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Mining & the mines, 1934

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The Road To Eden Coal AND Color

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1934 · page 6

You come on the South Coast suddenly, splendidly, around the shoulder of a hill. You have been through…

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New Gold Float for W.A. North Kalgurli United With £300,000 Capital LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1934 · page 12

On Wednesday the prospectus of North Kalgurli United Gold Development will be published. The company will have a capital of £300,000…

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New Occidental Gold Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 4

Directors of New Occidental Gold Mines N.L. report that tests arc being carried out on sands and slimes, the property of the company, which amount to about…

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Wongawilli Mine Strike Settled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

BULLI, Monday.--A strike at Wongawilll mine was settled to-day. Work, will be resumed to-morrow morning…

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Miners' Secretary for Wonthaggi

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 5

Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, left for Victoria last night to attend a mass meeting of Wonthaggi miners on…

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Glory of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

IMAGINE this gown in golden-brown sand-crepe, the waistcoat effect of gold tissue, buttons and centre lapel of same material--…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 6

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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Killed by Fall of Stone At Colliery

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 7

James Whitefield (46), married, who lived at Austinmer, was killed by a fall of stone in Coalcliff colliery, Scarborough, this afternoon…

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I Guinea Gold Shares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 11

A meeting of shareholders of Guinea Gold, N.L., in Adelaide yesterday, carried unanimously a resolution that each existing £ 1 share should be divided into 10 fully-paid 2/…

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Gold and Exchange London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 8

The price of gold per ounce fine to-day was £6165 compared with £6166 on Saturday. The dollar was quoted at 5.08¼ to…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 11

Apart from a spectacular rise in Mount Morgan which carried the price to a new high level, trading in the mining share market yesterday was of a steady nature. yesterday was…

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News From Mines South Kalguru Ore Reserves

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 12

The general manager of south Kalgurll Consolidated, Ltd., W.A., estimates the ore reserves at September 30 last as follows:-- Blocked out, 203,000 tons, of an average…

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Price of Gold Rise Last Week

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 4

For gold lodged at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during the week ended February 24, the price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank…

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Barter Proposal. British Coal and Austrian Paper

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 5

Before the war the Federal Railways of Austria regularly took a large quantity of north country steam coal, but latterly they have obtained…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 9

The price of gold to day was quoted at £6/16/5 a fine ounce compared with £6/16/6 on Saturday. DOLLAR AND FRANC QUOTATION…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Huddart, Parker's Finances Increased Profit Steady Dividend Rate

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 4

Consistent progress towards former relatively high levels of net earnings has been reflected in accounts of Huddart, Parker, Ltd., since 1931. In…

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GOLD=MINING — Its Future PORKOBIDNI discusses Australia's possibilities of getting rich by getting gold

The World's News · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 10

The decision of President Roosevelt, who is now practically the Dictator of the United States, to purchase gold at the rate of 35 dollars per ouncs…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 5

THE recent briskness in the coal export trade from Newcastle was not maintained last week, when the quantity, including bunkers, shipped for…

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Arnheim Land Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 4

Directors of Arnheim Land Gold Development, N.L., advise the receipt of a report from the engineer, dated February 19, stating that No. 2a shaft has been sunk 75…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended February 23, is at the rate of approximately £7/14/4 per…

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