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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Mining the Share Market

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

Gold shares still monopolised interest in the mining share market yesterday. A steadier feeling was noticeable despite falls in one or two stocks, which, earlier in the week, had…

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America Buys All Gold Offering London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 10

The quotation for geld was unchanged to-day at £6175 an ounce fine. America took all the offerings The dollar was at 5.03 12 to the £…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 12

The price of gold to-day was £6/17/5 an ounce fine, showing no change from yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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£972,000,000 France's Gold Outflow Less London

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

The City Editor of "The Times" states that the latest return of the Bank of France shows a loss of £25,500,000 of gold, but adds that the…

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Half Volleys From the Base-line. This Week's Gold Cup

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 5

This week's gold cup is on loan to “Heady” Eddie ("Ted") Hancock, jack of all clubs. He played A Grade regularly for just on 15 years but has…

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£9,000,000 in Gold for U.S.A. LONDON

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

GOLD valued at £7,000,000 was to-day placed aboard the White Star liner Majestic bound for New York…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Austn. Pastoral Co. Aust. Gas Light Outlook for Wool

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Improvement in financial results of the activities of the Australian Pastoral Co., Ltd., during the year ended June 30 last were attributed by…

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International Balances of Payment Change in Relative Position of Gold and Paper Countries

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

Recent figures concerning the balance of international payments of various countries afford some evidence of the effect of the depreciation of the gold value of currencies upon balances of international accounts (trade in goods…

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Gold Mining Revival Mudgee

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 6

It is stated in Mudgee that a goldmining revival will take place shortly on property on the Cullenbone Road. A Sydney company has…

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The Miners' Pledge

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 8

"If you ain't for Roosevelt, you'd better get out of this town."…

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French Gold Holdings

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 3

The latest return of the Bank of France shows a loss of £25,500,000 of gold, but the bank still holds £972,000,000 of gold, of which the…

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Celestial Gold-Finder

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

A CHINAMAN prospecting on the northern end of the Lucknow field is reported to have "struck it rich"; in fact, one report states that…

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150 Men Dismissed. Seaham No. 2 Colliery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 16

One hundred and fifty men, including 42 pairs of miners, received notice of dismissal from the Seahom No. 2 colliery to-day. The colliery-the only one now operating in the…

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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 8

The price of gold to-day was £6164 a fine ounce, compared with £6175 yesterday. The dollar was at 5.08½ to the £, and the franc at…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 17

A weaker tone was discernible in the mining share market yesterday. Gold shares were almost uniformly esier, the only notable exceptions being Mount Morgan and…

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Freight Charges on Coal. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 16

When the Railway Commissioners [?] their annual visit to Forbes a deputation from the municipal council asked for a reduction in the freight charges on coal for…

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Miners' Money Committee Set Up to Inquire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 6

Following the decision of the Metropolitan Conference, the Central Executive of the A.L.P. last night set up a committee to…

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Corrimal Mine Conference Will Take Place on

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 6

The general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. D. Rees, said last night that the conference to be held on Tuesday to discuss the…

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Roosevelt & Miners Their Faith in New Deal a Man's Man

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 8

SEEKING to ascertain the real feeling of the American working man towards his President, radical author…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 16

The price of gold to-day was £6/16/4 an ounce fine, compared with £6/17/5 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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