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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Heavy Death Roll Colliery Explosion Feared No Survivors Belgrade

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 7

Women relatives and children spent a night of suspense at the pithead at Kekanj colliery, near Serajevo, singing…

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Colliery Belches Like Volcano Terrible Toll of Life Yugoslavia's Worst Disaster

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

BELGRADE, Sunday.—Female relatives and children of miners spent a night of suspense at the pithead at Kekanj coal mine, near…

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To Bolster Up Dollar Gold Shipments U.s. Move to Check Slump

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Sunday.—Gold shipments abroad to bolster up the falling American dollar will probably start this week from…

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Train Young Men As Gold Miners Federal Cabinet's Employment Scheme

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—It Was learned in official circles to-day that the Federal Cabinet will shortly give consideration to a scheme for…

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Two Miners Killed Buried by Fall of Earth

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two miners employed at the Zinc Corporation's mine at Broken Hill were fatally Injured when caught by a fall of earth…

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Plane Crashes in Wilds Gold Seekers Adventure in British Columbia

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Thursday.--On August 21 of last year, eight Chicago aeroplane adventurers disappeared into wild northern…

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Good Gold Find Many Rumors in Rabaul

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

RABAUL, Monday:-- Many rumors are current here of a good gold find on the mainland of New Guinea, two days inland from Wewak. It is…

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Miners' Dramatic Rescue MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 7

Extreme bravery was displayed by a group of miners, yesterday, in the Red. White and Blue mine at Bendigo. One of their number was injured in…

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Oil From Coal Committee's Report SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 8

The Minister for Mines, to-day, made public the report of the committee appointed by the Government to investigate the report…

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Coal Treatment Experiments Oil Extraction Report on Newcastle Venture

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines to-day made public the report of the committee appointed by the Government to…

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Not Paying Proposition New Guinea Gold Find

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 7

RABAUL, Wednesday:--An official report on the new gold find in the vicinity of Wewak. Sepik district, states it is not a payable proposition…

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Output Grows W.A. Gold Production

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 May 1934 · page 3

PERTH, Sunday: -- The West Australian gold yield for April was 54,754 fine ounces, worth at the old old price of £ 45 an ounce, £232,583,…

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Near City's Heart Rich Gold Strike Relief Men's Find on Shrine Site

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 May 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday:--Treasure trove, worth possibly quite a large amount, has been unearthed by a gang of eight relief workers…

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Condemned to Perish 80 Miners Entombed. Munich

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 5

Though many escaped, eighty miners were entombed when a short circuit resulted in a fire in the main shaft of a salt mine in…

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Search for Gold Dutch New Guinea the Hague

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 11

It is expected that the East Indies Government will grant concessions to British and Dutch mining companies to explore Dutch New Guinea for gold…

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Miners Entombed MUNICH

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 7

Though many escaped, 80 miners were entrapped when a short circuit, caused by the collapsing of a pit prop…

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80 Men Trapped Salt Mine Disaster

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 7

MUNICH, Monday:-- Although many escaped, 80 miners were entrapped when a short circuit, due to the collapse of a pit prop…

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Geelong Gold Cup Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 10

The Geelong Gold Cup resulted:—Viol D' Amour 9-10 (H. Badger) and Highway 8-4 (S. Bellchambers), dead heat for first; Thrawn 7-5 (W…

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Germany's Plight Diminution of Gold Reserves

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday:--The "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent says the Reichsbank's gold reserves have fallen by £1,600,00 to £14,691,000. If…

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Crushed by Coal Miner's Death SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 9

A miner named John Lewis (59) was crushed to death to-day when 100 tons of coal and stone crushed on to him in the deepest part of the…

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