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Mining & the mines, 1940

3,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 176

"Gold-digger or Angel?" Judge Sums Up In Mayfair Case LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 7

"I don't know whether tile plaintiff is approximate to an angel, or whether she is a despicable little gold-digger, as her husband has…

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Norseman Associated Gold Mines

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 48

Norseman Associated Gold Mines, N.L., was incorporated in January, 1939, and accounts to October 31 last cover a period of nine months…

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Miners May Get Shares In Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 7

Non-union miners at Nattai-Bulli mine in the Burragorang Valley may become shareholders in the mine. Fifteen members of the Miners' Federation, who were employed…

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Miners' Plans. Pressure on Purchasers of Coal. South Coast Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 12

Plans to attempt to force companies buying coal from the Nattai-Bulli colliery, Burragorang Valley, to take their business elsewhere, were discussed at a…

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Miners' Staunch Stand

Daily News · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Nattai Bulli Miners' Lodge decided at a meeting yesterday to remain idle until…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 8

SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/9, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/0¼, unch…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 8

CUMBERLAND AND CALEDONIA, week ended January 19: Crushed 60 tons for 1.3 tons of tin concentrutes. CURNOWS TIN.—January 24: Cleaned up three…

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Coal Prices to Increase

Daily News · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--An increase In the price of coal sold by the Gunnedah Colliery Pty, Ltd., of N.S.W., has been allowed by the…

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Nattai-bulli Coal Trouble

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 12

Firms which obtain, coal from Nattai-Bulli mine, where 30 members of the Miners' Federation are on strike, are to be approached by…

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'Sit Down' In English Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--At Dorman Long's Upton colliery, 134 miners have staged Yorkshire's first stay-in strike…

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News From Mines Cumberland Caledonia Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 17

During the week ended January 19, Cumberland Caledonia Gold Mines, N.L., crushed 60 tons for 1.3 tons of tin concentrates TIN PRICES STEADIER…

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Coal Mine Strike. Unions Allegations. "Non-unionists Engaged."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 12

Allegations that non-unionists were working at the Nattai-Bulli colliery in the Burragorang Valley, where there is a strike, were made by the general secretary of the Miners'…

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Gold Rod

Daily News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

GOLD ROD will be fit for the Randwick autumn carnival. The big chestnut, ridden by R. Marsden, covered…

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Miners Strive for Peaceful Solution Coal Owners Try to Provoke Industrial Crisis Sydney, Jan. 25

Tribune · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

The coal mine employees will meet to discuss the policy of their organisations next week in an atmosphere charged with industrial and political dynamite…

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Cumberland Caledonia Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 8

Cumberland Caledonia Gold Mines, N.L., which is working a tin property at Torington, N.S.W., reports that the debit balance on working account for the year ended August…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 8

SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/9, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/0¼, unch…

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"Duress" Charge By Miners' Secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 7

Non-unionists who replaced striking miners at the Nattai-Bulli Colliery, Burragorang, were compelled to accept the work under duress, said the general…

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Coal Production Costs Go Higher

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 11

Costs of coal production would be substantially increased by the new awards, said the chairman of Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company (Mr…

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"Work in Mine or No Dole"

Daily News · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

NON-UNIONISTS engaged at the Natti-Bulli mine were told at a Labor Exchange that if…

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Coal Capital. Condition for Better Return

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 8

Mr. H. de Y. Scroggie, chairman of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co., said at the annual meeting yesterday that, given continuity of coal getting…

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