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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold Stationary at £676 LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

Gold remained to-day at yesterday's price, £676 per ounce fine. Dollar-sterling exchange was firmer at 5.10, as against 5.16¼ yesterday…

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The Miners. Militant President. Advice to Strikers. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

The new northern president of the Miners Federation (Mr. J. Jack) gave strongly milltant advice to the striking Burwood miners to-day at the first miners' lodge meeting…

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Mining Copper Outlook. Improved Consumption Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 11

Though the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Ltd., the only producing copper mine of note in Australia, incurred a loss on mining operations last year, the directors intimated…

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Mine Explosion. In Czechoslovakia. 131 Men Entombed. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

One hundred and thirty-one miners were trapped in a mine with three sections near Dux (Czechoslovakia), following an explosion, caused cither by firedamp or explosives used in…

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Coal Exports. Disappointing Year. Bunkering Trade Revival. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Exports of coal from the port of Newcastle to oversea destinations showed a slight, but significant, decline in 1933, totalling 531,880 tons, against 555,289 tons in 1932, and 581,998…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/7/6 an ounce fine, showing no change from yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Persian For The Gold Cup Gloriole Likely Tingalba Sure To Run Well Class Field

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

Class is well represented in the field for the Moorefield Gold Cup, as the acceptors include several horses who…

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116 Miners Entombed by Explosion Believed at Least 100 DEAD Brave Volunteers Driven Back Bodies Found Prague

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

FOLLOWING a fire-damp explosion 116 miners were entombed in No. 3 pit in the Ossek coal mine, near Dux…

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Moorefield Gold Cup Is a Minor Villiers A.J.G Mile Points to Milantheon Favorably Weighted Gloriole Will Appreciate Smaller Track Pleasing Programme

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

FOR the several progressive steps, including the increasing of prize money taken by the Moorefield R.C. of late, it would appear as if a reward is forthcoming immediately. The programme arranged for tomorrow cannot fail to attract a bumper attendance, provided, of course,…

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Persian May Keep Trainer Jamieson on Winning Way Strong Gold Cup Hope Moorefield Chances Proved Milers in a Field of Only Twelve Form Review

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

RANDWICK trainer J. T. Jamieson has experienced a great run of luck with his big team during the past few weeks,…

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Reclassification of Gold Mining Shares

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 11

A MOVE was in progress on the Melbourne Stock Exchange before the Xmas vacation to reclassify gold mines into the various districts where…

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Struck by Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 11

CESSNOCK, Friday. --Patrick Flynn (50), miner, of Love Street, Cessnock, had one of his legs fractured when a fall of coal struck him…

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Akmana New Guinea Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 15

At the annual meeting of the Akmana New Guinea Gold, N.L., on Thursday, the directors' report, embodying partlculors of the option taken over the Bimbimble Gold Mine, was…

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Coal Shipments. Bunkering Trade Revival

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Exports of coal from the port of Newcastle to oversea destinations showed a slight, but significant, decline in 1933, totalling…

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Rhodesian Mines Flourishing Low Taxes Imposed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

According to Captain D. P. Dulgan, manager of Pin gold, S. Rhodesia, who arrived at Sydney yesterday by the Nieuw Zeeland, en…

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Gold and Exchange London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

The price of gold to-day was £676 an ounce fine--the same as yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 5.14 to the…

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Mining Lease Cancelled. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 14

In the Mining Warden's Court, W. F. Robinson applied for a suspension of labour conditions on a gold lease of five acres at Grenfell, No. 3987, embracing what is known as…

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GOLD. Production Figures. Remarkable Increase. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 13

Preliminary figures prepared by the Commonwealth Statistician's department show that Australia's gold production during 1933 reached a total value of £6,151,000 in…

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Back to Work Burwood Miners Want Conference Newcastle

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

Following the ultimatum of the management of Burwood Colliery that there would be no conferences while the pit remained idle, it was…

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Mining Tin Control. a Producer's Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 15

Since the price of tin has held comparatively steady in recent months at a much-improved level of about £225 per ton (London), and visible supplies of the metal at the end of 1933…

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