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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Coal and Shale Source Of Oil Supply Experiment Succeeds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 November 1935 · page 5

Answering Mr. Knight (Lab., Hartley) in toe Legislative Assembly the Premier (Mr. Stevens) said the experiment made in regard to the extraction…

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Price of Gold

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 November 1935 · page 2

The price of gold, including old jewellery, lodged at the Royal Mint, Melbourne, from November 18 to 22, inclusive, has been fixed by the…

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N.S.W. Gold Output Greatest Since 1931. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1935 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) stated to-day that the value of mineral production within New South Wales last year was £10,268.000, an…

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Bail Refused Ipswich Colliery Hold-up. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1935 · page 5

As a sequel to the armed hold-up at Whitwood colliery, near Ipswich, yesterday, Hugh Tite, a young married man, was charged before the Ipswich…

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MINERALS Nearly £10,800,000 Large Gold Yield

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1935 · page 1

The output of mineral production in New South Wales this year is officially estimated at nearly £10,800,000, or £500,000 more than last year…

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W.A. Gold Yield £5,000,000 IN 11 Months. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1935 · page 5

The gold production of West Australia for November was 81,952 gross ounces, equal to over 65,000 fine ounces, representing about £500,000…

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Gold Crushing Results at Moonee Mine. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 December 1935 · page 4

At a recent crushing of quartz from a newly-opened gold mine at Moonee. Mr. A. Lowery obtained a little over two ounces to the ton of stone. The…

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Bank of France Enormous Gold Withdrawals. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 December 1935 · page 5

The Bank of France during the week ending November 28 lost £45,000,000 sterling in gold withdrawals. Since December 1, however, the losses are…

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Air Transport New Guinea Goldfields "Probably As Cheap As Roads."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1935 · page 4

"In country where it is not practicable to construct roads, the gold mining industry in New Guinea would never have reached such a highly…

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State Ownership? Coal Mines In Britain Government's Proposal Explained. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 5

The Attorney-General, Sir Thomas Inskip, said in the course of the debate on the Address in Reply, in the House of Commons, to-day, that the…

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Miners' Strike Threat If Crimes Act Enforced. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 5

A meeting of miners at Newcastle carried a resolution that a general strike be declared in the mining industry, in the event of the Crimes Act…

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Explosion in Mine 16 Killed in Alberta. Coalhurst (Alberta)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 5

Sixteen miners died in an explosion, the cause of which is unknown, at the 600 feet level, in a mine of Lethbridge Collieries, Ltd…

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Coal Supplies More Trouble for Ships. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 5

An important development in the shipping strike occurred to-day when the Strike Committee, instructed members of the Seamen's Union employed…

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Two Miners Killed Buried by Fall of Earth. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 4

Two men were killed in the Lancefield mine at Laverton to-day. The men were Andrew P. Nelson (26), single, and George Redalz (35), single…

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Miners' Federation to Give Moral Support. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 5

The Consultative Committee of the Miners' Federation to-day decided to give moral support to the seamen, and strongly urge all unions not to supply…

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DECLINED Gold Output Ten Months' Figures. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 2

Although there was an increase of 3806 fine ounces in the gold production of Australia for October, compared with the corresponding month of…

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Colliery Fatality Struck by Fall of Coal. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 2

Thomas Shakespeare, 62, of Wollombi road, Gessnock, was killed this afternoon when he was struck by a fall of coal in the Cessnock No. 2 colliery. It…

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Coal Miners Threat of General Strike London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 5

The threat of a general stoppage in the British coal mines took a serious turn to-night, when miners' delegates decided to give notice, to be effective…

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ZIRCON Mining At Yamba Operations to Be Extended

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 2

The Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Company of New York, which some 12 months ago, commenced mining operations on the sand beaches at…

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LONDON Gold Mine Of Friendship How a League Is Defeating Prejudice. London, November 30

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 December 1935 · page 1

That London is becoming the most hospitable city in the world to young people is the opinion of Mr. G Noel Eade, secretary of the international…

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