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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Oil From Brown Coal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 2

The possibility of extracting oil from brown coal by hydrogenation is not being neglected by the Victorian Electricity Commission. Dr. H…

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Gold in the West

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 4

The President-General, of the Methodist Church of Australia (Rev. A. J. Barclay) in his remarks acknowledging the civic welcome extended to him in…

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"Flaming Gold" Oil Wells and Romance

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 8

Ever since man started to prospect for oil there has been considerable romance and adventure. The prize is so well worth winning that often the…

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River Pollution Caused By Tin Mines Mr. Henry's Inspection Remedy to Be Sought

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 November 1935 · page 4

As a result of an inspection of the mining areas at the head of the Mann River, Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., agrees that the soil from the tin…

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Napoleonic Gold Coin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1935 · page 4

A gold coin, of the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, of France, is in the possession of Mr. A. Ashton, of Cardiff. The coin, which is in perfect order, has an…

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Gold Dredging Landholder's Complaint

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 November 1935 · page 11

"Dredging operations for gold under existing conditions 'are destroying a national asset, besides being grossly unfair to numbers of individual…

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Queensland Gold 25 Per Cent. Production Increase. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1935 · page 5

Queensland's gold production during 1934 was 25 per cent, higher than in the previous year. This is revealed in the annual report of the mining…

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Rowdy Meetings British Elections Faction Fight In London Miners Heckle Macdonald London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1935 · page 5

The police were called into a meeting addressed by Mr. Neville Chamberlain in North London. The blind chairman (Sir Ian Fraser) used the…

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Gold Washing Machine

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 4

Recently the District Inspector of Mines, Mr. J. W. Salter, witnessed a demonstration of the Millington gold washing machine which Messrs…

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Petrol for Italy on Gold Payments Only. Bucharest

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 5

M. Osiceanu, president of the Roumanian Petroleum Industry Association, informed the Minister of Finance to-day that further exports of…

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Coal Petrol Big British Plant

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 6

The recent official opening of the Imperial Chemical Industries big plant in England for the production of petrol from coal, marks an…

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Mechanisation Is There a Coal Shortage? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 November 1935 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) told Mr. Hamilton Knight (Lab., Hartley) that he would not recommend the appointment of a Select…

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Ray of Hope Seen Over Tin Mines Report From Siam. Singapore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 November 1935 · page 5

Hopes in the Kingsford Smith search were buoyed up to-day with a message from Takuapa, in Siam, that a 'plane was seen flying in that…

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Small Man's Field Tennant's Creek Gold. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 November 1935 · page 1

"I do not expect any of the mines I visited ever to become producers of large tonnages, nor have 'I seen any thing here suitable for large company…

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Italian Gold Decree. Rome

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 November 1935 · page 5

A stringent official decree establishes a Government monopoly of the purchase of gold in all forms from abroad. All gold manufacturers will require a…

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Strike Threat in British Coal Industry. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 November 1935 · page 5

The situation in me coal industry is becoming more dangerous every day. Barnsley (Yorkshire) miners have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a…

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Strike Ballot British Coal Miners Demand Wages Increase Huge Majority. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 5

By 409,351 votes to 29,215 in a national ballot, members of the Mine Workers' Federation have authorised the Executive Committee to…

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From Churches Gold Offerings to Govt. Rome

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 November 1935 · page 5

Monsignor Filippi, Archbishop of Monreale, Sicily, has devised a plan for assisting the Italian Government loan. He has circularised priests in…

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Buried in Mine Prospector's Ordeal rescued by blacks. Mt. Isa

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 3

To be buried in a shaft 15 feet deep, with only his head and one hand, which was broken at the wrist, free, for 35 hours, and no, known inhabitant…

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Gold Haemorrhage U.S.A. Bleeding France. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1935 · page 5

What Bourse circles describe as "gold haemorrhage" continues, four million pounds worth being shipped to the United States yesterday…

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