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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

132 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 7

Boy Settler Prospects for Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 4

"Better than the dole," is the expression used by a British boy settler who has lost his job on a farm and turned his attention to…

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Cubing a Gold. Remedies Galore from Every Friend You Meet

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 7

It started yesterday morning. I woke up feeling as tbough my bead were full of hot coals, and' that sparks were coming out of my eyes. I felt…

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Britain Abandons Gold Standard Foreign Withdrawals London

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 2

A momentous decision has been taken by the British Government. In order to meet the critical financial situation caused by the withdrawal…

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Gold Standard Suspended. by British Government

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 2

A momentous decision has been taken by the British Government. In order to meet the critical financial situation caused by the withdrawal of foreign…

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Interest Bill Effect of Retreat From Gold 25 Per Cent. Off. Melbourne

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 2

"England's action in abandoning the gold standard will relieve the very real burden of Australia's interest obligations," declared the…

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Mine Fatality. Death of Mr. J. S. Freeman

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 2

A lamentable accident occurred at the Valla Mines on Tuesday last, at 1.30 in the afternoon, when a large stone, weighing about a…

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Accidental Death Coroner's Verdict on Valla Mine Fatality

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 2

The Bellinger District Coroner, Mr. James S. White, opened an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of James Stanley…

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Worth Over £6,000 Death in Mining Camp of "Destitute."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

Although believed to have assets in land and "money in New South Wales and Queensland worth more than £6000, James McDonald (66),…

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Trouble at Lithgow Colliery

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 2

It was stated at a public meeting at Lithgow that the Tyldesley Colliery, which is being worked contrary to the wishes of the Western Miners'…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Tuesday. Gold Standard Abandoned

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 2

Capetown: Northern Rhodesin, Southern Rhodesoa, and Nyassaland have alrandoned the gold staidard. Primary producers continue to press the South…

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Gold Mining Promising New Field Located

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

A new gold find on Lame Cow Creek, about five or six miles from Copeland, and about the same distance from Rawdon Vale, was made…

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The Gold Standard

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 5

The sensation of the past fortnight has been the abandonment by Britain of the gold standard, and incidentally a great trade revival…

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Mine Tragedy Recalled "Jumping" Sequel Queensland Adventure

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

Mount Coolon, in North Queensland, where tragedy stalked in the early days of its development, will be taken over in a few days by a…

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Gold Mining. Promising New Field

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 3

A new gold lind on Lame Cow creek, about five or six miles from Copeland, and about the same distance from Rawdon Vale. was made known on…

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The Coal Industry

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 3

If a substantial reduction in the price of coal were made, there would be little or no case for imposing duties on wire and other products of the iron and…

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Important Gold Discovery at Copeland

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

The discovery by Messrs. Rudkin and Webber Bros. of a 5ft. wide gold-bearing reef at Copeland, near Gloucester, is reported. Some roughly…

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Romance of C.O.R. From Gold to Oil. Gusher in Temple of Solomon

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

The chief actor in the series of events which led to the establishment of the Commonwealth Oil Refineries was William Knox D'Arcy, whom…

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Gloucester Colliery

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 2

Mr. G. H. W. Martin wishes it to be made known that the advertisement in relation to the Gloucester Coal Mining Company (in liquidation)…

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Australian Gold Prospectors' Handbook

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 3

Gold production, as an outlet for Australia's unemployed, is assuming greater importance every day. After the last great depression 100,000 men…

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Gold Mining

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 6

At Kempsey Warden's Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Oram, P.M., Clem Ritchie applied for authority to enter Mr. Mat. Eakin's property at…

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