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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold Rises Slightly London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 7

Gold was 12d per ounce higher in price to-day, being quoted at £6 6s 8 12d. Dollar-sterling exchange receded…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 15

A general fall in metal prices had a steadying effect on the mining share market yesterday. Movement in prices was comparatively restricted. Though most of the tin group…

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Alluvial Gold Promising and Unpromising Prospects

The World's News · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 30

MANY thousands of pounds have been lost by mining…

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King Solomon's Mines. Reported Discovery By Italian Engineers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 20

The site of "King Solomon's Mines," familiar to British schoolboys through Rider Haggard's book, is believed to have been found in the hilly falla country of…

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Coal Trade. Diminished Revenue. From Increased Shipments. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 14

Figures released this evening by the sub-collector of Customs at Newcastle (Mr. A. H. Gibson) show that, while the total quantities of coal shipped from the port of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/6/8½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/6/8 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Coal Export for Year. Substantial Increase. 2,029,905 Tons

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during 1933 for places beyond the State was 2,029,905 tons, the…

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Railway Line Is Damaged Miners May Be Idle Some Time Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 5

It is expected that the miners at Mount Kembla will be idle for some weeks owing to the company's railway line being extensively damaged…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Austn. Pastoral Co. Katu Tin Pastoral Co.'s Finances

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

In his address from the chair at the annual meeting of shareholders in the Australian Pastoral Co., Ltd., held in London yesterday, Mr. W. D…

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Germany's Tin Mine Idle Half a Century--To Work Again (Transocean. By arrangement with the Australian Broadcasting Commission) LEIPZIG

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 9

AFTER a lapse of half a century, Germany's only tin mine-- situated at Altenberg, in the Saxon Erzgebirge--will recommence work. Modern improvements in mining…

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Wallarah Mine Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Wallarah mine was idle to-day owing to a dispute of dip places…

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Coal or Oil

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

A question of considerable importance is being discussed in Great Britain at the present time in connection with the construction of the new units, which are to be built for the British Navy—that of alternative coal and…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 3

CULTIVATE mind and character first. Personality and charm can afford to wait. Rest is most agreeable after labor…

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Mining Indications Encouraging

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 28

Braidwood, Thursday. --Reports from Major's Creek indicate an encouraging position regarding the revival In mining at that centre. On…

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Miners' President. Criticised by Aberdare Lodge. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 10

The Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge has strongly objected to statements made by the northern miners' president (Mr. J. Jack) during an address to the Burwood lodge last…

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Newcastle Coal. Increased Shipments, But Diminished Revenue

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 5

While the total quantity of coal shipped from the port of Newcastle to destinations beyond the State has steadily increased during the last…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 10

The price of gold to-day was £6/7/1 an ounce fine, compared with £6/6/84 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Business Slackens on 'Chance Sellers Numerous Buyers Quiet Gold Is Active

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 8

The inspired boom in stooks and shares is subsiding. Business on the Stock Exchange yesterday was much slacker than…

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When The Family Grumbles At The Usual Dishes Country House wife Has Problem Gold Joints Usually Repel Because Expected Savory Fare

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 9

IN most households It is usual to have a hot joint at least once a week, and to serve the remainder…

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Norseman Gold Mines

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 7

A telegram received by Norseman Gold Mines,. N.L.. from its acting-manager states: "Main shaft, 690ft.; quartz entering shaft from footwall; 18 inches of it already cut…

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