLD ROD'S Challenge stocks slumped badly after his inglorious display at Randwick yesterday morning. Queensland galloper, Lord…

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Intimidation Charges. Mine Strikes. Argument in Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 16

Allegations of irritation and retaliation strikes on the northern coalfields were made yesterday at the inquiry into miners' industrial claims,…

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Norseman Associated. Norseman Gold's New Offshoot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 9

Norseman Gold Mines, N.L., is forming in Adelaide a new subsidiary company, Norseman Associated Gold Mines, N.L., to acquire from it five leases embracing the Mount…

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Dust Menace Relief Miners Gain Point At Commission

Daily News · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

Mr. McNally, representing the Southern owners, said at the Royal Commission into the Safety of Coal Mines yesterday that the parties had reached a temporary…

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"Miners' Life Not Too Arduous" Manager Tells Judge

The Sun · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

Miners had plenty of energy left at the end of the day, contended John Thomas Philpot, manager of the Lithgow Valley colliery, at the Coal Inquiry to-day. Philpot said he did not believe that coal-mining was…

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Gold Rod Outpaced Again Beaten in Gallop by Lord Bine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 19

FOR the second time in recent weeks Gold Rod was beaten yesterday in a track gallop at Randwick…

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Violent Storm in West. Goldfields Flood. Electric Power Fails. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 12

Damage estimated at £50,000 was done to-day by a rainstorm, unequalled in violence within the memory of residents on the goldfields…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 8

BLACK JACK GOLD (fortnight ended January 7). —Mill crushed 132 tons stone Concentrates railed to Chillagoe, 13 tons lewt an a result of four weeks' crushing of 264 tons stons. estimated value…

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Mine Stoppages North And South

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Because of trouble over securing equal distribution of skips, the Wongawilli mine has been idle for two days…

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Hospital Loss by Mines Stoppage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--"The mines' stoppage put this hospital back £500," Mr. Lambeth, a director of the Wollongong Hospital, said at the board…

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Gold Pan's Undisputed Win

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 10

Gold Pan, ridden by K. Walterson, left little to doubt in the second division of the Maiden Handicap at Warwick Farm to-day with a lengths win from All Foam…

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Mine Worker Injured. West Maitland

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

A. Lynch, 46, of Dudley, an employee at the Bloomfield Main Colliery, Louth Park, West Maitland, was seriously injured this morning when he was caught between the loader he…

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Miners Want Court Sp[?]ed-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

BULLI, Friday.--South Coast miners are restive over the hearings into the miners' claims by the Federal Arbitration Court and the Mine Health and…

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News From Mines Central Norseman to Increase Capital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 14

Shareholders of Central Norseman Gold Corporation N.L., W.A., are to consider the question of increasing capital by the issue of 1,600,000 new shares…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted at noon to-day at £7/8/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/9½ yesterday BASE METALS…

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Six-hour Day in Mines. Effect on Wages and Output. Views of Owners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 13

John Thomas Philpot, manager of the Lithgow Valley Colliery, giving evidence yesterday in the Federal Arbitiation Court on the miners'…

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Big Money For Lord Bine Sefton H'cap at Farm Track Should Favor Queenslander Beat Gold Rod

Daily News · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 9

BRISBANE owner-trainer R. J. Rogers does not mind accepting short prices about his candidates. Brown Lance was always at odds-on at Victoria Park on Wednesday…

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Impetus To Coal Trade

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1939 · page 4

A better inquiry developed for coal mining shares--particularly J. and A. Brown-- during the past week…

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Second Maiden Gold Pan Was Heavily Backed At Warwick

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1939 · page 17

It's not often that veteran trainer, I. H. Andrews, makes a mistake when he declares for one of his candidates, and those who followed his lead on Gold Pan in the second division of the Warwick Farm Maiden…

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Coal Probe Costs in Mines Refused

The Sun · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 7

John Fallins, assistant superintendent of collieries for B.H.P. Ltd. to-day refused to disclose figures of…

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