Coal Supplies for Railway Department Tenders for Over One Million Tons. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 September 1934 · page 5
The Railway Department to-day accepted tenders for the supply of 878,000 tons of large, and 381,000 tons of small coal, for use on the railways, for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Worth £2000 From North Queensland Claim. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 September 1934 · page 5
Believed to be the result of crushing three and a half tons of ore from a claim at Raglan, a cake of retorted gold, weighing 240 ounces and worth £2000, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Yield Increasing in Queensland. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 5
Queensland's gold yield continues to increase. Since January the amount of gold produced was 72,824 fine ounces, valued at £309,355, compared with 54,946…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Strike 159 Employees Fined. Perth
Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 September 1934 · page 5
For having been concerned in strike proceedings last Tuesday, 159 employees of the Bullfinch colliery at Collie were to-day fined £2 each with 2 costs in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Earth Movement Danger Zone at Mt. Isa Miners Withdrawn
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 6
All miners have been withdrawn from the Black Star area, Mt. Isa mines, owing to the movement of the earth. The crack on the surface extends…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident at Mine
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 4
Jack Fairhall. 21, of Kenrick street, Junction, a miner, was seriously injured when he was struck by a fall of stone at. the Hillside Colliery, at Merewether, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Virgin Gold Area to Be Developed Mining Department Geologist's Prophesy. Dorrigo
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 6
The stage is now being set to commence developmental work in connection with the Bobo King Mine, a six months option of which was recently purchased by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Sampan Seen on Barrier Reef Shipped Gold Ore. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 5
Another Japanese sampan has been reported on the Barrier Reef. According to information received from Thursday island, men from the sampan landed on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mother's Story of Distress Sympathetic Police Magistrate "Should Have Gold Medal and Special Grant." Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1934 · page 5
In support of her application that she be given time in which to vacate her home, Mrs. Charlotte Thompson told the Magistrate, at the Newtown Court to-day, that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City of Gold Is Booming
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 3
As mentioned the other day Johannesburg is the world's luckiest city. It lives on gold. All its activities are based upon a commodity, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£7,000,000 for Year Australia's Gold Production. Canberra
Daily Examiner · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 5
During the 12 months ended June 30 this year, gold production in Australia was 870,395 fine ounces, valued at £7,073,759. In the three months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious View Marauding Japanese Sampan Gold-bearing Ore Stolen. Canberra
Daily Examiner · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 5
Reports by Commonwealth officials stationed at Prospector Island, in Torres Strait, state that they were unable to follow the marauding Japanese sampan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold in Wales Mines Being Reopened
Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 8
Arrangements have been completed for reopening seven Welsh gold mines situated in the Merioneth mountains, near Barmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →100 Entombed In Explosion Welsh Colliery Mile And Half Under-Ground Wall of Flame Trapped Scores of Miners Heartrending Scenes at Pit Head. London
Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 5
Surrounded by a wall of flame after an explosion in Gresford colliery, near Wrexham, North Wales, early this morning, at least 100 miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Reef 1500 Tons of Coal Jettisoned Tugs Unable to Refloat Ship. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 4
Fears that the collier Milora, which is hard aground in Queenscliff Bight, near Port Phillip Heads, might break up by bumping on the reef, were increased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →260 Miners Are Missing Mine Sealed Terrible Loss Of Life in North Wales Colliery Fire Is Still Raging Rescuers Withdraw From Mine. London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 5
After an exhausting day it was officially announced that rescue operations in the blazing Gresford colliery had been abandoned, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Mining Activities
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 1
Mr. J. Vale, representative of Mining Ventures Ltd., arrived in Dosrigo during the week and is now busily engaged attending to preliminary arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Their Cry 'We Want Our Men' Miners' Wives Death Roll Is 260. LONDON
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 5
The women of Gresford, the scene of the week-end mining disaster, continually repeat pathetically, "We want our men."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Explosion at Gresford Colliery Like Earthquake. London
Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 5
Another explosion occurred at Gresford colliery, North Wales, to-day when gases and fire burst through the scaled ventilating shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FINANCIAL Huge Gold Hoards Estimated at 150 Millions London's Unique Position
Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 6
Early in January it was estimated that gold hoards in London held for foreigners amounted in value of £95,000,000. It is now estimated by the monthly review [?]…
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