100,000 Tons of Coal Sydney
The State Government will shortly give orders for 100,000 tons of coal to a number of collieries in the northern district which have not worked for…
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Mining & the mines, 1932
523 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 22 of 27
Northern Coalfields Government Work Likely a Workless Town Mines May Re–open is Result of Scheme
SYDNEY, Sunday:—Orders for 100,000 tons of coal will be distributed amongst the collieries in the impoverished areas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Gold Strike 250 Acres Pegged Out
GLADSTONE, Monday:— The discovery of gold, crushing 40 zs to the ton, has been made at Dack Creek, near Dungaree, by Donald Mathe, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Buyer Discharged Alleged Attempt to Dope Autopay
SYDNEY, Monday:—Harry Smith (46), gold buyer, who was charged with having been found in Chisholm's stables at Randwick for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Find Four Ounces to Ton Brisbane
Working for a Sydney syndicate. Donald Mather, of Daylesford (Vic.), discovered gold yielding four ounces of almost pure metal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Granite Goldfields
In view of the possibility of intending travellers requiring information regarding supplies of Shell petrol, motor oils, etc., the Shell Co. has established…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discoverer of Goldfields Sydney
William Ford, discoverer of the famous Coolgardie goldfields, died yesterday at his home at Chatswood at the age of 80 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Werribee Gold Cup
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:—The Werribee Gold Cup, 9 furlongs, run to day, resulted:—THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS(25 to 1), 1; Sartaress (20 to 1),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GOLD £6 an Ounce London
Gold to-day reached £6 an ounce, which is the highest since February. The rise is attributed to the decline in sterling on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Granites Payable Gold Struck
CANBERRA, Thursday:—In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Parkhill (Postmaster General) informed Mr. J. Harrison (U.A.P., N.S.W.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Fever
Are we on the verge of a gold mining boom? It all depends. If something substantial is discovered, such as a more or less phenomenal strike of good…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Bounty
When the Commonwealth Government agreed to the gold bounty in 1930 the rate of exchange, Australia to London, was £9 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Gold Strike Melbourne
Considerable excitement has been aroused at Maldon by the success of Stanley Johnson, who extracted over over 74 ounces of gold from a ton of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Riot at Paddington Dole Conditions Annoy Northern Miners Make Bonfires With Forms
SYDNEY, Friday:—Believed to have been instigated by Communist influences, there were serious demonstrations against the dole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland's Labour Government Not Considered to Be " a Happy Famil" on the Verge of Another Gold "Boom" (From Our Correspondent.)
"If there were an election to-morrow the Smith Government would go out." The foregoing forecast, expressed with picturesque emphasis by a non-Tory wage earner, sums up quite a prevalent opinion. The Premier's righteously indignant attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Granites Proclaimed a Goldfield Canberra
An announcement in the Government Gazette yesterday states that the Governor-General, acting on the advice of the Federal Executive Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Still Lucky Gold Miners at Races Adelaide
The happiest party at the Evanston race course this afternoon were men who had been lucky at The Granites. They tried it out again on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Egypt's Gold Salvage Claim Action Fails
LONDON, Saturday:—The gold in the sunken liner Egypt, of which £732,250 has been raised, was the subject of an action in the Admiralty division…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold From the Sea Claim for Salvage Fails London
The gold on the sunken liner Egypt of which £732,250 worth has been raised, is the subject of an action in the Admiralty Division of the King's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Seekers Trek to Central Australia Big Expedition Started Yesterday
ALICE SPRINGS, Saturday:—Early to-morrow morning the Madigan expedition will set out into the desert for The Granites, and…
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