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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Germany and Gold Standard People Fear Inflation. Basle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 5

Herr Melchoir, German delegate to the Young Plan Special Advisory Committee, revealed that, despite the favorable balance of trade of 350,000,000 marks…

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Demand for Bar Gold 33,000,000 Sovereigns Melted Down. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 5

The report of the Comptroller of the Royal Mint states that owing to the huge redundancy of gold coin and the steadily increasing demand for bars the mint,…

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Gold Expedition Unfavorable Report Mining Practically Impossible. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 5

Two geologists, Messrs T. Blatchford (chief) and H. W. Talbot (assistant geologist to the West Australian Government), who accompanied the Central…

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Gold Standard and Effects

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 6

The effect of the abandonment of the gold standard by Great Britain— so far as Australian primary producers are concerned—resulted in…

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Tricks with Gold Incident With a Chinese

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 6

On the subject of the tendency to send no gold to take advantage of the present high price, a gold buyer told a representative of the Melbourne…

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Hinkler Honored Aero Club Dinner Presented with Gold Medal. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 5

The guests at the Aero Club dinner in celebration of the Schneider Cup victory included Mr. Hinkler. Each member of the team received a silver salver…

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Gold Standard and Effects

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 7

The effect of the abandonment of the gold standard by Great Britain--so far as Australian primary producers are concerned--resulted in increased returns, but…

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Payable Gold in Old Workings. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 4

About 150 men are now seeking gold at Forest Flat and four mile in the vicinity of Monambel. The location is an old alluvial working which proved…

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Gold Miners Fall Out Argument Leads to Shooting Delegate

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 3

In the mountainous country near Ben doc, Victoria, this morning, a number of men who are working a small gold mine, on the profit-sharing system, became…

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To-night's Concert "Maidens' Quest for Gold."

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 3

To-night at the Saraton Theatre the popils of St. Mary's College, Grafton, and of St. Mary is Primary and Infant Schools will produce an original operetta, entitled…

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Japan and Gold Standard Reparations and War Debts Investigation of German Difficulties. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 5

Mr. Inukai will be Premier in the new Ministry, which will include Mr. Yohizawa, Paris Ambassador, and delegate to the League of Nations, as…

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Cornering of Gold by France and America Standard Currency for the Empire. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 5

The "Daily Express" says now that the world's gold is concentrated in France and the United States, there is no way in which debtors may be paid, except by…

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News of the World Canada and the Gold Standard. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 5

Expressing annoyance at the persistent rumors that Canada was about to abandon the gold standard the Premier, Mr. Bennett, declared that it had never been…

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Old Gold Field Good Preliminary Tests May Prove to Be a Bonanza. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 5

If the expectations of a number of interested companies are realised the gold find on the old field at Lyndhurst may prove to be the biggest discovery…

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Empire Currency New Plan Suggested Creation of Imperial Monetary Union Rex As New Imperial Gold Unit. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 5

A plan for Empire currency under Britain's monetary leadership was enunciated by Mr. J. F. Darling, Director of the Midlands Bank, to the Textile Institute at…

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Reported Strike Aberdare Miners Again. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 8

It is reported that the employees in the various Aberdare colliery lodges have decided that the pits of the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, shall not be worked…

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Train Thieves Stealing Coal From Trucks Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 5

Railway and police detectives were again busy at Newcastle and, as a result of their vigilance, five men were arrested aud charged with stealing coal from…

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Vain or Jealous? Double Shooting in W.A. Two Gold Prospectors. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1931 · page 6

Vanity or jealousy was the reason that Harry Johnson (64) shot Wesley Hamdorf ([?]0) at Hall's Creek recently. The men were prospecting for alluvial gold together,…

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Price of Gold

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 4

While addressing an election meeting in Bendigo, the Labor candidate, Mr. R. V. Keane, was reported to have said that the private banks paid £55 and the…

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£8609 Claim Miners v. Victorian Railways. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 7

The Miners' Federation has instituted a claim against the Victorian Railway Commissioners for payment of £8609 for coal which it claimed was worked by miners at…

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