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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 144

Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Goldsbrough Mort Sharp Relapse in Profit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 5

A severe fall to £131,003 is shown in net profit of Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. for the year ended March. The…

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Report on miners' health wanted

The Sun · Sunday 10 June 1945 · page 10

Early release by the Federal Government of the report and findings of the special committee inquiring into the health of…

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Ships took all gold When Britain Stood Alone London

The Sun · Sunday 10 June 1945 · page 1

IN Britain's darkest hour virtually the entire gold stock was moved from London…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Britain's Price of Gold Buying Rate Raised 4/3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 5

LONDON, June 10 (A.A.P.).— The Treasury announces that the price at which gold will be bought in London and any part…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Australian price of gold at present £10/13/6 a fine ounce, has been increased three times by a total of 4/6 during the past…

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Gold Producers to Benefit Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 5

LONDON, June 10.—The increase in the gold price promises to put new vigour into the gold share market…

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Even Inventors Are Baffled Secret Mines Keep Bremen Closed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 1

LONDON, June 10 (A.A.P.).— A British secre[?] weapon is delaying the opening of the port of Bremen, which is assigned to…

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Trade & Finance Buying Price Of Gold Now £8123 Oz

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Sunday.--The Treasury has raised the buying price of gold by 43 an ounce to…

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Gold Passes for Life To the Editor of the "Herald."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 2

Sir,—So the State Parliamentary Labour Party has decided to move for the issue of gold passes to State members after nine years' continuous service in Parliament,…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Australian Gold Price New Record Level

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 6

The Australian price of gold has been increased by 1/9 to £10/15/3 a fine ounce, a new high level. The price is the…

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Coal Board Vacancy

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 12

IT is understood that the vacancy on the Commonwealth Coal Board caused by the resignation of Mr. T. Armstrong, M.L.C.. will be filled by…

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New Soviet Coal Find

Tribune · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 8

LONDON.—A second “Kuznets Basin” promises to develop in Southern Kasakhstan, Central Asia, where immense coal outcrops,…

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Electricity Coal Reserves Improve

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 9

Increase in Sydney County Council coal reserves to three and a half days' supply has temporarily removed the need for electricity rationing,…

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Ban on Axis Looted Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—Australia has joined the other Allied nations in declaring illegal the disposal of gold which the Axis…

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Stoppages at 10 Mines in N.s.w

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 7

Stoppages at 10 mines in New South Wales yesterday resulted in the loss of 5025 tons of coal. Two of the five stoppages in the…

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Stop Press A.c.t.u. Coal Decision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 20

The A.C.T.U. congress today unanimously agreed to appeal to all mine workers to reduce avoidable stoppages and to ask users of…

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Weather Holds Up Five Collieries

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

THERE are stoppages at five northern mines today, but, as was the case yesterday, they are not due to industrial disputes…

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Explosion In Mine Described

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 2

A witness who was at the scene of the explosion at the old Balmain Colliery on April 20, when three men lost…

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Gold Shares Unresponsive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 5

Unlike the London market gold shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday showed no clear leaction to the lifting of…

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