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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Miners Stand Aloof No Support For Seamen SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

A Newcastle message states that Elrington miners' lodge decided last night to refuse to accept the instructions of the miners' central council…

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Gold Losing Earning Power British Banker's Warning World Currency and Debt Problems

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--The well known banker, Mr. Frederick Goodenough, made pointed remarks upon the world currency…

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Australian Gold First Shipment in 1852

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 6

Just now when everyone is talking about the gold standard and the scarcity of the precious metal in different countries, it is interesting to…

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Queensland Coal

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

Lismore Council last night adopted the finance committee's recommendation that the Mayor (Ald. E. J. Eggins) and town clerk (Mr. J. W…

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Won't Stop Work Miners Defy Central Council

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--A mass meeting of the Elrington miners lodge was held on Sunday. The miners had so far declined to obey the order of the Miners'…

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A Mother's Crime Murders Son for Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 3

A soldier after long imprisonment in Siberia returned to his native village, Renern, Bohemia, and had a drink at a hotel where the innkeeper…

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MR. E. E. CRAIG, Gold Medallist in Agriculture

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 7

CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR NORTH COAST UNITED MOVEMENT, who is advocating a Federal Dairy Board or Commission free from Government control to fix the price of butter sold in Australia at 1/2 lb. Mr. Craig says dairy farming on the North Coast at the present prices is…

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Colliery Disaster London

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 4

Four were killed and six are missing as a result of an explosion at Llwynpia colliery, Rhondda Valley…

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Colliery Explosion Four Men Killed; Six Missing

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 3

LONDON, Monday:--Four men were killed and six are missing as the result of an explosion at Llwympia colliery, Rhonda Valley…

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High Cost of Coal

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

Lismore Council last year decided to procure coal supplies from Queensland, and at the meeting of the Council on Monday evening it was stated…

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Drake Mining Field

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

The Drake mining field, half a centaury ago one of the richest gold producing areas in the State, again is the scene of considerable activity…

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Mt. Isa Mines Production of Lead

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 6

MT. ISA (Q.), Tuesday:--At the mills and smelters for the week ended January 28 8774 tons of crude ore were treated for a total production of…

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Professor's Claim About Earth Gold

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 1

The London "Daily Mail" discloses that an important group of English bankers heavily backed a Polish professor, John Duniskowski, at present on…

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British Banker's Warning. Gold Losing Earning Power. World Currency and Debt Problems

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 4

The well-known London banker, Mr. Frederick Goodenough, made pointed remarks upon the world currency and debt problems when he presided at…

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Colliery Disaster Ten Bodies Recovered LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 5

Rescue parties, including doctors and a member of the House of Commons, Mr. Will John, worked throughout the night at Llwynpia and recovered ten…

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Drake Mining Field

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

The Drake mining field, half a century ago one of the richest gold producing areas in the State, again is the scene of considerable activity. Over…

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Burmese Mystery Mr. "Wullie" Gordon Had Ruby Mine

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 8

The death has occurred tragically in a small Burmese hut of rather a mysterious personality, known in the ruby mines of Mogok (Burma) as Mr…

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Ichabod! Tooloom Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

Abandoned goldfields generally present a desolate appearance, but I know of none more wild and forbidding than the old Tooloom diggings in…

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Dover Patrol Sweeping Up Mines Admiral's Story

Northern Star · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 8

Mr. Churchill's inaccuracy when writing on naval matters is fast becoming chronic. He states that I laid a barrage from the Goodwins to the…

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Warfare With Gold. a Critical Survey. France's New Weapon

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 3

A writer in the London "Spectator" towards the close of 1929 hinted that France was making extensive use of the power given her by her large…

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