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Mining & the mines, 1932

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"Merino Wool As Good As Gold."

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 4

Mr. James Clark, a prominent Queensland pastoralist, has suggested that at the Ottawa conference Australia and South Africa should…

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Miners' Dispute Settled Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 4

The miners dispute in West Australia has been settled, and the men have resumed work. The Senate amended the Insnranee…

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Miners' Dispute Satisfactorily Settled PERTH

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 1

The miners' dispute in West Australia has been settled, and the men have resumed work…

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Gold Mining Fifty Men Employed at Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

Gold mining is still proving a profitable undertaking In the Ar mldaie district. Four dredges employing nearly 50…

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Sunken Gold Echo of Nelson's Victory

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

An attempt to salvage gold valued at £600,000 aboard the Orient one of the French ships sunk by Lord Nelson at Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the…

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Gold Mining in Queensland

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 2

The latest hope of gold mining in Queensland is a discovery some eight or nine miles from Mungana, a name familiar in connection with…

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Gold Reserve Mr. Scullin's View Should be Made CANBERRA

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 5

"The prime purpose of a national gold reserve is to provide in times of prosperity a reserve to meet national…

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Gold Seized N.Z. Action Wellington, (N.z.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 1

Custom officers took possession of more than £100 worth of gold coins from passengers on the steamer Marella. Prior to departure for Sydney…

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Australian Cave of Gold

The Uralla Times · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

Central Australia is about to be explored by Dr. Herbert Basedow, of England, who has already done much exploring in Australia in search of…

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Strike at Broken Hill Miners Dispute Extends Shorter Shift Wanted Broken Hill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

At a meeting of the Miners' Union yesterday it was decided that all members of the union employed on work connected with the new shaft at…

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Coal-burning Mail Ships

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 2

A notable feature of the shipping business at Port Melbourne last Tuesday morning was the berthing at Station Pier of the two last coalburning…

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World's Deepest Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 2

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

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 6

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

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Sterling Up; Gold Down Foreign Dealings Speculative Activity london

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 1

In dealings in sterling on the foreign exchange, market appreciation continued and the rate…

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The Lure of Gold Prospecting in Armidale District Mining Warden Kept Busy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

The high prices being paid for gold have been responsible for a remarkable revival of mining activity in the Armidale district…

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Mining at Copeton

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

The Birch Tin Extended Limited, who for some time had suspended sluicing operations at their plant at Copeton, have decided to make…

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No Better Basis Than Gold British View Managed Currency Not a Permanent Policy London

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 1

"Sooner or later we must link the currency to a metallic basis for which there is no better basis than gold," declared the…

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Gold and Ivory

The Uralla Times · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 4

"What is 'frozen capital'?" asked the small boy, looking very scholarly and diminutive behind the wide sheets of the newspaper. "Frozen capital," I…

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Eviction Problem. Meeting of Miners General Strike Threatened Kurri Kurri

The Inverell Times · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 1

The Eviction Committee has decided to adopt drastic measures if' the Government did not intervene in an eviction case in town by paying rent…

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MINING Armidale District Activities Operations at Baker's Creek

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 4

Considerable mining activity continues in the Armidale district. It is reported that Messrs. Cook…

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