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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 196

Increased Wages For Coal Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 5

Wage increases announced on Saturday for coal miners will amount to more than 6 a week for most workers. The increases are five per cent, for…

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Cullengoral Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 7

Cullengoral Alluvial Gold S[?]uicing, N.I., reports that in the six weeks ended April 30 the dredge recovery was 186oz 6dwt of smelted gold. This compares with 201oz 17dwt for the previous…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 7

GOLD (lodged on Friday): Fine ounce, £10/14/ (unch,); standard ounce (22 carats), £9/16/2 (unch.), Commonwealth Bank, SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/3 (unch.)…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 7

CFNTRAL NELL GWYNNE.—May 2; Treated 1[?]100 tons for 320oz 16dwt, or [?] a ton. IRONBARK GOLD: May 1, crushed, 97 tonS, for 29oz gold (6dwt a ton)…

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Consolidated Gold Areas Grants Option

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 9

The directors of Consolidated Gold Areas. N.L., have granted a sampling option over the White Hope mines to Australian Mining and Industrial Finance. Ltd., until July 31…

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Owners Will Seek More for Coal. "Cannot Carry Extra Wages Burden." NCWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 9

Coal owners in the north said to-night that the new wage increases granted to mine employees in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Tasmania, would amount to…

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Strike at Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

BULLI, Monday.--Two hundred and fifty miners struck at Coal Cliff Colliery today. They demanded the re-employment…

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Consolidated Gold Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

The directors of Consolidated Gold Areas, N.L., have granted a sampling option over the White Hope Mine to Australian Mining and Industrial Finance, Ltd., until July 31 next, with the right…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/3. unch. The price for gold lodged last Saturday and yesterday will be announccd by the Commonwealth Bank to-day…

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Owners To Seek Coal Price Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Mine owners said today that because of wage increases granted the miners last week, the cost of coal would [?] be…

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Plan Coal Dump of 360,000 Tons

The Sun · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

Sydney County Council will shortly consider increasing its coal reserve stocks by 100,000 tons to 360,000 tons, the biggest dump in Australia…

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Investor's Diary. Payroll Tax Effect On Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

The Payroll Tax Act imposes a tax at the rate of 2[?] per cent. on all wages paid or payable by an employer in respect of any period…

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"Gold Rush" at Peak Hill. £50 Nugget Found. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

About 20 miners' rights have been taken out by local residents since two gold nuggets worth £55 were found near the main road from Peak Hill to Parkes…

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Mining Department Organising Secretary Anderson's Report. Court Visits Torrington Mines

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 14

Last week Mr. Justice De Baun visited Torrington for the purpose of hearing evidence and carrying out inspections of underground and surface…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 11

GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/14/ (unch.); standard ounce (22 carats), £9/16/2 (unch.) (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/[?]/3 (unch.)…

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New Award for Miners Men in Four States Benefit

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 16

It was announced last week-end that following an application by the Miners' Federation for a war-time loading of wage rates for mineworkers, Judge…

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Turf Fixtures. Wagga Gold Cup. Tel Asur Selected. WAGGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 17

Indications favour a very large attendance at the Wagga Gold Cup meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club to-morrow…

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Yodda Goldfields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 11

Yodda Goldfields Ltd. reports that the gold yield for April was 82oz 1dwt. (Produce and wheat markets and auctions abstract on page 10.)…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 7

GOID fine ounce, £10/14 / (unch.) standard ounce (22 carats). £9/16/2 (unch.) (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS' £2/9/3 (unch.)…

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Another Gold-Rusher Passes

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 1

BORN In Penrith 85 years ago, Mrs W. T. Lewis, who died recently at Rose Bay, travelled with her parents ever the Blue, Mountains before the…

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