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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold Record Price Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1934 · page 2

The record price of £8/14/9 an ounce was fixed to-day by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Mint, representing…

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"Gold" Tooth Case Settlement Reached Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1934 · page 1

Settlement, was readied to-day in the action in which Mrs. Margaret Gertrude Bradley asked for £1000 damages against Ivor Chisholm, dentist…

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Oil From Coal Investigating Committee Meets Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 2

The first meeting of the Commonwealth Committee, appointed to investigate the possibilities of extracting oil from coal by…

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A Mining Matter Before Warden's Court Existing Lease Cancelled

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 September 1934 · page 4

At the Warden's Court, on Tuesday last, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., a complaint by. Thomas George Lindley against Percival…

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Dunlop "Gold Seal" Tyre

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1934 · page 6

An improved Dunlop "Gold Seal" tyre with a bigger and deeper non-skid tread has been announced. The famous Dunlop helical-geared pattern…

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O'donnell Gold Cup B Grade Grand Final

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1934 · page 8

Junee Rovers having defeated Coolamon on the previous Sunday in the final of the O'Ponnell Cup competition Junee Waratahs, being minor premiers…

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Transvaal Gold Output Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1934 · page 1

The Transvaal gold output for August was a record in value for the industry at £6,084,841, the previous best being £5,978,386 for May…

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Melbourne Sporting Notes Mentone Races Another Centenary Cup Centenary Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 8

Following in the footsteps of the Epsom Race Club, Mentone has included in its programme for Saturday a Centenary Gold Cup, and the race…

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Wonthaggi Dismissals Mine May Close Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1934 · page 1

Referring to-day to the dismissal of 40 men this week the Minister for Transport (Mr. Kent Hughes) said that if nothing was done within six…

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OVER 100 Men Entombed In Biasing Welsh Mine Appalling Colliery Disaster in Britain

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 2

Trapped behind a wall of flam[?] more than 100 miners are believed to have lost their lives in one of the wor[?]t colli[?] di[?]…

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Strike Threat by Bendigo Mine Workers Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 2

By a two-thirds majority a meeting of engine drivers and firemen employed on the Bendigo goldfields decided last night to give a week's notice of…

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Appalling Colliery Disaster in Britain OVER 100 Men Entombed In Blazing Welsh Mine Sixteen Bodies Recovered Three Members of Rescue Party Dead Heartrending Scenes at Pithead LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 1

Trapped behind a wall of flame more than 100 miners are believed to have lost their lives in one of the worst colliery disasters in the history of Great Britain. The disaster occurred at the Gresford mine, near…

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Blazing Mine 16 Bodies Recovered 3 Members of Rescue Party Dead LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 September 1934 · page 1

TRAPPED behind a wall of flame, more than 100 miners are believed to have lost their lives in one of the worst colliery disasters…

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Two Hundred and Sixty Entombed No Hope for Welsh Miners Pit to be Sealed Death Roll 260 LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 1

After an exhausting day it was officially announced that rescue operations in the blazing Gresford colliery had been abandoned, as…

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Gresford Colliery Another Explosion LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 1

Another explosion occurred at the Gresford colliery. North Wales, when gases and fire burst the sealed ventilating shaft. Workmen in the…

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Wonthaggi Mine Work to Continue Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1934 · page 4

The possibility of wholesale unemployment at the Wonthaggi coal mine was obviated to-day when the State Cabinet decided to proceed with the…

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Gresford Colliery Another Explosion Mine to Be Resealed London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1934 · page 1

Another explosion occurred in the Gresford Colliery North Wales, to-day when gases and fire burst through the sealed ventilating shaft…

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Mining News

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

Mr. John Frederick Foster, who was well known in Victorian mining circles ,died .last, week. The deceased was co-partner with Mr, Parked…

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Enginemen Strike Bendigo Miners Idle Long Struggle Feared Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Bendigo section of the Mining Engine-drivers and Firemen's Union on Saturday night decided to cease work, as the…

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800 Idle Bendigo Mines Strike Water Danger Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 2

Fourteen mines on the Bendigo field have ceased operations owing to the decision of the enginedrivers to strike. More than 800 miners are now…

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