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Mining & the mines, 1935

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This Is the Best Rake-off Yet! Vendor Taking £43,000 Of Cash in Yellowdine Gold Float

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 11

AFTER a temporary lull in gold flotations from Western Australia, speculators in each State except Queensland were recently…

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No Nearer Goldfields Strike End PERTH

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 5

The possibility of an early settlement of the dispute on the goldfields over hours is now remote. The Minister for Lands (Mr. Troy), who…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 21

GOLDEN PLATEAU.—This project is capitalised in 280,000 10/- shares. of which 70,000 are fully paid, and 210,000 are paid to 7/6. The shares sold…

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Albert Gold Cup Won By Windward

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 48

THE owner-skipper of the stay-sail schooner Windward, J. M. Hardie won outright the Albert Gold Cup II in the race for big…

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"New Barbary Gold" Beatrice Grimshaw's New Story for "Woman"

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 7

If anybody knows the romance that abounds in the Pacific, it is Beatrice Grimshaw, whose home is in Devara, off Port Moresby…

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Gambling On Millions In Gold Yellowdine Fact and Fancy From Two Capitals

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 2

Is Yellowdine the richest gold-strike in the world, or has it been over- boomed? The drop in its share values from 17s 3d to 9s has given the London Stock Exchange its liveliest few days for many years…

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Bachelor Doings Be Brave, Comrades! Don Green Suits And Gold Lace Hats Then We Would Be Men a Holey Sock Is Acid Test of Character

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 12

I often wonder how much we can learn about men and women from the clothes they wear. People are always telling me…

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Gold Mining. Conditions in Northern Territory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Mr. A. Macalister Blain, M.P. for the Northern Territory, referred in a statement last night to gold-mining prospects in North Australia, and issued a warning to the investing…

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Miners' Proposals Rejected Chamber Of Mines Rejects Shorter Hours Summons Issued Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

THE miners' strike on the Proprietary Mine at Collie continues, following the company's refusal to consider negotiations while…

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Miners' Central Council

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 6

In addition to dealing with disputes in the various districts. the Central Council of the Miners. Federation, which will meet to-morrow…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Saturday at £7/2/ per ounce fine, a fall of /4 on the day. (By cable.)…

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Compensation and Miners Baddeley's Address Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

Workmen's compensation and the rehabilitation of the coal-mining industry by the production of oil from coal were subjects dealt with by Mr. Baddeley. M.L.A., in an…

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Hostages Released. Hungarian Mine Strikers. BUDAPEST, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

The hunger strike of 689 men in the Pecs mine, owing to the alleged failure of the management to renew an agreement made last year, was continued to-day, but they released…

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YACHTING. Windward's Outright Win. Albert Gold Cup Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 13

Further success came to the schooner Windward (J. M. Hardie) on Saturday when she won the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's race for the Albert Gold Cup II. She was successful in this…

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Endanger Lives of Miners Workings Below Bed of Creek Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 8

That the lives of minere working the Cobar Tuhnel will be endangered by the cassation of the Farmer's Creek canal drainage…

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Gold From 'Plane. Insurers Pay £2000 Reward. PARIS, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

Everyone is jubilant to-day in a village near Amiens, where the consignment of gold which dropped from the Hillman Airways cross-Channel 'plane during a gale, was found…

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Lowest Since 1929 World Trade in Gold Dollars Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

In July, 1983, the value of world trade, calculated in gold dollars, reached the lowest point since 1929, according to the League of Nations…

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To Prospect for Gold in W.a. Party Leaving in 'Plane

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

The Adastra Airways pilot, J. Broadbent, expects to leave Mascot at dawn to-day for Darwin, where he is taking two mining engineers,…

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Town Site Pegged For Gold Prospecting. Area Includes Churches and Hotels. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

Excitement has been caused at Southern Cross by the action of an Adelaide company in pegging about 200 acres of the town site as gold prospecting areas…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip J. C. WILLIAMSON O. GILPIN J.C.W's. Brighter Outlook

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 3

Shareholders of J. O. Williamson, Ltd., at the annual meeting to-day were informed by the chairman (Mr. P. J. Smith) that, although…

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