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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Coal Bill. a Step Nearer Tyranny

The Uralla Times · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 3

Coal is the source, of heat and power. It makes both industry and transport possible. It is not surprising that the autocrats of the Trades Hall should endeavor…

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Indignant Miners Condemn Government Failed in Policy SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 1

An aggregate meeting of miners and unemployed at Wollongong yesterday condemned the Government for its failure to carry out its pre-election…

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Gold-wining Leases Applications Granted

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 3

According to the latest Government Gazette, leases for gold-mining have been granted to the following district applicants. The date of the…

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Gold Find

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 4

A rich gold find is reported from Tweedale, 20 miles from Adelaide, and numerous claims have been pegged out…

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Fight to Save Economic Collapse. "Mr. Ramsay MacDonald Tells the Inner Story. Tremendous Drain on Bank of England Gold. Prime Minister's Sarcastic lilt at Mr. Henderson. Taxation and Economies Forecasted by The King. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 1

Considerable interest was displayed in Parliament Square after lunch as members of Parliament arrived for the emergency session. A particularly warm greeting was given Mr. MacDonald…

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Miners' Institute Effecting Economies the Financial Position

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 6

There was a full attendance, of committeemen at the monthly meeting of the V.C. Minors' Institute held on August 11. The secretary…

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Price of Gold. Local Prospector's Queries. Bounty Payable to Registered Diggers

The Uralla Times · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

Mr. V. C. Thompson, M.H.R., made inquiries of the Minister for Customs following up queries by a local prospector affecting the price of gold…

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Gold Find

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 4

A rich gold find is reported from Tweedale, 20 miles from Adelaide, and numerous claims have been pegged out…

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From Coal New Motor Spirit Remarkable Claims at Newcastle

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Saturday Remarkable claims are made by A. F. Lyon and G. Lyon for a new…

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Railway Construction Glen Innes-Inverell Link Mining Energy Refreshed Sinking a Foot a Week MINING

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 2

The recent downpour of rain has infused fresh energy into mining throughout the district. Heaps of washed dirt which had been…

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Even Road Pegged Rush to New Goldfield

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 3

Every available acre of land, including the roadway, has been pegged out in the Tweedvale Hills, South Australia, where gold has been found…

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Tin and Gold Meat and Wheat. Merinos and Crossbreds Producers' Wasted Energy

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 8

If some fastidious old fossicker were to be seen working in a gold mine and throwing aside the grains of gold he produced, carefully retaining the tin only, he would be looked upon as simple; we would tap our…

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"Bleak and Ferocious Barbarism." Menace That Faces The World. Dangers of Continued Sterilisation of Gold Reserves. British Statesman's Grave Wanting. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 1

"Unless all countries of the world can either utilise gold for the functions it has hitherto discharged, or can device some new index of exchange, the fall of prices and the destruction of credit will reduce civilisation in a short time to…

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By Lamplight. Gold Claims Pegged Out

The Uralla Times · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 4

Every available acre of land, including roadway, has been pegged out in Tweedvale Hills (S.A.), where gold has been found. Latecomers pegged out claims by…

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Colliery to Close All Men Noticed SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 1

It has been decided to close down Hebburn Number two colliery on October 3. Hebburn is one of the largest mines on the South Maitland field…

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5000 Men To Lose Jobs. Big Colliery to Close Down. Maitland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 1

It has been decided to close down Hebburn No. 2 Colliery on October 3. Hebburn is one of the largest mines on the South Maitland field and 5000…

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On the Green. Gold Leaves Change Hands. Page and Piddington New Holders

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

The Gold Leaves, A grade challenge trophies for Wednesday players of the Armidale Bowling Club, changed hands during the…

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Summary of Yesterday's News Tariff Debate—Country Party and National party Unity —Harbor Bridge Toll—Prime Minister Disappointed—U.S.A. Trade Balance—Police and the New Guard—Tremendous War Debts—G.S.B. Depositors' Association—Sunbaking in the Nude—Colliery to Close—Wheat Growers Demand Advance—Brittannia Bank Mentioned. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 19 September 1931 · page 2

In the House of Representatives to-day when the tariff debate was resumed, duties on wire were considered, and as was the case with…

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BOWLS. Gold Bommerangs Retained, Holders Narrow Victory

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 4

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European Finance. Serious Conditions Gold Standard Suspended LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 1

"The bank rate is six per cent., Britain, off the gold standard" were momentous tidings briefly ticked out on the tape machines early on…

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