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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Leeton Gold Store

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 4

The erecting of the cold storage building at the State Cannery, Leeton, has been started. The contract, for the building was obtained by Messrs…

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Sea Gives Up Its Gold Wrecked Egypt Successful Salvage London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 1

Gold bullion valued at approximately £162,000 was brought to Plymouth to-day by the Italian salvage ships, Artiglio from the wreck of the liner…

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Petrol from Coal

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 2

The London “Daily Despatch,” recently published an article dealing with “a programme to supply Great Britain with petrol made from [?] at…

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Mining

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 1

Several of the head men of the Gibraltar G.M. Company have been in Adelong during the past few days, and work will shortly be commenced…

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Adelong Gold Estates

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 1

Shareholders of Adelong Gold Estates N.L. were told by the chairman (Mr. C. Gordon Lyns) at the half-yearly meeting that when its…

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Whitton Green and Gold Ball

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 3
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

THE Green and Gold Bull which was held at Whitton on Friday night in aid of R. C. Funds was a marked success…

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Rugby League O'donnell Gold Cup B Grade Semi Finals

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 5

Two semi final of the O'Donnell gold cup competition was played on the junee Park oval on Sunday. There was only a fair attendance, tho hockey…

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Fine Gold £8/12/ MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 4

The Commonwealth Bank paid £8/12/ an ounce for fine gold yesterday, the highest price ever paid by the bank. It is only surpassed by the…

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Fine Gold £8/12/ an Ounce Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 1

The Commonwealth Bank paid £8/12/ an ounce for fine gold to-day, the highest price ever paid by the bank. It is only surpassed…

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Fine Gold 18/12/ an Ounce

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 5

The Commonwealth Bank, paid £8/12/ an ounce for fine gold on Tuesday last, the highest price ever paid by the bank…

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The Gold Boom in in Johannesburg Unemployment Has Gone

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 7

It is boom time in Johannesburg. The Rand dearly loves a gamble, and It is now having the time of its young and chequcred life. In June…

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Oil From Coal Experiments in Britain Geneva Delegate's Report Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

Mr. C. M. M'Donald, president of the Employers' Federation, who returned to Sydney to-day, said that in Britain it was considered that there…

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Mining Losses Huge Sum Involved Police Investigation Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 1

Following statements made to the C.I.B., detectives are investigating certain aspects of the affairs of three gold mining companies. One person…

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Rugby League. O’donnell Gold Cup Semi-finals. Coolamon defeats WARATAHS

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 5

On Sunday last at Junee, the semi-finals in the above competition were played between [?] and Junee [?] and Coolamon and Junee…

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Tom Mix Finds 'Hidden Gold' King of the Cowboys Coming to the Arcadia

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 4

You have been waiting for a clashing, shoot-em-up, rip-roaring Western of the good old days, with the greatest of all the cow-punching stars high in…

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Price of Gold Further Advance LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 September 1934 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

A further advance of 5½d in the price of gold to a new high standard of £7/1/5 took place. Sterling was quietly firmer on most of the…

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Mining Revival on Bendigo Field Big Companies to Operate Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1934 · page 4

A big boom in mining on the Bendigo field is expected by the Minister for Mines, Yesterday he said that he was assured by two of the highest…

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"Gold" Tooth Alleged to Be Brass Action Against Dentist Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 1

Seeking to recover £1000 damages from L. Chisholm, a dentist, of Auburn, Mrs. Margaret Gertrude Bradley, of Auburn, in the No. 1 Jury Court…

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