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Mining & the mines, 1933

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Coal Oil British Navy Takes Important Step London

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 11

First order of its kind in naval history has been given by the Admiralty for a year's bulk supply of oil made from British coal…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/0/2 an ounce fine, compared with £0/0/1½ yesterday. POST OFFICE SURPLUS. The net Post Office surplus for the financial…

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Kicked Nugget Two Ounces of Gold in Mineral Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A nugget of pure gold, weighing 2oz., was found in Mineral Creek, on the property of G. T. L. Mass, of Omoral,…

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New Guinea Goldfields. Dredging Areas Discovered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 11

New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd, advises that the following report has been issued by the Mining Trust, Ltd., consulting engineers for the company:£"Manager cables has discovered…

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Dredging Areas Found by N. G. Goldfields Big Jump in Shares London Dealers Buy Large Numbers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 12

New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., reports by cable having discovered new dredging areas from the junction of two rivers, each…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 15

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphs that the value of gold produced in Queensland during January was £13,121 more than the value of the yield in January, 1932. Last…

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"Gold Fever" (Columbia)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 10

ANOTHER one in the American propaganda series designed to brighten up the economic…

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News From Mines St. Aignan Developments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 9

St. Aignan (Lucknow) Gold Mine reports that the main shaft east drive off the south crosscut was driven 18ft. to 100ft. on the Joint. Several calcite veins have been…

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Gold You Can See Through

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

Gold in nit extremely interesting substance in many ways. It can be beaten so thin that a quarter of n million leaves of it piled…

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B.h. Proprietary's Gold Lease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 15

A treatment plant with a capacity of 1200 tons of ore a month is being erected at the Hannan's North Extended mine at Kalgoorlie (W.A.), over which the Broken Hill Prooty…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 15

Yesterday New Guinea Goldfields aqain attracted most attention in the mining share market. After Thursday's spectacular advance, prices reacted to some extent, due to…

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Oil From Coal Maitland Product and Naval Needs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Keen interest was expressed in Newcastle to-day at the announcement from England that the Admiralty had…

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Coal Oil Matter of Cost In Australia Petrol Next

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE interest has been aroused in Sydney by the cabled report that a contract for oil…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/0/2 an ounce fine, showing no change from yesterday. BRITISH STOCK MARKETS…

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Coal Oil. Ordered for Navy. Notable Development. LONDON, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 13

The first order of the kind in naval history has been given by the Admiralty for a year's bulk supply of oil made from British coal, marking the most notable development…

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Gold Standard. Mr. MacDonald's Statement. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 13

Asked in the House of Commons to-day whether the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, (Sir Frederick Leith Ross) was instructed to outline at Geneva the conditions…

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Gold Standard and Britain No Restoration Just Yet, Says P.M. LONDON, Friday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

ASKED whether Sir Frederick Leith Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, was instructed to outline at Geneva, the…

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Pensions Cuts Go to Wealthy Landowners N. Guinea Goldfields Tax Remission Accounts for Fed'l Surplus Damning Indictment of Govt. in Treasury Statement Extra £29.000 Indulging in Orgy of Expenditure and Waste Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 6

AN official Treasury statement issued to-day, contains a damning indictment of the Lyons Government, and an admission The following report has been issued by the Mining Trust Ltd., consulting engineers for the New Guinea Goldfields Ltd.:--…

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Share Prices Firm N.g. Goldfields Active, But Lower

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 9

After a week of fairly active business, dealings quietened on Change yesterday, but a steady tone was still in evidence…

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Gold Crushing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 12

Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock crushed 225 tons for 230 ounces of smelted gold…

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