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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Newcastle Coal Trade. 193,802 Tons Shipped Last Month

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during February for places beyond the State was 193,802 tons—the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/17/2 an ounce fine, compared with £6/16/10 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Profitable for "Books" Two-horse Events Alice Gold Wins

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 2

BOOKMAKERS who field at provincial meetings are finding two-horse races most profitable. Last week at Menangle the outsider. Snow…

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North Kalgurli United Gold. Applications for 2,000,000 Shares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

Our London correspondent cables that applications for the issue of shares by North Kalguril United Gold Development, Ltd., totalled 2,000,000 shares. The smaller…

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Long Flight Took Mining Men to the Northern Territory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 7

Captain Frank Neale landed at Mascot yesterday after having flown from Pine Creek, 120 miles south of Darwin…

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"Gold Diggers."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 10

Yes, "Gold Diggers"! And brand new, tool On Saturday next you will delight at the glorious song hits, "My Forgotten Man," "Pettin' in the Park," "Shadow…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 12

IF the ways of God seem strange to you, remember that the ways of men are stranger still. Begi[?]ers in religion ought to…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 March 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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Four Collieries Idle About 1700 Did Not Work Yesterday

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Owing to a breakdown in the fanshaft employees of Bellbird Colliery were unable to enter the mine this morning…

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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 8

The price of gold to-day was £61610 an ounce fine. The dollar was 5.07¼, and the franc 77 1-8…

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Elaborate Sets for "Gold Diggers."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 10

Dances and ensembles for Warner Bros.' musical and dramatic spectacle, "Gold Diggers of 1933," which opens at the Civic Theatre, Auburn, on Monday next, are…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 11

Although the volume of business showed no increase in yesterday's mining share market, a slightly firmer tone was apparent in gold shares, Mt. Morgan was, perhaps, the most…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 11

Today's sales included:- Siller-lead. Zinc Corporation, ord., 42/1½, Gold: Anglo-Australian 12/3: Apex. 1/1: Bendigo Gold Sands. 4/, 3/11: Bird in Hand, 2/4, 2/4¼;…

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Miners' Lodge Rejects Recommendation to Boycott Show. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 9

Aberdare Central miners' lodge decided by a large majority this evening to reject a recommendation from its management committee, which advised members to absent themselves…

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1700 Miners Idle Gas, Breakdowns & Lack of Trade Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 7

SEVENTEEN hundred Cessnock miners are to-day out of employment due to the temporary closure of four of the district's largest…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £6/16/10 an ounce fine, compared with £6/17/2 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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On Kenya Goldfields. Non-catholics Ask Nuns to Open School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 35

Though most of the Europeans employed on the newly-opened goldfields of Kakamega, in Kenya Colony, are non-Catholic, they have asked the Ursulinc Sisters to open…

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Wyalong Goldfields Week. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 10

The "Back to Wyalong Goldfields" week commenced to-day in beautiful weather. Visitors are arriving from all parts of the Commonwealth. Streets are gally decorated, and…

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Mining News. Guinea Gold. N.L.

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 3

At an extraordinary general meeting on Monday last shareholders of Guinea Gold, N.L., carried unanimously a resolution that each…

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Land of Mine

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 8

You may roam o 'er the world to the lands of romance, You may traverse the land of the wine,…

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