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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 195

Nardana for Singapore To Load Coal At Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

The steamer Nardana, which is at present en route from New York to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, will, on completion of…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments 76,556 Tons Exported For Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

Newcastle coal exports showed a big improvement last week. Shipments totalled 70,556 tons, compared with 46,725 tons for the previous, week…

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News From Mines Ora Banda Amalg. May Pay 3d QUARTER

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 12

Under present conditions, a continuation of quarterly dividends of 3d a share was well within the company's means, the chairman of Ora Banda…

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Mining Shares Quiet. Barriers Ease. Slackened Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 8

Turnovers in all varieties of mining shares were slender yesterday. Demand for the base metal leaders slackened, and prices receded…

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Gallops Delayed by Fog Grey Derby Fast Over Five Furlongs St. Constant Too Good For Gullible At V.P. Gold Rod's Half Mile

The Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 21

So dense was the fog at Randwick this morning that horses were unable to go on to the track until almost 6.45. Grey Derby was outstanding over five furlongs…

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Big Gold Robbery at Mine Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

Two masked bandits, carrying guns, rifled the filters at B.H.P.'s Hannan's North Mine and escaped…

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Reports From the Mines

The Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 20

MOUNT LYELL.--Production for fortnight ended May 24:--North Lyell: Extracted 2470 tons. Crown Lyell: 2498 tons. West Lyell: 37,305 tons. Lyell Comstock:…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 12

A[?] CONSOLIDATED[?] May 29, icrushed 320 tons for 342oz 10dwt gold. CUMBERLAND CALEDONIA[?]—Week ended May 26[?] crushed 48 tons for 1.35 ton concentrates, 165ft…

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Afternoon Shift at Mine. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 11

The management of the Excelsior Mine has given notice to 89 men that work in the afternoon shift has been stopped by a decision of the delegate board in accordance with an…

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Good Thing Beaten Gold Spark Nearly Knocked Over

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 6

All Papworth has had a lot of good fortune in the post three seasons, but the wheel was not spinning his way last Saturday at Canterbury…

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N.S.W. Gold Yield. Four Months' Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 12

The New South Wales gold yield for the four months ended April 30 was 25,865oz fine, valued at £A239,267[?] compared with 23,308oz fine, valued at £A202,061, for the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 16

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/[?] 5½ an ounce fine. BASE METALS. Base metal prices were:—Copper, £42/5/;…

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Better Inquiry for Building. Hotel, Coal, Pictures Share Prices Firmer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 13

ALTHOUGH a hesitant tone still surrounded a number of the leaders, the investment market displayed a firmer tendency yesterday, in which an increased number of second-class industrials participated…

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Bus Engine Run on Coal Gas. Experiment in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 21

The first bus engine to be imported into Australia which will run on ordinary coal gas instead of petrol or oil will be in Melbourne in about six weeks…

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Who Owns It? Twofold Mystery of Czech Gold Where Is It? LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 3

THE mystery of how the transfer of £6.000,000 of Czech gold to Germany was authorised is equalled by the mystery of the whereabouts of the gold. Customs records do not record…

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Colliery Managers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

The following candidates were successful at the examination for colliery managers and under-managers held at the Technical College, Ultimo, on May 16 and 19:…

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Bandits Rob W. A. Gold Mine Kalgoorlie, Wed

Daily News · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

Bailing up an operative with a rifle, and then tying him up, two bandits early to-day stole 130 ozs. of gold…

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Miners' Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

The Miners' Federation wants the forthcoming inquiry into a proposed pensions scheme for miners to be on a Federal basis, to enable an excise duty…

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When Handling Coal

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 14

Keep several strong brown-paper bags in your coal hole and use them to proton the hands when filling a coal scuttle…

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Miners Strike Over Ventilation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

BULLI, Wednesday.--Scarborough miners were on strike today because they claimed the ventilation was bad in one section…

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