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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold From India £2,737,000 Shipped to England. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 5

A steady export of gold from India continues. The steamer Rawalpindi left Bombay at the week-end with a cargo of bullion to the value of £2,737,000…

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Miners Defy Council Coal for B.H.P. Ships. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 5

A meeting of miners employed at John Darling colliery to-day decided to defy the order of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which directed that…

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Water Versus Coal Power For Electricity the Nymboida Undertaking Proposed Extensions North And South Evidence Before Special Loan Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 3

That electricity night be produced more economically by means of coal power than by the hydro-electric system when operates at Nymboida was a strong point of the evidence tendered yesterday by Moonem advocates when the inquiry was continued at the Grafton Town Hall into the £191,000 loan…

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Miners Cease Work. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

At a pit top meeting to-day the miners employed at the John Darling colliery reversed yesterday's decision and decided to cease work. The men returned to their…

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Gold Bounty. Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

A meeting held at Kalgoorlie last night strongly protested against the reported intention of the Federal Government to suspend payments under the Gold Bounty…

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Gold Near Delegate Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

A unreel of two tons of ore from the Baby Endeavor mine, Delegate, returned 52 ounces of gold. it is believed the field will ultimately' prove very rich…

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Here and There. Gold Bonus to Go?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 3

Said that the gold bonus, which cost Australia £800,000 in 1931, may go. When the bonus was put in operation gold was worth only £4/5 per ounce…

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Will Not Cease Work Decision of Elrington Miners Central Council's Instructions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

A Newcastle message states that the Elrington Miners' Lodge decided last night to refuse to accept, the instruction of the Minors' Central Council to cease…

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Will Work Mine Miners Defy Executive. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 3

A large meeting of E[?]rington Mimers Lodge decided overwhelmingly to resist the Miners' Central Council orders to cease work at the Broken Proprietary…

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FINANCIAL Warfare With Gold a Critical Survey France's New Weapon

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 7

A writer in the London "Spectaator" toward the close of 1929, hinted that France was making extensive use of the power given her…

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Colliery Explosion Four Killed, Six Missing. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 5

Four were killed and six are missing as the result of an explosion in Llwynypia colliery, in the Rhondda Valley…

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Mine Explosion Ten Bodies Recovered Fourteen Gassed Miners Rescued. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 5

Rescue parties, including doctors and a member of the House of Commons, Mr. Will John, worked throughout the night at Llwynpla mine and recovered ten bodies…

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Richmond River Coal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

A test is at present being carried out at the Casino Gas Works with a quantity of coal obtained from! Sextonville. The results so far have been fairly…

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Drake Mining. Revival on Field Machinery Arrives

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 7

The mining interests at Drake will receive a considerable fillip when the first units of an elaborate mining plant for the Argentine Gold Mining Company, Ltd.,…

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France's Gold 'No Deep Laid Scheme' Another Explanation the Ordinary Trade Way

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 3

France's war with gold is told by Mr. Paul Einzig in his latest work, " Behind the Scenes in International Finance."…

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Value of Gold Arts and Coinage Financial Co-operation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

The history of gold and its use from earliest times for industrial and decorative purposes was touched upon briefly by Profesor H. Alcock,…

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Gold Shipments India's Hoard Released. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 5

The "Evening Standard says mat during the past four months India shipped £33,774,000 worth of gold to England. This had been subsequently transhipped…

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Explosion in Mine Belgian Miners Trapped. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 5

A message from Charleroi (Belgium) stotes that owing to fire–damp at a level of 3780 feet, in a coal mine at Bois Longpre. Five miners were seriously and…

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Gold Production. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 7

The production of native gold in New South Wales for the year 1931 is officially estimated at 19,673 ounces fine valued at £85,565, compared will 12,493…

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Gift of Gold to Commonwealth Treasury Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 1

Following the example of many British residents who, according to cables, have made gifts of money and jewellery to the British Treasury, a Queensland resident…

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