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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

4,579 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 229

Record Gold Price. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 9

The price of gold to-day reached the new high level of £7/8/10 an ounce fine to-day, compared with £7/8/10½ on Saturday. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Gold Tooth a Gift From Wife

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 7

John Collins, a bankrupt Five Dock milkman, does not know where his wife keeps her money, but in the past two years she has purchased a motor…

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Gold at £7810; Sterling Still Selling London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 7

GOLD advanced in relation to sterling to £7810 per ounce fine to-day, thus creating another record…

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Say It with an "As" Beats Lead Gold Much Heavier

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 9

"AS heavy as lead." As lead is the heaviest of the common objects handled by the man in the street, Mr. A. R. Penfold, curator…

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Mining Investors' Guide First Hit Market Covered By Reserves

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 14

Since First Hit Gold Mine is in the early stages of large scale development it is premature to expect an estimate of ore reserves or value. Known reserves, however, are estimated to contain gold, the profit from whose extraction should more than…

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Caledonian Collieries Ltd

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 4

Directors of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., announce that, as a result of competition and low prices for coal still prevailing the profit for the year ended…

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Price of Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 3

The recent Australian record price of gold was eclipsed on Monday, when the Electrolytic Refining & Smelting Company of Australia, Ltd., paid to…

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Barlow : Apples or Gold?

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 2

THE picturesque mountain township of Batlow, nestling in the tall timber at the head of the Gilmore Valley, 2500 feet above sea-level, is torn between two…

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Northern Territory Mines. Warning To Investors

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 18

In a statement several weeks ago relating to gold-mining developments in the Northern Terrtory, Mr. A. M. Blain, Federal member for the Territory, said…

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Wongawilli Mine Dispute Seniority Question for Commission

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 8

As the parties in the Inter-union dispute at Wongawill Colliery were unable to reach a settlement before him yesterday, the concillation Commissioner, Mr. M. Henwood,…

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Coal for Singapore. Dalveen to Load at Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 1

The British steamer Dalveon, now on route from Java to Auckland with a cargo of sugar, has been chartered to load a cargo of J. & A. Brown…

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Gold Advance to Over £710- Mark London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 1

GOLD advanced another 12 12 to £7100 12 per ounce to- to-day, thus exceeding the expectations of those who…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £7/7/10½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/10 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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A Boomerang of Gold: France's Financial War Against the World

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 8

WE all know that France and America have practically cornered the world's gold supplies, and the questions naturally arise: Why did they do so? How were they able to drain the gold of other…

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Great Horsemanship. "Special" on Abyssinia. a Boomerang of Gold. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 12

The approach of the Sydney Royal Show makes appropriate a series of fine illustrations of great horsemanship published in this week's issue of the 'Sydney Mail." The story of the…

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Benefits Secured for Miners. Organiser Anderson Points Out What the A.w.u. Has Done

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 19

After the Convention cut out I started on a long northern tour of the quarries, dredges and mines. I had a conference with the B.H.P. at Newcastle regarding…

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Glimpses of Country Life WHERE £30,000 Worth of Gold Was Won on Two Acres at Batlow

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 2

This was the centre of the mining activities of the "seventies, the township later spreading right up to the workings. As a rule only about 3ft of the top soil was removed…

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Strike Threat. South Coast Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 11

The State executive of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union, at a meeting in the Trades Hall last night, decided to inform the southern colliery proprietors that…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip C'wealth Mining Yellowdine Interests More Capital for Mining Co

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 6

Shareholders in the Commonwealth Mining and Finance Co., Ltd., at an extraordinary meeting, held in London yesterday, passed resolutions…

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Pioneer Miners' Death

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 4

The death of Mr. Thomas Michael Cairns on Monday removed one of the pioneer members of the Miners' Federation. He had been actively…

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