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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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After Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

Mr. A. Wade, Of Wauchope, with a party of friends, is down to spend a month camping at Nobby's. During this time the opportunity will be…

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Our Serial Story. "The Gold Magnet." Chapter Xxix (Continued)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 5

As Claude pulled up they heard the cry again, and Silvia opening the door, sprang out. "Look," she cried in dismay…

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Down and Up the Magic Yukon. in the Wake of the Gold Seekers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

A fascinating article on a trip up the waterway of the Frozen North is explained by Frederick Niven to "The Sphere." From Vancouver, the…

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Dover Patrol Sweeping Up Mines [?] Story

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 4

Mr. Ch[?]hill's inaccuracy when writing on naval matter is fast becoming chronic. He states that I laid a barrage from the Goodwins to the Belgian…

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Our Serial Story. " The Gold Magnet." Chapter Xxxii.—getting Ready

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 6

Jack Trant came to Silvia where she was sitting on a boulder by the little stream which tinkled past Powder Mills Farm. It was Saturday…

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Our Serial Story. "The Gold Magnet. Chapter Xxxiv (continued)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 6

"We shall have to can absolutely trust the Trants, but all the same it would not be fair to lake Bruce into the rami for every house within miles…

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Our Serial Story. "The Gold Magnet". Chapter Xxxvii.—disaster

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

Silvia lay quiet as a hare in its forme until the great bulky figure had passed and the sound of his footsteps died. Then she rose and ran for…

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Gold Ingots Dropped. Many Embedded at Bottom of Sea

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 11

While the transatlantic liner Berengaria was unloading Cherbourg this week £4,800,000 in gold, consigned to the Bank of France, the crane…

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Rush for Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

The "Evening Standard" (London) says that the rush to sell gold is developing into a wide-spread industry. Buyers throughout the…

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Inquest. on Death at Valla Mines

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 5

The Bellingen District Coroner, Mr. James S. White, at the Bellingen Police Court, on Tuesday of last week, conducted an inquiry…

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Stick to Gold. British Bankers Watch the Dollar

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 4

The opinion expressed by Sir Henry Strakosch, the economist, that the abandonment of the gold standard is not to be deplored, is not…

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That Gold Standard

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

We are fortunate in having a remarkable article on the subject of gold production (writes Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of "The Review of…

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Pirate's Gold—poor Fisherman's Discovery

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

A Nassau (Bahamas) message states that the police have reported that Gerald Fitzgerald, a poverty-stricken fisherman, found five bars…

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Current Topics Rich Gold Yield—craven Creek Crushing

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

Bartlett and party, of Craven Creek, has cleaned up a crushing of 3½ tons of ores for the exceptionally high yield of 52ozs. 2dwts. of…

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Mt. Wandoo Gold-helds. Amazing Riches

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 1

Further particulars regarding the discovery of gold, silver, and copper at Mt. Wandoo, near Mungana, state that the lode is approximately 200ft…

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World's Deepest Mine

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 4

The turf shaft of the Village Deep mine, Johannesburg, has. with its incline shaft extension, reached the record depth of 7520 feet from the…

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Mr. Everyman's Gold Spoons

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 7

Would you like a gold dinner service or, rather, one that looks like gold? If so, it will not be long before you can buy it Just as cheaply as the…

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"For East is East - - -" a Tale of the Goldfields

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 6

A vivid description of that beautiful talkie picture, "The Yellow Pass," which may shortly visit Macksville, given to me by a lady friend…

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"This World of Mine."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 6

(Dedicated to E. Breakwell, Esq., State Director of School Agriculture, and written for the "Richmond River Herald" by P. G. Hamilton Foster.)…

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Tons of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 2

More than three tons of old gold have been received at the Royal Mint at Melbourne for melting down since the beginning of the year, and it is…

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