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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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"Candle" Strike Broken Hill Miners. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 5

A settlement has been reached in the strike of underground workers at the North Mine over the decision of the management to reduce the number of…

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Coal Dust New High Jump Record. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 5

A new Australian high jump record was established at the Wangaratta Show yesterday when J. Phillips' Coal Dust cleared 7ft. 11in. The previous record was…

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PRESSURE On Prices And Stocks U.S.A. and Gold Standard Treasury Reassures Press. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 5

With the continued movement of commodity prices on the New York Stock Exchange as well as the unremitting pressure of the American…

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Death Dive 19 Men in Mine Cage Crashed 700 Feet to Bottom. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 5

Crashing to the bottom of a shaft 700ft. deep in the Planklane colliery, near Leigh (Lancashire), 19, miners in a descending lift, were killed…

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Like Wind How Mine Cage Fell 40 Children Fatherless Rescued Man's Story. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 5

A signalman of the Plank Lane colliery in which nineteen miners were killed when a cage crashed 700 feet to the bottom, said the cage…

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Big Coal Order to Relieve Unemployment Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 5

The State Government will shortly give orders for 100,000 tons of coal to a number of collieries in the northern district which have not worked for some time…

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More Pay Strike Gold Miners in Centralia. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 1

A message front Alice Springs says Mr. Powell, of the Granites Gold Company stated his company had decided not to accede to the request of the miners that…

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New Gold Find Excitement at Kalgoorlie Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 5

Considerable excitement prevails at Kalgoorlie over a new find, 12 miles from Widgiemooltha, the discoverer being "Waterbag'' Lyons, a well-known…

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£6 an Ounce Gold Price in London. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 5

Gold to-day reached £6 an ounce, which is the highest since February. The rise is attributed to the decline in sterling on New York and Paris exchanges…

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Miners' Caprice

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 4

On the northern coal fields of New South Wales the inhabitants have a gay and inconsequent way of declaring black that which does not please…

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PRESSURE On Pound Sterling French Manoeuvre? Gold Price Fluctuating. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 5

The sudden pressure on the pound sterling on foreign exchanges continues. The "Daily Telegraph's" financial…

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The Granites Proclaimed a Goldfield Area of 900 Square Miles. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 4

An announcement in the Government Gazette to-day states that the Governor-General, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, has proclaimed…

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Blue and Gold Social

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 3

The grand blue and gold winding-up social and euchre, which is to eventuate in the Brushgrove School of Arts on Wednesday night, October 26, in aid of the…

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Great Excitement Gold Find at Maldon. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 5

Considerable excitement has been aroused at Maldon by the success of Stanley Johnson, who extracted over 7½ ounces of gold from a ton of quartz…

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Egypt's Gold Salvage Claim Fails! French Company's Action. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 5

The gold on the sunken liner Egypt, of which £732,250 worth [?] been raised, is the subject of an action in the Admiralty Division of the King's Bench…

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Lost Gold Lasseters Reef? Has It Been Found? Romance of Central Australia

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 2

They say romance is dead or dying, but it is very much alive in Central Australia. In the whole long story of romance there is none richer ill adventure,…

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Divining for Gold

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 4

All attempt will be made shortly to locate a reef hv divining on the Kingston gold mining leases, numbers 8 and 16 owned by Mr. Abraham Kussman. Mr…

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In Backyard £400 Worth of Jewels and Gold Found. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 5

Following an arrest, in a house, a backyard at Harris Park yesterday was dug up by detectives, who discovered jewels and gold, alleged, to be proceeds of four…

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Optimistic Secretary Gold in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 3

The newly appointed Secretary for Alines, Mr. W. Baregwanath, declared although £30,000,000 worth of gold has been taken from Victoria there is more to…

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Otago Gold Stampede to Field. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 5

The news of the gold discovery in Otago has caused a stampede to peg out claims in the vicinity. Already four miles of the Kawarrau River frontage…

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