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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Alleged Theft of Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At the Central Court to-day William Walter Reece (26), show promoter, was charged with having stolen about…

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Timely Rescue Entombed Miners. Tokyo

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

Rescuers saved all of 130 miners who were entombed in the Fukushima colliery following a gas explosion. They were trapped behind…

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Miners Rescued TOKIO

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 9

Rescuers saved all of the 130 miners who were entombed in the Fukushima colliery, following a gas explosion. They were trapped…

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Alleged Theft of Gold Ore SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 2

At the central court to-day William Walter (26) was remanded on bail of £1150 on a charge of having stolen, about January, 1934, in Queensland,…

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Timely Rescue Entombed Miners. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

Two miners, Michael Rosetti (32), and George Davies (45), were trapped in the long tunnel at Daylesford Italian Hill mine. Victoria following…

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Huge Find of Pirate Gold Montreal

Northern Star · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

An Associated Press dispatch from Tahiti states that a group of treasure hunters who have been tracing a reputedly enormous cache of pirate…

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Pirates' Cache £10,000,000 Worth of Gold Discovered

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

MONTREAL, Wednesday:—An Associated Press message from Tahiti states that a group of treasure hunters, who traced a reputedly cache of pirate gold through researches in Sydney, have discovered over £10,000,900 worth of metal on an island in the Tuamotu Archipelago…

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Fall of Earth Two Men Trapped in Mine

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday—Two miners, Michael Rosetti, 32, and George Davies, 45, were trapped in the long tunnel of the Daylesford Italian Hill mine,…

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Pirate Gold No Confirmation of Reported Find

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Thursday:— There is no confirmation either in the United States or Canada of the reported discovery of £10,000,000…

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Pirate Gold Century Search Sydney Interests Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 9

Surprise was expressed to-day at the cabled reports of the discovery of tons of gold buried by pirates in bygone…

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No Sheep Loaders Exodus to New Gold Diggings

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 3

GOONDIWINDI, Sunday.--There has been a rush to Goondiwindi to peg out claims on a site of a reported gold find in the…

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Unemployed Miners Government Assistance Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 4

The Minister for Labour, Mr. Dunningham, states that. since taking office the present Government has made more than £76,000 available for…

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Pirate Gold Details of Expedition

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 7

A Sydney resident says that he has received correspondence from Tahiti on the subject of the cabled announcement of the discovery of 25…

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Maintain Lire at Gold Parity Reason for Italy's Import Restrictions

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 7

LONDON, Monday:—The "Guardian's" city writer says Signor Mussolini's decree on Saturday officially announcing that wool, copper and coffee…

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Gold Bullion Missed Charge of Theft Show Promoter Remanded To Bowen

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- Gold bullion valued at £1000 was the subject of a charge at the Central Court to-day when William Walter Reece…

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Miners' President Resigned Owing to Ill- Health. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 4

Mr. D. Rees, M.L.C., resigned the presidency of the Miners' Federation owing to ill health. He had belonged to the Federation for more than…

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Heavy Tax on Gold-mining Canadian Impost "Will Return 10,000,000 Dollars Annually

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 April 1934 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Thursday.-- Canada to-day Suddenly started the imposition of a tax of 10 per cent against newly-mined gold. This…

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Colliery Disaster BELGRADE

Northern Star · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 7

It is feared that 80 to 150 lives were lost in a firedamp explosion which wrecked a whole gallery of the Kakanj colliery, near Serejevo…

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Mine Explosion Yugoslavia's Worst Catastrophe

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 2

BELGRADE, Sunday: It is feared that 80 to 150 lives, were lost in an explosion of firedamp, wrecking the whole of the galleries of the Kakanj…

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£1,000 VOTED Queensland Relief For Striking Miners

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 3

IPSWICH, Sunday:—At a meeting of the board of delegates of the Queensland Colliery Employees’ Union at Booval on Saturday…

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