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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

353 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 18

Dead Asset £10,000,000 Gold Reserve Would Earn £50,000 Month Scullin Would Ship It to London. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 4

"The prime purpose of a national gold reserve is to provide in times of prosperity a reserve to meet national requirements in times of financial…

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Mining Machinery

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

On Tuesday last a quantity of machinery, including a double-headed stamper, battery tables and oil engine, was unloaded at Briggsvale for…

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World's Deepest Mine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

The turf shaft of the Village Deep mine, Johannesburg, has with its incline shaft extension, reached the record depth of 7520 feet from the surface at…

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Hottest in the World Tin Mines of Malay

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

Stretched up and down Malaya, from Siam to within a few miles of the equator, are the hottest, mines in the world; they are the tins mines, of the Malayan…

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Broken Hill Strikes Miners and School Gleaners. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 6

A meeting of the Miners' Union at Broken Hill decided that all members of the union employed on work connected with the new shaft at North Mine be…

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Gold Specimens

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 4

Mr. C. A. Adams, of Union street, South Lismore, has returned home after several weeks prospecting in the country adjacent to the headwaters of the Clarence River…

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STERLING Phenomenal Rise 'Triumph for London' Is Gold Boom Over? London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 5

The pound stering made a remarkable rise against other leading currencies on the exchange market today. From the overnight level of…

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Sterling Still Rising Steadily Gold Prices Falling. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 5

In the early dealings in sterling in the foreign exchange market, yesterday's appreciation continued and the rate against United States dollars rose from…

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Oil Mining Machinery Question of Remission of Duty. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 4

A promise was given by the Minister for Customs, Mr. Gullett, to-day that he would consider an application by a deputation from Queensland for a remission of…

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Victorian Coal for Wallsend

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 4

A novelty at Wallsend, since those who saw it on Friday did so for the first time, is the consignment of Victorian brown coal, consisting of five tons, which has…

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Questions the Gold Reserve Adult Employees Jon Junior Wages. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 7

In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Seullin asked the Prime Minister if the Government had considered the removal of the gold reserve to London for…

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Publican Robbed Vest Pocket Picked Gold Watches Disappear Closing Time Episode at Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 6

Shortly after closing the premises of the Imperial Hotel. Grafton, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the licensee, Neve Albert Zietsch, missed from his vest…

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Gold Reef Discovered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 4

James Rose, prospector, discovered a gold reef near Hampton in the Lithgow district. It is understood the reef is 70 feet wide, and shows free gold…

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FINANCE FIGHf Onslaught On Dollar Sterling Still Rising U.S.A. to Retain Gold Standard New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 5

The somewhat tardy onslaught on the dollar started on Saturday, as a repercussion to the failure off' Congress on Thursday to approve the saies tax…

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Coal Subsidy to Go Owners and Miners Protest. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 5

It is announced that from Friday next the State Government will discontinue the payment of the 16 per ton allowance as a subsidy on coal. The owners and the…

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Head Blown Off Body Found on Mining Dump. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 5

The body of James John Egan, 60, contractor, was found near the old mining dump near Golden Square. The head had been blown off, apparently by some…

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N,z, Mine Flooded Miners Up to Their Necks. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

Torrential, rains caused the sudden flooding of the Waro coal mine, at Hikurangi. where the miners worked up to their necks in water removing valuable…

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Nugget of Gold 15 Ounce Piece Found Near Orange. Orange

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

A fifteen ounce nugget of gold was found by two prospectors at Mookerawa in an alluvial deposit. The nugget was composed practically of pure gold…

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Coal Subsidy Effect of Abolition More Unemployed and Bad for Trade. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

Sir Frederick Waley, referring to the State Government's proposal to abolish the freight concession on coal, said that any such action would probably result…

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'Prospecting for Gold' New Edition of Ion Idriess' Book an Upper Bucca Battery

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 3

The greatly increased gold yields reported by all the Mines Departments of Australia add interest to the new edition of 'Prospecting for Gold," by Ion L…

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