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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Royal and Gold Dance

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 4

The first Royal and Gold weekly dance will be held at the Criterion Hall to-night in connection with the Bridge Queen candidate, Miss "Tooge" Turner. Patrons…

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Coal Strike. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 6

Practically all the coal mines were idle to-day. The owners, however, do not anticipate a protracted strike…

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New Gold Reef Reported on Old Chambigne Field

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 4

Mr. R. Bale, who has been prospecting tor gold on the old Chambigne goldfield for the past six months, reports having found a nice gold reef about two feet…

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Gold Standard Rise In Price Levels Report of League Committee Guiding Principles Essential. Geneva

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 5

The return to the gold standard and the desirability of a rise in price levels, aided by the Central Banks, is advocated in the final report of the Gold Delegation…

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Head Blown Off Murder Suspected Tragedy at Victorian Mine. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 4

The strange circumstances of the death of James John Egan, 57, a contractor, whose decapitated body was found on March 22 near old mine workings at…

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Questioned Gold Phast's Running Sacked in Country. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

"The horse was backed to win £420. I told Manning that if Gold Phast did not get away too well not to knock him about, but wait till he got him together…

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New Fuel Oil and Pulverised Coal Experiment on Cunard Liner. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 5

A well-known secret was revealed when the Cunard liner, Seythia, left Liverpool for America. Some of her boilers will be fired with a specially prepared mixture…

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N Z. Coal Strike. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 2

The New Zealand Government refused the miners' request to assist in the settlement of the national coal strike, claiming the matter was one for the owners and…

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Wet or Dry? "Water Money" to Miners. Wallsend

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 5

C[?] one of the few large collieries still at work on the Newcastle field, has been thrown idle by a dispute concerning whether 29 shall be paid to a pair…

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Gold Phast Bets In The Country Q,t,c, Inquiry Explanation Accepted

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 3

The Q.T.C. stewards concluded their inquiry into the running of Gold Phast in the second division of the Club Division Handicap, which was opened at Albion…

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Will Not Join Strikers Otago Coal Miners. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1932 · page 5

Men in the Kaitangata coal mine, which is the largest in Otago and Southland, decided not to strike in sympathy with the other miners. The men in this…

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Gold for France Still Collecting From U.S.A. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1932 · page 5

The Bank of France virtually completed the withdrawal of its New York [?] to-day when the sum of 49,995,10[?] dollars in gold was set aside for the…

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Coal and Paper

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 1

At the annual meeting of Edward Lloyd. Ltd., Lord Camrose mentioned, that in their two mills, the company used approximately 300,000 tons of English coal per…

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Gold Jewellery Gold and Its Value Hints to the Public

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 6

The countries of the word to-day are feverishly, gathering old jewellery, gold ornaments, and hold coins, from a quarter dollar piece to a soveign, guineas,…

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'MONSTROUS' Rise In Gold Values Winston Churchill's Protest "Will Shatter Civilisation.'' London

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 5

Through the rise in the price of gold debtors everywhere are required to pay 70 per cent. more than a few years ago, declared Mr. Winston…

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Enough Gold for Revival of Trade Every Nation But Germany. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 5

With the possible exception of Germany every leading nation has a sufficient supply of gold bullion to enter into revived world trade when that revival…

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France's Gold Hoard Her Remarkable Position Note Circulation 100 Per Cent. Covered. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 5

The "Daily Telegraph's" financial expert says that France is now in the remarkable position of having her bank note circulation covered to the extent of…

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Found Dead in Mine

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 4

Thomas Rumbel, 50, of Cessnock, died suddenly in the depths of Aberdare Central colliery, where he was employed as a shot-firer. Death is believed to be…

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350 Wallsend Miners Will Continue "29" Strike. Wallsend

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 5

A meeting of the Wallsend miners' lodge decided by a small majority, to carry on with the "29" strike, which threw the Wallsend C pit idle more than…

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After Four Years Gold From Sunken Liner Italian Divers Rewarded Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 5

After four years' effort, the first ingots of gold have been raised from the P. and O. liner Egypt, by the dogged Italian divers…

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