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Mining & the mines, 1934

4,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 226

General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/16/11 an ounce fine, compared with £6/17/2 yesterday FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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The Great Gold Mystery. a Strange and Inexplicable Case

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 7

THERE are some things happening now which contradict all the orthodox theories concerning the value of commodities, which theories have been held to be…

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Foreign Workers on W.a. Goldfields Language Test to Be Strictly Enforced

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 12

The W.A. Labor Minister of Mines (Mr. S. Munsie) conferred with officials of the Mining Section of the W.A. Branch of the Australian Workers' Union at Kalgoorlie…

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Ash-gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 10

A cube of incense, sweet with perfume, Burned before my eyes. And soon a stump of grey was left To mourn the bloom that dies…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 3

"WISDOM is better than strength, and a wise man is better than a strong man."—Ecles. 1, 18. The Church has the right to demand…

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Miners to Resume at Corrimal

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 5

Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, stated last night that the Corrimal miners' lodge at a meeting held in the…

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Gold and Exchanges London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 8

Gold at £6175 an ounce fine was 6d dearer to-day than yesterday. Dollar-sterling exchange was 5.03¼, as compared with 5.04 yesterday and…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 13

To-day's sales included:- Silver-Lead: Broken Hill North, 94/6; Sulphide Corporation, ord., 10/5, 10/3; Zinc Corporation, ord., 44/, 44/3, 44/9, 44/3…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 13

The better-class gold shares retained [?] sagging tendency in yesterday's mining share market. Mount Morgan, an outstanding exception, climbed to a new high level, on the…

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Coal Lumpers' Case Important Decision by Court

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 6

ISSUES of great importance to coal-Iumpers were contained in a successful appeal made to the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission…

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1000 Kiddies to Visit Zoo Abermain Miners Treat

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 6

A thousand Children will be provided for at a picnic arranged to take place at the Zoo by the Abermain No. 2 Lodge on Sunday,…

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£9,000,000 Gold Cargo London

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

Gold valued at £7,000,000 was today placed aboard the White Star liner, Majestic, bound for New York from Southampton. The Majestic will…

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Oil From Coal. Deputation to Prime Minister. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 12

A conference convened by the Cessnock Municipal Council, decided to suggest to the Federal Government that an Australian oil-from-coal plant should be erected…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 12

The price of gold to day was £6/17/5 an ounce fine, compared with £6/16/11 yestetday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Coal Trade Decline Causes Concern Hope Seen in Oil Extraction

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- At a conference to-night which discussed means of restoring prosperity to the coal…

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Gold Digger Too Solid Questionnaire's Head Defeat Sil. Scorn Out

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

IN the straight in the first division of the Flying Handicap at Victoria Park yesterday, Questionnaire, the favorite, and…

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Silver Scorn Scratched, But Her Stablemate Won Gold Digger Plunge Was Slow Away and Outstayed Favorite Owner Broke His Unlucky Run With a Double Winball Had Close Call

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

SILVER SCORN was not produced in the first division of the Flying Handicap yesterday at Victoria Park; but the race went to her stablemate, Gold Dieger, who brought off a substantial plunge. Later in the afternoon another member of…

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Tullamore Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 13

Particulars of the company's developmental work were given by the chairman of Tullamore Gold Development, N.L. (Mr. V. Cornfield), at the first annual meeting of the…

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Oil From Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 4

A deputation to the Prime Minister has been convened by the Cessnock Municipal Council to suggest that an Australian oil-from-coal plant should…

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Gold to New York

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Seven hundred boxes containing £7,500,000 worth of gold (which had been brought to England from the Continent by aeroplanes) were carried…

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