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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Trying to Stop on Gold Desperate Efforts Being Made Secret Meetings Held Geneva, September 24

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 5

Desperate efforts to save the gold standard countries being forced off gold is being made by Belgian, French, Italian, Swiss and Dutch…

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Colliery Disaster Relief Fond Opened Royal Family Contributes LONDON, September 24

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 3

The Lord mayor of London has opened la relief fund for those who have lost their bread-winners in the Gresford colliery…

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Protecting Gold Standard Scheme of Mutual Assistant Geneva, Sept. 20

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 1

Representatives of the count still operating on tile gold stands which are in fear that they may he forced off that system, conferred…

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Gold Mining at Eskdale

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

| The following results are reported from recent crushing on Eskdale mining field: II. P. Lubke and Sons. Iona mine, 13 tons for 106 oz, smelted…

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Mining Notes Wahgunyah and Rutherglen Gold Mining Syndicate

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 5

The first of a series of three bores to be ut down by the above syndicate was bottomed yesterday morning at a depth of 119 feet, being two feet…

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Recovering Pirates Gold Seaplane Commissioned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

With the object of recovering valuable treasures which have in the past been hidden in various parts of the world an English company has been…

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Search for Gold-bearing Areas

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 26

The belief is entertained in Canberra that if gold-bearing areas are available in Northern Australia, the geophysical survey planes, which have…

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Welsh Colliery Disaster Deaths Now Number 260 London, September 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 16

Hope of rescuing any of the 260 miners entombed when an explosion of firedamp occurred in the Gresford Colliery (Wales) on Saturday has been…

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Colliery Relief Fund Amount Approaches £40,000 LONDON, Sept 27

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 3

The relief fund for sufferers in the Gresford colliery disaster is approaching £40,000. The Mayor of Wrezhan told the…

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This World of Ours News, Notes and Views From Here There and Everywhere Welsh Colliery Disaster

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 4

World sympathy is felt for the unfortunate victims and their relatives in the awful disaster which occurred in Wales over the week-end when 260…

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News by Cable Appalling Colliery Disaster 200 Dead in Explosion in Wales Brave Rescuers Lose Lives London, September 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 11

ONE of the worst coal-pit disasters in Great Britain occurred this morning at the Gresford colliery, near Wrexham (North Wales). It is feared that the dead will number at least 200. The explosion occurred about 2 a.m. in what is known as the Dennis…

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Gold Bloc May Unite to Avoid Being Forced Off Standard London, September 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 16

Desperate attempts to save gold standard countries from being forced off gold are being made, says the Geneva correspondent of the "Daily…

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Miner’s Body Recovered Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 September 1934 · page 7

After working m relays all night rescuers to-day recovered the body of Thomas Elliott, 55, of Footscray, who was buried alive when. 50 tons…

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South Wales Miners Wages Agreement Recommended London, September 28

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 5

The executive council of the South Wales Miners’ Federation strongly recommended to the delegate conference to-day the acceptance of the…

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Goldfields Strike 700 or 800 Men Affected Long Struggle Likely Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

At a meeting of the Bendigo sec[?] of the Mining Engine Drivers [?] Firemen’s Union on Saturday [?] it was decided to cease work…

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Mines Closed Down Bendigo Strike Begins Bendigo

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 1

Most of the gold mines, on the Bendigo field were closed to-day through the strike of engine drivers and firemen. There are about 200…

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Not Permitted to Land Stowaway on British Vessel Hid Among Coal Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 1

A stowaway aboard the Port Wellington was not permitted to land when the liner berthed at Sydney today. The stowaway, who was said…

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Colliery Disaster Use of Gas-detecting Lamps Complaints by Miners Delegates London, October

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 4

Reporting to a complaint made by mining [?] at the Labour [?] that the recent disaster in the Gresford [?] might have been…

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Big Gold Company London, October 2

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 2

A new company connected with the Western Australian Gold Mining Finance Company, with a capital of £1,000,000, backed by the Great…

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Gold Mining

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 5

The second bore, which is being put down by the Wahgunyah and Rutherglen Gold Mining Syndicate in MR. G. Phipps paddock in Wahgunyah…

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