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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold Bounty Payments Precious Metal Now Worth £619. CANBERRA

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 1

The Minister for Customs, Mr. Gullett, stated to-day that payments are now being made on gold produced in 1931. The year's production showed an increase of…

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Change Over? Gold To Sterling Basis C'wealth Bank Act Important Amending Bill Assistant Treasurer's Speech Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 5

In the House of Representatives to-day, the Assistant Treasurer, Mr. Bruce, in his second reading speech on the Bill to amend the…

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Blue and Gold Ball C.W.A. Annual Event Strikingly Pretty Function

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 2

The Dorrigo branch of the C.W.A. held its annual Blue and Gold Ball, the first big social event of the season in our midst, in the Memorial Hall…

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C,r, Gold Mining Co. Manager's Report

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 4

At a meeting of the Clarence River Gold Mining and Prospecting Company (no liability), Mr. W. J. Mulligan, manager, presented his progress report, as…

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Peru Abandons Gold Standard. Lima (Peru)

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 4

Peru has abandoned the gold standard for what is described as "a temporary period;"…

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N.Z. Affairs Threat of Coal Hold-up Tramway Strike Settlement. Christchurch

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 5

Of 117 volunteers who carried on the tramway service during the strike, 60 will be retained in permanent employment and the remainder of the staff will…

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Murder? Body in Mine Shaft Old-age Pensioner. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 4

Detectives have gone to Laverton to investigate the death of Thomas Wall, an old-age pensioner, whose body was found in a 90ft. shaft on Sunday…

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Gold Standard Westminster Bank 'Review London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

The Westminster Bank review, discussing the world's financial problems, says our return to the gold Standard, sooner or later, is morally certain, but only on…

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Store Raided N.Z. Mining Township Mob of Unemployed Carried Away Groceries. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 5

A mob of unemployed raided a store at the mining township of Huntly this afternoon and seized all the foodstuffs they could carry away…

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Gold at Hillgrove

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 2

Sixteen tons of stone yielded 100ozs. gold in Cook's show at Hillgrove. It is still proving a real gold mine, says a message in an exchange. A crushing of 10…

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Mine Surveyor Killed. Port Kembla

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 2

A surveyor at Port, Kembla mine Mr. M. K. Jarvie, met his death this morning. when he was run down by a skip loaded with coal…

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Five Killed Explosion in Mine. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 5

Five colliers were killed in an explosion in the Shining Gutter mine, near Bakewell, Derbyshire. Three members of a rescue party, including the mine's…

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Over a Million Gold Won in New Guinea. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 2

Information given Mr. Rosevear. by tho Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, showed that since New Guinea became a mandated territory gold to the value of £1,149,333…

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Great Boulder Mine to Be Worked Again. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

Considerable importance is attached to the revival of operations at the Great Boulder mine, where a new lode has been struck at the 1650 level…

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Monetary Gold United States Heavy Losses. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

The United States lost roughly one hundred million dollars in monetary gold I during the past ten days, the largest outflow since last autumn, whe the…

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Gold Mine Reopening. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 5

The General Secretary of the U.C.P. (Col. Munro) to-day received a telegram from the secretary of the Graziers' Association at Cobar stating that as a…

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Johannesburg Mine Epic

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 4

South Africa is thrilled by the magnificent heroism of a European and native rescue party after a mine accident. For 72 hours the party had been working…

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Gold Production Increase

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1932 · page 1

The Australian gold production for the quarter ended March 31 is estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician's Department at 156,119 fine ounces, compared…

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Child's Body Found in Mine. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1932 · page 5

The body of Frank Sexton, 8 years, for whom hundreds of civilians and police have been searching for some days, was found at the bottom of the Star of the…

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Gold in Main Street. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1932 · page 3

Three men who are working a claim in the main street of Wedderburn unearthed a five ounce nugget of gold. A party working nearby is also…

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