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Mining & the mines, 1935

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Gold Again Tops the Record London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 8

GOLD was quoted to-day at £741 per ounce fine, 2d. higher than the record reached on Saturday, and 1½d higher…

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Petrol From Coal Large-scale British Production Soon

The Land · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 16

Imperial Chemical Industries are making rapid progress with the immense plant which is being erected at Billingham-on-Tees (England) for the…

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Golden Mile Strike Stand Firm for 44 Hours Miners, Win Ballot

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Feb. 9.—With complete victory within the grasp of the Golden Mile toilers, they have been betrayed into returning to work on the 40/48-hour system at the instance of the Labor Government. A ballot is to be taken and finalised…

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Price of Gold. New High Level. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 11

The price of gold was quoted to-day at £7/4/1 an ounce fine, thus surpassing the record high level of £7/3/11½ reached yesterday…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Thompson's Silk Store Pref. Dividend

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 3

Pref. Dividend Arrears On preference shares in Thompson's Silk Store, Ltd., the directors have declared a dividend of 10 per…

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Year's Gold Movements. £128,416,000 Added to London Holdings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 13

International gold movements during 1934 again reflected the tendency for Britain to absorb gold on account of other countries. According to figures published in the "Bankers'…

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Miners' Ultimatum To M.P. for Northern Territory. Warning to Investors Resented. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 11

Sections of the mining industry in the Northern Territory are indignant at comments made by Mr. A. Macalister Blain, M.P. for the Northern Territory, on gold-mining…

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Market News and Reviews of the Week Finance Letter a City Man Writes To His Country Cousin Investments and Interest Rates—Proposed Banking inquiry—Record Gold Price Pitt-street, Sydney, February 26, 1935

The Land · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 28

Dear Tom, The adverse movement in investment prices, on which I commented in my letter of last week, has been halted, and some of the…

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Coal Prices. Western Australian Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

Mr. Justice Davidson, sitting as an umpire in private arbitration, completed this week the task of determining a large number of questions relating to the ultimate fixation of the…

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Colliery Stoppage. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

Lithgow Valley colliery, which was idle yesterday, did not resume operations to-day. The secretary of the miners' lodge (Mr. J. Patience) said that, as the matters at issue were not…

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Parer's Luck Pilot To Mine-owner New Guinea Gold (No. 1--Copyright)

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 8

AIRMEN the world over will tell you that Ray Parer must own to a greater measure of luck than any other man alive--and with luck, as with everything else, you must take the good with the bad…

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Gold-wrapped

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 8

DESIGNED by Bernard Newman, this gold gown looks like a million on Ginger Rogers (R.K.O.-Radio)…

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Gold and Industrials Firmer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

Further confidence in industrial stocks was expressed yesterday, and a firm tone obtained. Gold shares improved, assisted by a…

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Gold Record: £ Falls London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

GOLD to-day rose a shilling an ounce on yesterday's price -- £741 to £751, thus setting a new record…

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Raub Australian Gold. Ore Reserves Exhausted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 17

The directors of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., advice receipt of a report from the general manager that the ore reserves shown in the last annual report have…

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Obiter Dicta Amazing Sound Amplifier World Gold

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 8

A "SOUND microscope developed by Carl A. Johnson, of New York University, under the direction of Dr…

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Mining Reports Peel River Grants Option

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 2

Directors of Peel River Development Co. Ltd., report having granted an option (subject to ratification by the shareholders) to Burma Malay Tin, Ltd. over the…

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Australian Price of Gold. a New High Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 17

A further record price of gold in Australia was made in Sydney on Thursday. A company reports having paid £8/18/ net per fine ounce. This compares with the previous…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Sargents' Profits Nightingale Supply Sargents' Improved Results

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 2

In a circular to shareholders the directors of Sargents, Ltd., state that operations for the half-year to December 31 last resulted In net profit…

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Industrial News 'The Union Has Real Grievance' Another Fireman. Ordered In Stokehold State Mine

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 7

"THE union has a real, not an imaginary, grievance," said the Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. M. Hentwood, yesterday, when…

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