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Mining & the mines, 1934

4,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 226

Money Policy of Britain Is Recovery Aid Bank Chief Opposes Return To Gold "Time Not Ripe" London

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

OPPOSITION to an early return to a metallic basis for British currency was expressed by Mr. Reginald McKenna…

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"He's Mine"

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 5

JOE HARRIS will be out orient and early this morning. The three-year-old brother to Panjandrum, with whom Joe won…

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Kitchener Went Down with £10,000,000 in Gold

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 7

THE sailor Rogerson, one of the few survivors of the Hampshire, tells the following story about the last…

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Plate Was Empty Parson Takes To Pick and Shovel Work in Mine Perth

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 14

THE ANGLICAN PARSON AT WILUNA. A PROSPEROUS MINING CENTRE. HAS VACATED THE PULPIT TO…

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Body Lies in 55 Ft. of Water Pumps Fail to Drain Out Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 9

BATHURST, Sunday.--The body of Harold Gillan, victim of the flooding fatality in the Bright Star mine, near Newbridge, on Anniversary Day, has…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present operating at…

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Injury to Miners' Leg Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

Frank Morris, a miner, of Kembla Heights, sustained a lacerated wound to left leg as a result of a fall of coal in the Illawarra. Colliery. a new mine…

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Miners Will Attempt to Settle Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Sunday.--Bellbird miners will meet to-morrow to endeavor to settle the dispute which has held up the mine since Thursday…

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Cardinal Red and Gold Check

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 9

Unusual, both of design and material, this tailored frock,…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 13

All classes of gold shares were disposed to ease in Saturdays mining share market Buyers were inclined to hold off for the time being in the base metal sections the…

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Corrimal Mine Dispute Local Meets To-day

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 4

As the result of a meeting of the Corrimal Miners' Lodge yesterday to consider the position of an employee who was given notice of dismissal on…

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Senate Adopts Gold Bill Washington

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

The United States Senate adopted President Roose[?] Gold Bill, incorporating in it a three-year limit on the exchange equalization fund…

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Yachting. Albert Gold Cup. Won by Morna

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 17

There wes little difference between the first and second boats in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's race for the Albert Gold Cup H. on Saturday. Morna beating Windward, the schooner, by…

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Flooded Mine. Victim's Body Not Yet Found. BATHURST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 17

The water in the Bright Star goldmine at Newbridge, near Blayney, which was flooded yesterday afternoon, is 78 feet deep. The body has not yet been found of Clarence Gillian,…

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Big Yachts Nearly Becalmed in Race for Albert Gold Cup Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 14

A scene during Saturday's race. From left: Norn (A. F. Albert), which finished third, Brand V. (J. R. Palmer), and Morna (A. Stevens), the winner…

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America's Big Gold Purchases Hoarded Stocks Sold in London London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 16

This weeks gold sales in London totalled £5,500,000, chiefly due to American buying. The greater part came from…

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United States. Gold Impounding Bill. Passed by the Senate. washington, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

The United States Senate, by 66 votes to 23, to-day approved President Roosevelt's Gold Impounding Bill, and sent it to the House of Representatives for final action on…

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There's Gold in That Pond--fish for It First Prize of £500 in "Give It a Name"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

THE subject of No. 12 "Give It a Name" Competition is a pond, a bather, a policeman, and a goat…

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New Experimental Money Era Dawns In U.S. Roosevelt's Birthday Present Goodbye to Gold Standard "Match Britain" in Stabilisation Washington

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

"THE New Deal" Money Bill Will be turned into law on Tuesday. Having passed Senate on Saturday, it will be finally approved by Congress to-morrow, and by Wednesday, which happens to…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 11

LUCKNOW SULPHIDES, N.L. (January 25):— No. 1 shaft 125ft level: Winze following arsenical ore body, on underlay has broken through to old winze to N.E., exposing big ore body. A l[?]wt…

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