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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Mungana Mines Case Verdict for Defendants

Manilla Express · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 4

The Mungana Mines Case has drawn to a close; startling facts have been revealed. The jury, after being locked up…

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Stabilisation of Gold

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 1

Dr. Busing, German Consul-General in Australia for the past five years, when leaving Sydney last week expressed his conviction that because…

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Miners Condemn Govt. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 1

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

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Mining Silver (To the Editor)

North West Champion · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 3

Sir,— "Pess[?]st" takes a very nice point in his letter on the above matter, and if the question were one of private…

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Drastic Steps Britain Off Gold Standard Momentous Decision in England. London

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 1

"Dunk rate 6 per cent, Britain, off gold standard" were momentous tidings briefly ticked out on the tape machines early on…

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Mine That Yielded £18,000,000

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 September 1931 · page 2

In support of the claim that the Great Boulder Proprietary's gold mine is Australia's wonder mine it is stated that the original capital of…

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The Gold Standard

Manilla Express · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 4

The course of the war, the Cunliffe Committee reported in 1918 brought influences into play in consequence of which the gold…

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Gold Standard and Politics

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 2

The suspension of the gold standard has been proclaimed by some as the break down of capitalist industry. Rather was it intimately associated…

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Gold Standard and Party Politics

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 3

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

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Off the Gold Standard

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 2

The sensation of past weeks has been the abandonment by Britain of the gold standard, and incidentally a great trade revival throughout the…

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"Hold Everything." the Laugh Sensation of the Year. All-Talking, All-Singing, All-Dancing, All-Technicolor. Successor to "Gold Diggers of Broadway." October 26th & 27th

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 3

In "Held Everything," a Vitaphone all-color musical comedy, which literally "has everything," and which will be screened at the Lyceum Theatre on…

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Mine Explosion Ten Bodies Recovered. LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 1

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

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Mine Disaster Forty-Two Dead LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 1

Forty-two are dead and seven I missing, besides many others critically injured and expeoted to die, as the result of an explosion at Bentley…

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Gold at Bingara

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 December 1931 · page 3

A rich discovery of gold is reported from Upper Bingara, 15 miles from the township of Bingara. John Ward, miner, who has been…

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U.S.A. off Gold Standard

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 3

Rumors are persistent that the United States will be the next nation to abandon the gold standard…

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DEMANDED £30,000 in Gold Stockholm

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 1

The smart financer, Mr. Jenseen, caught tho Sweedish Legislative napping, when he arrived at Richsbank, with bags of silver…

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