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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Coal Shipments. 39,315 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

The quantity of coal, including hunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended April 26, for placed beyond the State was 39,315 tons, of…

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Gold Hopes Higher Price Forecast MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 8

A much higher price for gold in Australian currency may be anticipated, said Sir Herbert Gepp in a speech read to shareholders of…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £6/15/8 an ounce fine, compared with £6/15/11 on Friday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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£125,000 LOAN Mining Companies for the Govt

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 13

BROKEN HILL mining companies had offered the Government a loan of £125000 at 2 per cent., for a big…

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Mining Stoppage Urged Acute Position in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 5

The Wost Coast coal minors recently met the owners in conference with a view to reaching a now agreement hut the owners proposals…

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Diamond in M.L.C.'s Gold Pass £900, Stone Set In R'way "Ticket" T.C.TRAUTWEIN

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 5

IT has taken new member of the reconstituted Legislative Council, Mr. T. C Trautwein. to set the fashion in gold passes for…

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Mining Notes. Berringa Gold Field

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 3

A Melbourne syndicate, whose secretary is Mr. J. D. Morrison, 243 Collins Street, Melbourne, has taken over approximately 200 acres, taking…

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Our Collieries. The "Sixty Milers."

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 1

The smoke-blackened colliers that ply between Newcastle and Sydney, are known as "Sixty Milers," the nickname having reference to the…

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Raw Gold

The World's News · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 10

ARE you clear, Tom?" "Yes, let her rip!" And with a mighty heave and a noise…

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Trautwein's Gold Pass

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 5

THE question of whether the action of Mr T. C. Trautwein, M.L.C., in having a valuable diamond not in his official railway [?] had…

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ABNORMAL Gold Shares Boom

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 13

THE volume of mining business transacted on the Sydney Stock Exchange this morning was the heaviest ever recorded "in the history of the institution. Owing to the abnormal rush of…

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Gold Find Not Payable

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 13

RABAUL, Wednesday.--An official report on the new gold find in the vicinity of Wewak, in the Sepik district, states that it is not a payable…

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Australian Price Op Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended April 27, is at the rate of approximately £7/13/6 per…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 8

The price of gold per ounce fine to-day was £61511 12, compared with £615'8 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 5.13 to the…

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Gold Yield. Substantial Increase Shown

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 1

The yield of gold for the first quarter of the year has been made available by the three most important producing States, and shows an…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 15

To-day's sales included:- Copper: Mount Lyell, 23/11. Silver-lead: Broken Hill North, 93/6; Sulphide Corporation, ord., 9/3; Zinc Co-poration, ord., 40/9…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 15

Activity in gold shares intensified in yesterday's mining share market. Though a long array of issues was dealt in, a few of the more popular counters were chiefly responsible for…

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Oil From Coal Not Extravagant Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 7

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Vincent, has received the report of a special committee appointed to Inquire into the coal treatment…

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Grim Race Bravery in Mine Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 13

How he lay, unable to move, in a mine tunnel, with fuses all round burning closer and closer to heavy charges of explosive, was told today…

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Quick Bunkering. 7,200 Tons of Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 5

The Commonwealth & Dominion liner Port Melbourne, which arrived at New Plymouth, New Zealand, on Sunday last, not only left the Tyne…

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