Great Gold Boom on Lonoon Stock Exchange Follows Odendaals Rust Find
LONDON, Wednesday: "A small cylinder of rock from the African gold mines yesterday put £12,000,000 into the pockets of shareholders…
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14 U.s. Miners Killed in Explosion
RADPORD (Virginia). Friday: Twelve anthracite coal miners were killed by an explosion which blew up a train Consisting of 14…
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SYDNEY. Sunday: Gangs of volunteers battled all yesterday to quell the fire in the disused Cessnock No. 2 colliery, which is…
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WASHINGTON. Sunday (A.A.P.): The U.S. Secretary of Labor (Mr. Scbwellenbach). accompanied by the president of the American…
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Darwin, Monday: A rich gold find is reported between Batchelor and Adelaide River. The gold is said to have been located on…
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CESSNOCK, Monday; A senior R.A.A.F. officer, who is an expert on bombing, to-day inspected the burning Cessnock No. 2 Colliery…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday: A steam navvy will be used to shovel earth into the burning coal pits. The proposal to drop bombs to quell the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Boom Causes Hectic Spell Rush on Stock Exchanges
LONDON. Wednesday. (A.A.P.): "The great gold rush yesterday surged forward with new impetus and gave the London Stock…
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LONDON, Friday: A ship's trimmer found yesterday clinging, exhausted, to a raft, was the sole survivor of the crew of eleven of the…
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JOHANNESBURG, Thursday: Three more rich gold strikes in the Odendaals Rust area are announced. A borehole sunk by the…
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LONDON, Friday: A ship's trimmer, who yesterday was found clinging exhausted to a raft, was the sole survivor of a crew of 11…
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Just over half a century ago there was a gold rush at Wagga. On Thursday, August 9, 1894. some excitement was caused by the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Because there was not sufficient suitable coal being produced for Bunnerong Power House, there…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: "The New South Wales Government should take full control of the coal industry in the State. That would be…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: There is a threat of a general strike of South Coast coal miners involving a loss of 9000 tons daily, if the hearing…
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SYDNEY, Friday. As from midnight lost night all mines on the South Coast were idle, as a protest by the deputies and shot-firers against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Crisis Threats in N.S. WALES Judge in Favor of Reorganisation
SYDNEY, Thursday: Addressing the Minters' Central Council to-day, the general secretary (Mr. Grant) said that Mr. Justice…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Sweeping powers for a commission of three are proposed in the draft legislation prepared by the State…
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WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): "The 34-day-old soft coal strike is political and revolutionary in character." said Senator Lucas (Dem…
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The Duke of Gloucester (left) being shown through a silver-lead mine during his visit to Broken Hill last week…
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