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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Return to Gold Standard Urged by League Delegation World Credit System Geneva

Northern Star · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 7

The return to the gold standard and the desirability of a rise in the price level, aided by central…

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Two Dead Fatal Gassing in Mine

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Sunday:-Entering Millerton mine on Saturday to [?] a plug in the water pipe behind the stopping in the fire area, two men were…

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Gold Buyer Held Up Amd Robbed Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

While a woman, who was a prospective customer, knocked at the locked door, two armed men held up C. N. Lindsay, a gold buyer, in his…

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Armed Bandits in Melbourne Gold Buyer Robbed £60 at Pistol Point While Customer Knocked

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday :—While a woman, who was a prospective customer, knocked at the locked door, two armed men held up C…

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Queensland Elections Moore Government Defeated Small Majority for Labor City Electorates Declare For Mr. Smith Attorney General and Minister for Mines Defeated

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday:—Due mainly to a marked swing against it in the metropolitan area, where it lost nine seats, the Moore Government was defeated at the polls on Saturday after three years in office. There was also a swing against the Government in some of the larger provincial centres, such as Ipswich, Toowoomba, and Maryborough, but it held its own in the…

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Newcastle's Coal Exports

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 2

Mr. John Reed, of Murwillumbah, supplies the following figures relative to Newcastle's coal exports: The record for a week's shipments was…

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Younger Set Blue and Gold Ball

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 4

At a neeting of the Lismore C.W.A. Younger Set, held in the Kiosk last night, final arrangements were made for the C.W.A. blue and…

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Hew Zealand Coal Strike Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 6

The Government has refused the miners' request to assist in the settlement of the national coal strike, claiming that the…

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Crofts' Gold Pass Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 16 June 1932 · page 5

The Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) to-day issued an instruction that C. A. Crofts, secretary of the A.C.T.U., should be asked to return the…

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Mt. Morgan Mine to Start Shortly

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 6

The Mount Morgan mine is to start as soon as legal formalities are finalised, and will employ 250 men. The plant is practically intact, and is…

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Off Gold Standard SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 7

The opinion that the obvious remedy for the present economic position was for Australia, the British Empire and the powers of Europe to recognise that…

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War Debts and Gold LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 7

Through the rise in the price of gold, debtors everywhere are required to pay 70 per cent more than a few years ago," deciared…

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New Gold Reef Reported on Old Champigne Field

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 3

Mr. R. Bale, who has been prospecting for gold on the old Chambigne goldfield for the last six months, reports having found a nice gold reef…

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France's Gold Hoard London

Northern Star · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 7

The "Daily Telegraph's" financial expert says France is now in the remarkable position of having her bank note circulation covered to the extent…

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World's Gold Bullion Enough for Trade Revival

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday:--With the possible exception of Germany every leading nation now has a sufficient supply of gold bullion to enter into…

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World Trade Gold Balances Favourable American Opinion New York

Northern Star · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 7

With the possible exception of Germany, every leading nation has a sufficient supply of gold bullion to enter into revised world trade when that…

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Mt. Isa Mines Cheaper Freight Sought

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 2

MT. ISA, Monday:—An appeal to the Government to substantially reduce railway freights to ease the burden of expense at Mt. Isa was made…

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Back to Work Mt. Coolon Striking Miners

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 3

MT. COOLON, Monday:—The strike of miners was declared off to-day. The men returned to work on the prestoppage conditions, except in two…

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In Back Yards Victorian Gold Rush

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 1

After having sought gold for years a in auriferous country near Wedderburn (Victoria), one old prospector is now turning his attention…

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An Echo of the Past Mount Kembla Mine Explosion —And a Hero. How Major MacCABE DIED

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 3

On a bright July day—the last of the month—in the year 1902 at ten minutes to two in the afternoon a terrific explosion, shook the town of Wollongong…

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