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Mining & the mines, 1934

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“Flaming Gold”

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 5

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COMPENSATION. Miners Seek Amendments. Minister Sympathetic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 14

The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham[?] told a deputation from the various branches of the Miners Federation vesterday that the Government proposnd to make amendments to…

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Gold Find Reported. [?]Laide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 14

A rich gold discovery is recorted from Tennant's Creek. Secrecy is being observed concerning the position of the [?]nd, but it is believed to be in ironstone deposits eight miles…

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Record Gold Purchase London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 8

The price of gold per ounce fine to-day was £6129, compared with £61211 yesterday. America purchased the whole of the record…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 15

An easier tendency was noticeable in the mining share market yesterday. All sections showed lessened activity. Leading gold shares were quiet, and gave ground slightly. In…

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Mica Mine Dispute Clash at Alice Spring

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 18

The dispute at the mica mines in Central Australia was advanced a further stage at Alice Springs last Saturday, when the men who had been dismissed for…

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Oil Fuel. Choice Between Coal and Shale

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 4

A choice between shale deposits and coal as the source of oil fuel in Australia is expected to be made in the report of the Newnes shale investigation committee,…

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Miners' Strike. No Move for Extension. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 14

The three B.H.P. collieries—Elrington, John Darling, and Burwood—were again idle to-day as the result of the dispute about the disrating of a locomotive driver at Elrington…

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Coal Shipments. 41,065 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 5

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended Jan. 18, for places beyond the State was 41,065 tons, of…

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Record Gold Yield. Prospects in West Australia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 1

It is confidently predicted that the 1933 record for goldmining in Western Australia will be eclipsed this year. Several years' developmental and…

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Success Claimed. Oil-from-coal Process. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 12

Lecturing to a public meeting at Cessnock to-night, Mr. A. Gatley Lyon said that remarkable success had rewarded the experiments in the treatment of coal for fuel oils, carried on…

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Two Killed Fall Of Earth In Mine Broken Hill

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 12

Four men were engaged in cleaning up and placing timber ready for firing in a stupe on the 1070 feet level in the South Mine last night,…

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Coal for Notes Confidence Trick Caught Merchant LONDON,Tuesday

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 2

Pleading guilty to stealing £231 and two gold rings from a German diamond merchant whom he left with an attache case containing a piece…

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4200 Now on Strike Textiles, Coal and Relief Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 7

AN extension of the textile strike yesterday involved another 600 workers, when employees of F. W. Hughes Pty.,…

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Onus of Proof on Worker Compensation Act Amendments Urged Miners' Case

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 6

AMENDMENTS to the Workers Compensation Act in respect of miners suffering from fibrosis and other complaints…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/12/9 an ounce fine, compared with £6/12/11 yesterday. America purchased the whole of the £1,300,000 worth offered, which was a record…

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Oil From Coal Too Costly Shale Scheme Report in Preparation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The high cost of the hydrogenation process may lead to the abandonment of projects for the development of oil…

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Setting Trap Found Gold Rabbiter's Luck at Scone Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 1

A rabbit track led to the finding of a gold-bearing Martinis' Creek near Moonan Brook, about 35 miles from Scone…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Producers' Co-op. Society Newcastle Steam P.D.S. Annual Meeting

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 4

Addressing shareholders at the annual meeting to-day of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society, Ltd., Mr. W. R. Hindmarsh, chairman,…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 3

THE Holy Eucharist is not only an antidote against sin which we have committed, but it is also a powerful magnet which draws the soul heavenward…

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