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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold! Gold! Opportunity for Exploitation in Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

A few days ago a representative of a gold mining syndicate in Corowa was asked officially what actual return had been received from mining…

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Gold in New Guinea. Natives' Wages. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

About three thousand natives now working in the gold mining areas of Eulolo, New Guinea, are being paid 10s. per month…

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The Gold Bounty. Canberra

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

It is understood that several of the Federal Ministers favour the suspension of the gold bounty…

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Entombed Miners Rescued. After Six Days. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

Working against hope, the rescuers in the Karsten colliery, where 14 men were entombed on last Tuesday, were astounded to-day to hear faint…

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The Gold Pass and Politics

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 3

A feature of the declaration of the poll of the Oxley (Queensland) division on Thursday, was the fine spirit shown in the hour of his defeat by…

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Gold and Misery

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 4

In the 'nineties there were a dozen Australian mushroom banks which presently withered with the first onset of adverse conditions…

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A Miners' Lodge. Refuses Oder to Strike. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 3

The Elrington miners lodge refused to accept the instruction of the Miners' Central Council to cease work in sympathy with the Newcastle…

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The Elrington Miners. Refuse to Cease Work. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

A large meeting of the Elrington miners' lodge decided, by a over- whelming majority to resist the Miners' Central Council orders to…

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Moonta Mines Closing. Further Unemployed. ADELAIDE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 3

The Moonta mines, South Australia, are expected to close down on Saturday, as the result of a decision of the Federal Government in…

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Four Hours' Truce Mine Fields Being Laid. Shanghai

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 2

The Chinese and Japanese to-day agreed to a four hours' truce to allow a large number of refugees to be evacuated from the war area…

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Gold Standard an Historical Survey

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 3

"Upon the recurrence to a metallic currency and consequent reduction of prices to a corresponding extent, the distress and suffering…

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Gold Ingots Fall Into Sea

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

A mishap at the Cherbourg docks may prove very expensive. When 426 boxes of gold ingots were being unloaded from the liner Ber[?]ngaria, a…

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Gold Standard

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

In a recent issue of the "Corowa Free Press" there was published an historical review of the gold standard by the present writer. The…

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Commonwealth Bank's Gold. Suggestion to Sell It. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

It is suggested by Mr. Scullin, that the Commonwealth Bank's gold reserve should be converted into short term credits, in London. He added…

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Prospecting for Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 1

"Seek, and ye shall find" should be the slogan of all those people who go prospecting for gold. It is remarkable how well hundreds of…

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Largest Gold Nugget Story of the Kingower Discovery

The Independent · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 3

IN this age when the depression lias forced, many of our unemployed to turn to gold prospecting for a means of existence, and in view of…

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Gold Standard Unchanged Contrary Comment Can Be Dismissed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 1

Along with the raft of speeches and utterances upon gold "hoarding" may be dismissed the comments describing the gold…

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World’s Deepest Mine

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

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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Hottest in the World Tin Mines of Malay

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

Stretched up and down Mataya, from Siam to within a few miles of the equator, are the hottest mines in the world; they are the tin mines of the…

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Albury Gold Cup Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 2

The attention of owners and trainers is drawn to the advt. in this issue of the Albury Gold cup meeting, nominations for which close on…

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