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Mining & the mines, 1934

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First Aid To Treasure-Seekers Lots of Gold-- But Go and Get It!

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 6

WE read our "Treasure Island" many years ago, and the report of the finding of 14 tons of pirates' gold, worth a cool…

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Stannifer Tin Lode N.L. Allegations of Trickery Denied By "Smith's" Future Depends on Mining Experts' Report

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 11

LAST week "Smith's" was approached to investigate a complaint that shareholders in the newly-formed Stannifer Tin Lode, N.L., had been swindled…

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Winna Budgerie Mittagan! Mine Tinkit 'Im Plurry Good Feller

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1934 · page 11

THE Returned Soldiers' League is looking for trouble when it seeks' to get the national song when…

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Picking Up Gold in the Streets Kalgoorlie Glints Come Out After Rain Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1934 · page 3

The recent heavy rains have uncovered some nice little gold shows on the old alluvial workings here, but some of the best finds have been made within the town itself by people who were not…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 11

ENTERPRISE GOLD MINES, N.L. (April 7) manager reports: Eastern reef, 840ft north: Driven 21ft south and 10ft north at depth 40ft. Going south, the chute pitched south underfoot, going north. I…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 11

Gold shares provided an abnormally large turnover for one session on Saturday. Despite some expected reaction, the market generally remained firm. General issues which receded…

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Governor's Gold Was Spilled at Sofala

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

SOFALA, Sunday.--The Governor, Sir Philip Game, to-day officially declared open the new district hospital at Sofala, which…

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Governor's Bottle of Gold Shattered Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 6

WHILE Mr. C. England tre[?]surer of the Sofala Hospital was handing a bottle of Turon gold to the…

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The Unions. Negotiations at South Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 15

There is every possibility of work being resumed in the South mine to-morrow. The mine was idle on Friday because of the dismissal of a mar. A deputation waited on Mr…

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Town Deserted Men Leave Goondiwindi for Gold Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 7

GOONDIWINDI, Sunday.--There has been a rush from Goondiwindi to peg out claims on the site of the reported sold find in the Mooni…

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Search for Gold. Rush to Peg Claims. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 15

There has been a rush from Goondiwindi to peg out claims on the site of the reported gold find in the Mooni ranges on the property of Mr. Tonge. The stock agent was unable to get…

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Hundreds Seek Gold Nuggets In The Streets PERTH

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

HUNDREDS of unemployed men,youths, and women are busily searching for gold in Kalgoorlie. Affer the heavy rains washed away many old…

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Not for Year Production Of Oil From Coal CANBERRA

The Sun · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 8

Operations for the production of oil from coal in Australia will not begin for at least 12 months, the Minister in Charge of Development…

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Tucker Short in Mine Camps Cut Off by Floods in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 7

PERTH, Sunday.--Three miles of railway near Pintharuka, 279 miles north of Perth, was under water yesterday, as a result of heavy rain in…

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Aust. Industries in Melting Pot Lyons Cabinet Meets To Decide Fateful policy Attitude To British Ultimatum Extraction of Oil From Coal Air Mail Contract CANBERRA

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN industries, both and primary and secondary, will be in the melting pot here to-morrow when the Lyons Cabinet will meet to determine its attitude towards the Downing…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Gold Price Advanced Bovril, Ltd. Price of Gold

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 4

For gold lodged at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during last week the price quoted by the Commonwealth Bank was £7 12s 7d an oz…

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Leadville Mine Dispute

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 6

The central executive of the Miners' Federation was yesterday officially advised of a dispute at the metalliferous mine at Leadville' in…

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Rehabilitation of Coal Industry

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 8

Proposals for the rehabilitation of the mining industry were yesterday placed before the central executive of the Miners' Federation by Mr, J…

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Unemployed Miners. State Government Assistance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 9

The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) announced yesterday that since taking office the present Government had made more than £76,000 available for the assistance of…

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Sulphide Gold's New Option

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 11

Sulphide Gold (Junction Reefs), Ltd, announces that the company has secured a free option of purchase for three months (with a right of renewal for a further two months,…

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