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Mining & the mines, 1934

4,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 226

Deadlock at Wonthaggi Rail Heads Refuse to Meet Miners' Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 7

Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday that the Victorian Railway Commissioners had refused to meet…

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WASHOUT Tennant's Creek Gold Hopes Mount Isa

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 11

THREE men who reached here last night from Tennant's Creek, in a very weak state, swagless,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £6/16/6 an ounce fine, which showed no change on Saturday's quotation. DOLLAR AND FRANC QUOTATIONS…

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Flight of Gold. Germany's Dilemma. Substitute System Likely. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 9

The representative of the British United Press at Berlin says excitement has been caused by the announcement that Germany has lost £6,000,000 worth of gold since the…

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STOPPAGE At Vic. Coal Mine

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 6

CONSIDERATION, was given yesterday at the resumed annual meeting of the central council of the Miners…

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Theft From Gold Mine. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 6

Following extensive police investigations throughout Charters Towers, Normanby, and Mt. Coolon goldfields, John Nelson Shadbolt, 27, mill hand, pleaded guilty in Mt. Coolon…

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Miners' President

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 6

The prolonged illness of the general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. D. Rees) Was referred to feelingly by members of…

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Lyons's Coal Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 6

Coal-mining will be studied at close quarters by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons in a brief tour of Cessnock and Kurri Kurri on Friday. He…

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Northern Miners' Management Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 16

Back, from left: Messrs. G. Perris, E. Todd. D. McNeill H. Biggers, J. Sneddon, T. Irving. Front: J. Simpson, J. Kellock, L. Halliday, J. Jack (president), and G. Grant. The committee met in Newcastle to deal with a demarcation dispute at Abermain No. 2 colliery…

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Spectacular Gold Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 15

The announcement of President Roosevelt fixing the gold content of the dollar at 59.06 per cent. of its former weight, and permitting a free market in gold so far as importation…

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Insuring Gold Transport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 15

The normal price of insuring gold on its transport across the ocean from Europe to the United States is one shilling per cent. That would be in the case of a normal…

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Rich Gold Find

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 15

Our Adelaide correspondent telegraphs that Mr. W. Pexton, of the Takati claim, Mongolata, brought into Burra a nugget of oxidised ore weighing 183 ounces. Authorities on the…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended March 16, is at the rate of approximately £7/14/5 per…

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After 4 Years Aberdare Colliery May Re-open

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--There is a Possibility that Aberdare Colliery, which has been closed for nearly four years, will re-open shortly…

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Wonthaggi Mine Dispute. Long Struggle Expected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 4

A mass meeting of miners at Wonthaggi (V.) last Thursday rejected the management's terms for unconditional resumption of work at the Victorian State…

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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £6162 an ounce fine, a drop since yesterday of 4d. The dollar was at 5.10¼, and the frano at 77½…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 15

Continued support for tin shares, despite the fall in the price of the metal, was the outstanding feature of the mining share market yesterday. Good business over a wide…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 15

To-day's sales included:- Silver-lead: Broken Hill South, 70/6, 70/3, 70/9. Gold: Anglo- Australian, 11/7; Apex, /11½, /11; Bendigo Gold Sands, 3/9, 3/10; Bird in Hand,…

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Payment of Liners. Coal from Poland

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 5

The two liners which are to be built at Trieste for the Polish Government will be paid for with 61,000,000 lire (£1,000,000) worth of Polish coal, which…

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The Victorian Worker Melbourne, Monday. Wonthaggi Supports Miners

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 13

PRACTICALLY the whole of the community at Wonthaggi is standing solidly behind the miners in their demand that the management of the State…

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