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Mining & the mines, 1934

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First Pictures of the Damage Caused by Rioters on the Western Australian Goldfields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 12

(These photographs were sent by air mall from Kalgoorlie to Adelaide, whence a special 'plane conveyed them to Melbourne. They were then transmitted to Sydney by picturegram.)…

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W.A. Goldfields Battle Foreign Settlement Attacked

The Biz · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

Kalgoorle and Boulder are quiet, but the situation is still tense and it is feared that there may be further outbreaks of violence, following an attack on the…

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Wonthaggi Mine Dispute

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 6

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. A. Teece, said last night that there had been no change reported in the position at the the…

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Exit the Gold Dollar

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 4

The gold dollar has now been revalued officially at 59.06 per cent, of its former weight, which means that instead of containing 22.22 fine grains of gold, it will contain only 13.71 fine grains…

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Engine Driven By Coal Dust

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

WHEN Deisel originally designed his internal combustion engine he intended that it should be…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 15

Stimulated by the new record high price of gold in London, gold shares experienced a moderate revival of activity in the share market yesterday. Prices hardened sufficiently…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 15

To-day's sales included:- Copper: Mt. Lyell, 25/6. Silver-lead: Amalgamated Zinc, 10/2; North Broken Hill, 89/6, 91/3; Sulphide Corporation, ord.,…

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New Record Gold Price. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 13

The price of gold to-day was £6/19/6 an ounce fine, compared with £6/15/6 yesterday, thus establishing a new record. America purchased the entire amount offered…

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Gold Price Still Soars Fixed on Devalued Dollar London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

Gold to-day rose by 4 on yesterday's rate to the record price of £6196 per ounce fine. America purchased the whole…

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New Record for Gold Based On Devalued Dollar LONDON, February 2

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 2

Gold to-day rose by 4s on yesterday's rate to the record price of £6 19s 6d an ounce fine. America purchased the whole of…

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B.H.P. VENTURE. Gold Prospecting at Red Hill. GULGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 13

Red Hill, where gold was discovered by the late Thomas Saunders in 1870, is being taken over by Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd. Prospecting for gold is to be undertaken on a…

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Hostility of Miners to Aliens Against Working With Them In W. Aust. Big Meeting Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

ATTENDED, by almost one thousand men, a meeting at Boulder Town Hall last night resolved that British miners…

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Britain's Grip On Gold Position Embargo As K.O. for the U. S. WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

BRITAIN and France, or either alone, it was admitted here to-day, are in a position to upset the whole of the United…

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Goldfields Calm Again Allegations of Job Buying

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 7

PERTH, Friday. -- Neither the Government nor the police expect further trouble on the goldfields. The Minister for Works (Mr…

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Outrages on the Goldfields

Italo-Australian · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

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'Planes Carry Tons of Gold London

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 3

Two Royal Dutch airliners carried £1,000,000 worth of bar gold from Amsterdam to Southampton. where it will be loaded…

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Hunger-strike of Miners Men in Pits Refused Food Prague

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 7

A hunger strike among 500 miners in North Bohemian pits extended to the men underground. They refused to touch food sent…

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Streets Are Paved with Gold Kalgoorlie's Romance of Millions

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 13

In the 40 eventful years of the Golden Mile's history, the Australian miners have always resented the intrusion of foreigners. The rioting during the week was the result of this smouldering dislike suddenly bursting into flame…

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Golden Mile Miners Accept Owners' Terms All Now Quiet on Western Front Preference Is Refused to Unionists Men Blame "Rabble" Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 2

Trouble on the Golden Mile, following this week's race riots, ended to-day. A mass meeting of the A.W.U. in Boulder Town Hall, attended by 500 men, decided to accept the offer of the Chamber…

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Currency War Problem Excites Money Markets Rush to Profit by Gold Deals France to Defend Franc; Stabilisation Move Bullion Ships Sail London

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 5

THE threat of a currency war caused unprecedented activity in the bullion and foreign exchange markets and on the Stock Exchange to-day. The belief that France is preparing to defend the dollar, and the fact that sold jumped to the record…

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