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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Wonthaggi Miners Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

The committee of the Wonthagg Mlaers Union met to-day to consider the reply of the management. After a preliminary discussion, the…

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POP Gold Worship

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 8

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 12

COURTESY without cordiality is often insincere. A plain face often conceals a beautiful mind…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 8

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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Oil Fuel and Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 11

A speaker at a recent meeting of the Institute of Fuel, held in London, suggested that oil fuel is in fact the ally of coal rather than coal's natural enemy, and was, in fact[?] at one…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 8

The price of gold to-day was £61561 an ounce, compared with £61511 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 5.141 to the £, and the franc…

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Another Injury in Fall of Coal Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 12

John Elliott, 72, of Congewal Street, Aberdare, and employed at Aberdare Colliery, had the little finger of the left hand badly crushed in a fall of…

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Fall of Earth. Two Miners Fatally Injured. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 9

Two miners employed at the Zinc Corporation's mine were fatally injured this evening. They were Richard Gers, 45, married, with three children; and Harold Orchard, married…

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Mining Deep Leads. Revival in Two States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 11

While the intense activity in gold mining in every State of Australia is being directed mainly to the development and working of reef-mining, attention is also being given to…

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Trapped Mine Tragedy Two Killed Fall of Earth Broken Hill

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 17

TRAPPED by a fail of earth on No. 12 level, at the Zinc Corporation Mine late yesterday, two miners…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 11

The price of gold to-day was £6/15/6½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/15/11 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Wonthaggi Strike. Larger Orders for N.S.W. Coal. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 8

As no coal is being mined at Wonthagg[?] because of the strike, the Railway Commissioners have increased their orders for New South Wales coal…

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Oil From Coal N.S.W. Nomination for Committee Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 17

Two more State nominations to the committee which has been appointed to investigate the establishment in Australia of an hydrogenation plant…

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The Pilot's Wife in the Centre of the Gold Belt. All Home Comforts Delivered by Plane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 17

It was no easy matter to get Mrs. Hammond, wife of Captain "Bunny" Hammond. to speak of her life in Wau, New Guinea, where she has spent the…

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New Mine-Sweeper

The Sun · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 1

Launching of the latest mine-sweeper for the Japanese navy at Fujinagala Dockyard at Osaka…

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Gold Mining. Study of Technical Problems. Avenue to Employment. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 10

Investigations into means of giving work to young unemployed men, it was stated to-day have convinced the Federal Government that substantial results can be gained by…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 8

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at…

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Tunnecliffe and Wonthaggi Miners Melbourne

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

In a statement made during last week, Tunnecliffe, leader of the Victorian Labor Party, made a number of rambling remarks about the situation…

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Company News. Sulphide Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

Sulphide Gold (Junction Reefs), Ltd., advise that the Company has secured from Messrs. Sheahan Bros., of Junction Reefs, a free Option of…

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Barter Transaction. Timber for Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

The Swedish State Railways are reported to have bought from Great Britain practically the whole of the 174,000 tons of coal…

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