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Mining & the mines, 1931

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Norway and Sweden Abandon Gold Standard London, September 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 16

Norway and Sweden have suspended the gold standard. The city editor of the "Daily Telegraph" states that now that these countries are off the…

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Gold Standard Suspensions Mr. Snowden Will Avoid Inflation London, September 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 5

Answering questions in the House of Commons to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden) said that Portugal and Bolivia, in addition…

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Gold Standard and Party Politics

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 4

The suspension of the gold standard has been proclaimed by some as the breakdown of capitalist industry. Rather was it [?]…

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World Price of Gold Facilities for Producers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 12

The price of gold as it affected Australian production was the subject of comment by the Federal Treasurer, when lie indicated that an assurance…

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Gold From Germany Action to Stop Withdrawals Berlin, October 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 15

The sharp decrease of gold holdings and the withdrawal by the United States and Holland of foreign currency amounting in all to £11,750,000…

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Finland Also Abandons Gold Standard. HELSINGFORS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

Finland has abandoned the gold standard…

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The Gold Standard. South African States Abandon It. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, and Nyassaland have abandoned the gold standard. The primary producers continue to press the South…

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Off the Gold Standard

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 3

The sensation of the past fortnight has be[?]n the abandonment by Britain of the gold standard, and incidentally a great trade revival…

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Off the Gold Standard

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 4

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

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Rich Gold Find

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 11

A party of three men, A. J. .King, R. Parry, and Martin Murnane, struck a rich find of gold about three feet from the shaft of the old Specimen…

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The Origin of Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 21

Coal was not formed from plant remains washed into great shallow lakes, as has been held previously, but was made by the steady fall of loaves…

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Rhodesia and Nyassaland Off the Gold Standard Cape Town, October 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 16

North and South Rhodesia and Nyassaland to-day abandoned the gold standard. Primary producers continue to press the South African Government…

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The Gold Standard Why It Was Abandoned Caused Trade Depression Business Revival Follows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 11

THE latest sensation has been the abandonment by Britain of the gold standard, and incidentally a great trade revival throughout the United…

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Fire-damp Explosion. In a German Colliery. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

Five were killed and 18 injured in a fire-damp explosion in Mount Cems Colliery at Bochum. It is feared that about 80 miners are…

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Gold Worth £1,000,000 Found in Belgian Monastery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

It is reported from Lille that gold worth £1,000,000 has been found in an underground passage in a 10th century monastery in a…

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King Solomon's Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 45

It has remained for a group of women archaeologists to discover what science believes arc the lost mines of King Solomon. An expedition under…

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Gold-topped Pagoda

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 44

A new golden top inset with diamonds which cost more than £300,000 has been hoisted on the famous Shwe Dragon pagoda. Pilgrims from all…

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Gold Export Prohibited by Canada Ottawa, October 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 5

The Prime Minister announced to-day that Canada has taken official action to prohibit the export of gold except under licence…

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South Africa. Remains on the Gold Standard. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

The Government has reiterated its determination to remain on the gold standard, but will meet the insistent pressure on primary producers by a…

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Colliery Disaster in Scotland. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 3

The bodies of ten miners, who were killed by an explosion in the Bowhill Colliery, Fifeshire, were recovered after 24 hours' rescue work…

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