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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Gold Holdings German and French Comparisons. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 5

The weekly returns afford an interesting comparison of the gold holding. The German Reichsbank has £186,000,000, which is a bare 40 per cent., while the…

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£5,000,000 Gold for London to Be Shipped at Once. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 4

The Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Bank has completed arrangements for the immediate shipment to London of gold of the value of £5,000,000…

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Coal Industry Bill. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 1

In the Assembly to-day the Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, delivered his second reading speech on the Coal Industry Bill elaborating the lengthy…

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Coal Carbonisation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 6

"To-day coal carbonisation is looking to motor fuel to compensate for the cost and loss coal in carbonisation," said Mr. A. G. Lyon, chemical engineer, in an…

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Shipping Gold. a Modest Operation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 3

A man with green braces sat on top of £ 1,000,000 in gold in Pitt Street, Sydney, on Wednesday. He and a few others dangied their legs…

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Cited As Correspondent Miners Federation President. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

T. Hoare, president of the Northern Miners Federation, and P. Denton, have been cited as corespondents in a petition lodged in the Divorce Court by George…

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Local Gold Mines. Great Prospects at Nana Glen and Moonee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

Reports concerning the gold mine round recently by Mr. Zaide Waiters at Nana Glen are most hopeful. We were told by a prominent Naha Glen…

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1000 Miners Decision to Strike Dismissal of Wheeler. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 5

A decision was reached at a meeting of Aberdare, Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Central miners lodges at Cessnoek yesterday to cease work…

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Gold Bounty to Synchronise with Exchange Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 4

The Postmaster-General (Mr. Green) stated to-night that he had induced the Treasurer to agree, in the event of the present exchange decreasing to increase…

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Crashed Through Culvert Fourteen Coal-laden Trucks. West Maitland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred on the South Maitland railway, near Kurri, early this morning, when fourteen trucks loaded with coal crashed through a…

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Telegrams State Gold Yield. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 4

The State gold yield for the first five months of 1931 totalled 5952 ounces of fine, compared with 5098 ounces of fine for the corresponding period in 1930…

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Gold Bonus Benefit of Exchange Premiums Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 4

The Prime Minister announced to-night that, as the result of a deputation of gold mining representatives, the Government had decided to amend the…

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Better Than Gold

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 4

Gold, not wool, attracted the attention of the world to the almost empty continent of Australia. Between 1851 and 1928, a period of 77 years,…

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Upper Orara Mine. Old Miner Enthusiastic

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

"There's no doubt it's good," said Mr. Harry Mansfield, speaking to a representative of the "Advocate" yesterday about the gold mine on Mr…

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German Gold Reserves. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 5

The Reichsbank's weekly report shows that the percentage of gold mid foreign currencies covering the note issue has increased from 40.1 per cent. to 43.6. The…

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Mining Trouble Settled. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 5

It is reunited that the trouble which has resulted in 1000 men being thrown sidle at the Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Central mines will be settled…

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Daring Theft Hatful of Gold Watches. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 5

A daring thief yesterday afternoon stole 31 watches from a jewellery shop at South Kensington. The man, it is stated sneaked into the shop and filled his hat…

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Gold Fever at Gundagai. Gundagai

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

There was great excitement in Gundagai this afternoon, when the manager of the Long Tunnel mine, Mr. Harry Kenny, reported the result of the clean up of the…

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Bank of England Record Gold Reserve. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 5

The Bank of England's position is extraordinarily strong, Its gold reserve is nearly £166,000,060 and further sums are in sight likely to raise it to the high…

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Gold From Dumps. Electrolytic Process

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

Plans are being prepared for the treatment on a large scale of gold mine dumps in Victoria by means of a new electrolytic treatment invented…

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