Gold Buyer Fined Big Trade in Precious Metal. Melbourne
An enormous trade in sovereigns and old gold was disclosed in a case at the District Court to-day when Arthur Calender jeweller, was charged with a breach…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1932
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Mining Record Battery Locomotive Used
In a report, issued recently in England by the Secretory of Mines, attention was drawn to the large number of accidents which occurred, during haulage operations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Trains Raided Seventeen Men Arrested. Newcastle
The police and railway oflicials, who raided coal trains near Newcastle last night, arrested 17 men who subsequently were charged with trespassing on railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Coal Shipment
The biggest shipment of coal for many months was made from Newcastle last week by the steamer Narbada, which sailed for Macassar (Straits Settlements)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Safe Blown £100 in Notes and Gold Stolen. Newcastle
Thieves broke into the bar of the Denman hotel, Abermain, between Saturday night and yesterday morning. They removed the safe to the main tunnel of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Razor Slashers Mining Expert Attacked at Home. Melbourne
The home of William Bradford, milling expert, at Ballarat, was broken into by two men, who attacked Bradford and demanded money. One of the intruders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Strike Near Armidale
Cook Bros., working at Baker's Creek, have made another rich gold strike, from which big yields are anticipated. The reef assays approximately 10oz. to the ton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bulolo Goldfield Miners Want Protection. Sydney
Mr. C. Hawkes, who returned to Sydney last night from Rabaul, said they must have protection if any more gold was to be won on the Bulolo field. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worth 376 Sovereigns in Paris Rush to Sell Gold
A London message Says there is an increasing rush to sell gold, owing to the rise in price, and dealers are offering 376 for a sovereign. One firm of bullion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rich Gold Find Discovery in Queensland High Value Assays. Mareeba
As a result of concentrated exploration and thorough prospecting, Mr. Alexander Macdonald has discovered at Mt. Wandoo, 10 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine or Buoy? Floating Object Seen. Brisbane
A floating object resembling a mine has been reported by some fishermen in the Vicinity of Elison a Reef, off North Barnard Island, near Mourilyan, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Closing Down Diamond Mines in Africa. Capetown
The economic crisis has been accentuated by the closing down of the De Beers diamond workings, on which the town of Kimberley is solely dependent,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gas Profits Increase by Treatment of Coal. Wagga
The report supplied by the municipal engineer (Mr. Chaston) on municipal council business undertakings revealed that, although sales of gas fell during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Synthetic Petrol From Bananas and Coal
Banana growers! Here's another scheme that would help to keep up the price of your product It's petrol from bananas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ancient Treasure Found by Poor Fisherman Five Bars of Gold. Nassau, (Bahamas)
The police have reported that Gerald Fitzgerald, a poverty-stricken fisherman, found five bars of gold valued at £12,000 in the rocks beneath a wild plum tree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000 in the Mud Gold Ingots Lost Overboard Paris
A mishap at the Cherbourg docks is likely to prove very expensive. When 420 boxes of gold from New York were being unloaded from the Berengaria, the chain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The World's Gold U.S. and France Hold 66 Per Cent. Washington
The Federal Reserve Bank announced that the gold holdings in the U.S.A. declined perceptibly since August. The United States now holds 4,007,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poison Gas Valla Mines Victim Result of Coroner's Inquiry. Bellingen
The District Coroner, Mr. James for White, at the Bellingen police court; conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death, at the Bellinger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Withdrawn Gold Railway Passes From Five Senators-elect. Canberra
The free gold railway passes that were issued after the elections to five candidates who were elected to the Senate, but who will not take their scats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Poison Gas Death at Valla Mines
That Richard Cedric Shepherd died from the effects of poison gas known as arseniuretted hydrogen, accidentally inhaled at the Valla Mines on…
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