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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

201 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 11

Country Edition Telegrams. the Labour Party Split. Reported Efforts to Defeat Scullin Government. The A.W.U. and Miners' Federation Endeavouring to Effect Reconciliation. Mr. Theodore on New State Labour Party. CANBERRA, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 1

It is reported that Mr. Lang's supporters in the House of Representatives intend to take steps to bring about the defeat of the Government…

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Gold Recovery Process. May Release Many Millions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 4

It is estimated that gold to the value of more than £100,000,000 is locked up in the antimonial ores of the Murchison Range in the…

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Gold Hoarding France, the States and Great Britain Accused

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 12

MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON, British Secretary for Foreign Affairs, states, with reference to the proposed Customs Union between Germany and…

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The Mining Industry Prospects of a Revival

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 3

Men search for gold ent[?]y when the more comfortable means of earning a ivellhood fail them. This driving force has [?] to the…

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Sells Coal by the Ounce

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 34

There is a miner employed at Normanton, Yorkshire, at the Don Pedro pit, who is obtaining as much as five dollars an ounce for coal. He is Mr…

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Victoria's Gold—nearly 2,500 Tons

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 33

It is calculated by officials of the Mines department that the value of the gold, known to have been won in Victoria to the end of 1930 was £303…

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Victoria's Gold Yield

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1

It is calculated by officials of the Mines Department that the value of the gold known to have been won in Victoria in the end of 1930 was…

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Mr. Scullin on Finance. Gold Must be Shipped. CANBERRA, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 3

Mr. Scullin, speaking at Canberra, announced that Australia would default in nine weeks if gold was not shipped to London at once. He said…

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Gold Seeker's Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

The Government Resident of Central Australia has advised the Minister for Home Affairs that the body of Mr. L. H. Lasseter had been found at Shaw…

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Gold at Gundagai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 7

On Saturday manager Harry Kenny gave the shareholders a pleasant surprise when he brought to Guudagai a huge stone impregnated with gold…

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Mining at Corowa a Golden Opportunity

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

In October,1892 an article from the pen of Mr. T.H. Harris, of Rutherglen (father of Dr. J, R, Harris M.L.C.) appeared in these…

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Strange Miners' Disease at Lithgow. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

A deputation told the Minister for Health (Mr. McGirr) that a number of miners in Lithgow, particularly in the State Coal Mine, had been…

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Pocket of Gold W.a. Prospector's Luck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 11

Mr. Irving, who has been prospecting at Goongarrie, about 90 miles north of Kalgoorlie (W.A.) for some time, lodged 600oz. of gold in a…

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Gold at Chiltern a Promising Discovery 20 to 30 Ozs. Expected

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1931 · page 1

At Chiltern on Thursday last there were on view some very rich specimens of gold-bearing stone taken form Messrs. Mellor…

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Taking A. Gold Bath

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 22

The use of an ice-cold bath all the year round it not advisable; the shock to the nervous system resulting from entering icy water on a winter's…

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Rich Gold Find in W.a

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 11

A message from Southern Cross (W.A.) says that the gold find reported on Pearce's ground on the town site, about 100 yards from Pearees' Palace…

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The Proposed Gold Shipments. The Senate Rejects the Bill. CANBERRA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 3

The debate on the second reading of the Commonwealth Bank Bill, which sought to give the Government power to ship gold reserves overseas,…

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Mr. Lang at Brisbane. Views on Gold Standard. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 2

Interviewed to-day, Mr. Lang said that time was proving his plan was a right one. Economic experts agreed that the gold standard had failed and…

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Mining at Redlands

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 2

For some weeks past work has been going on at Redlands by different parties, in the expectation of striking reefs. One syndicate is…

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High Finance a Plea to Liberate the Gold New Standards Sought

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 15

ON the 11th. December, 1930, I made certain recommendations to the British authorities through His Excellency Lord Somers, the chief point…

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