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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

184 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 10

Gold Hopes a Mine Near Yass Two Prospectors

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 September 1931 · page 1

Two prospectors, Messrs. Ronald Mair and Mervyn Jackson, are in Sydney for the purpose of securing extensive plant necessary to work a…

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WORLD-FALL Commodity Prices Britain's Budget the Gold Problem London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 3

Discussion in the House of Commons to-day on the Budget resolutions was opened by Mr. Graham,…

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Is It a Bonanza? Gold! 12ozs. to Ton Crookwell Men's Strike at Tuena

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 8

The scene of valuable strikes in the past old Tucna looms up into prominence again. Messrs. Steve Fickete and Mick…

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Jack Hore Gold Cup

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 2

Junee beat Temora for the Jack Hore Gold Cup on Sunday by 32 to 2. Temora were a beaten team from the outset, and Junee just…

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For Gold Prospectors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 4

C. Barclay Smith's "Gold Prospectors' Handbook" is a timely publication which deals with every phase of gold-prospecting and is written in very…

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Gold Sales "No Fixed Price" British Proposal Cabinet Decisions LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 3

Momentous decisions were reached at special sittings of the British Cabinet, held yesterday and…

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Gold Reef Discovery at Tuena CROOKWELL

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 2

A rich discovery of gold is reported from Tuena by Messrs. Steve Fekete and Mick Berrell. A four-foot auriferous quartz reef…

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Gold Standard London Exchange Closed Mr. Snowden Introduces Bill Prince of Wales Present London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 3

The stock Exchange will remain closed to-morrow , and many business people express the opinion that it will remain closed for several days. On the Paris Exchange provisional quotations were…

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Gold Standard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 2

The suspension of the gold standard by Great Britain has come as a shock to the general community and while it is…

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Sutton Gold Claims

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 2

Other people with claims at Sutton are evidently not as optimistic as Mr. Ronald Mair, who figured in the city press recently. At the Court House…

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£5 an Ounce Price of Gold Exchange Opens London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 3

Gold is nominally quoted at £5 an ounce. The Stock Exchange was cheerful throughout the day. The outstanding…

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Gold Reef Discovery at Tuena

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 6

A rich discovery of gold is reported from Tuena by Wessrs Steve Fekete and Mick Berrell. A four-foot auriferous quartz reef has been…

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Gold Rises Exchange Down S. Africa's Luck Empire Unit London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 5

Gold is nominally quoted at £5/3/5 an ounce, which is an increase of 3/5 since yesterday The stock markets opened with…

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Gold Standard Norway and Sweden, Too London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 3

Norway and Sweden have suspended the goal standard…

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Britain's Crisis Questions in House World and Gold Standard an Eye on Speculators London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 3

The Liberal "shadow cabinet," at which Sir Herbert Samuel presided, unanimously decided to oppose an immediate election. It is understood that the party while adhering to the belief…

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Gold for Europe New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 3

Approximately 20,000 ,000 dollars of gold, the largest shipment to leave the United State in a single day in more than two years, left to-day for…

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World’s Gold Only 30,720 Tons Produced

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 4

The prospector’s dream of finding a mountain of gold will never be realised; and if it were, the effects of such a discovery, though highly…

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Election at Hand? England Waits Future of Gold Standard Germany, Italy London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Macdonald, announced in the House of Commons that he would not prorogue…

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Gold in Butter Harden Factory £1000 Distributed During July

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 1

Some years ago a butter factory was established in Harden, close to the railway station, so that cream supplies coming by rail…

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Financial Crisis Price of Gold LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 3

Gold to-day was quoted at £5/8/6 announce. Although British funds were dull several Australian were three to…

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