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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Won Gold Watch Enthusiastic Listener-in SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 9 May 1932 · page 4

Listening in to the American broadcasting station W8XAL three months ago, Keith L. Harkness, of Bellevue Hill, heard the announcement of a…

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Coal Supplies. Government Cannot Pay Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

As a result of the Railway Department failing to pay for its coal supplies nearly 200 western colliery employees are to be…

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MONEY Plea for a Simpler System the Curse of Gold London

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 7

Condemning deflation as a hideous process and the main cause of the world's troubles, Mr. Winston Churchill, former…

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Heavy Dismissals N.S.W. Coal Miners

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--The Abermain Miners' Lodge officials have been notified that 287 employees of Abermain No. 1. colliery will receive…

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Continental Markets Are Weak Gold:butter War Debts Reduction

Northern Star · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 3

Conditions on the London market during the early part of this week gave grounds for serious foreboding; all the cables that came…

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Peru Off Gold Standard Lima (Peru)

Northern Star · Monday 16 May 1932 · page 7

Peru has abandoned the gold standard for what is described as a temporary period. By special arrangements Reuter's…

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Strike Possible New Zealand Miners Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 5

There is a possibility of a serious hold-up in west coast mines following an attempt by the owners to put into operation a new set of conditions…

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Three Abos. Arrested Man's Body in Mine Shaft

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday:—Following a postmortem examination of the body of Thomas Wall, the police have taken into custody at Laverton three…

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Grocery Shop Looted Workless Miners Serious Development in New Zealand

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Thursday--A serious situation developed with dramatic suddenness this morning in the town of Huntley. A large…

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Miners Strike Trouble at Mt. Coolon

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Monday:--Industrial trouble on the Mt. Coolon field took a serious turn over the week-end, when a mass meeting of workers decided to…

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Colliery Disaster Eight Miners Killed

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday:--Five colliers were killed by an explosion in the Shining Gutter mine near Bakewell, Derbyshire. Three…

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Mine Disaster London

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 7

Five colliers were killed in an explosion in a mine near Bakewell (Derbyshire). Three members of the rescue party, including the mines…

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Mine Surveyor Killed Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 13

M. K. Jarvic, a surveyor at Port Kembla mine, met his death this morning when he was run down by a skip loaded with coal…

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Australia's Gold Production Further Big Increase

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday:-- Australia's gold production is still rising, and! the total of 595,123 fine ounces produced in 1931 will…

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Magnificent Heroism Thrills Africa Rescue of Entombed Native Miners

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 4

CAPE TOWN, Tuesday:-- South Africa is thrilled by the magnificat heroism of a European and native rescue party who for the…

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Gold Production Increase

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 1

The Australian gold production for the quarter ended March 31 is estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician's Department at 156,119 fine…

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Gold at Hillgrove

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 4

Sixteen tons of stone yielded 100ozs gold in Cook's show at Hillgrove. It is still proving a real gold mine, says a message in an exchange. A…

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Rich New Guinea Winning Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 6

The history of the gold quest in New Guinea is the story of centuries spanned in less than a decade. Modern mining equipment, carried by 'planes,…

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Great Boulder Mine Promising Mineral Find

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 8

KALGOOBLIE, Friday:--A promising find was located by a diamond drill on the Golden Mile at the Great Boulder Mine. The drill pierced a rich…

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Mining Record Battery Locomotive Used

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 8

In a report issued recently in England by the Secretary for Mines, attention was drawn to the large number of accidents which occurred…

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