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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Africa and Gold Standard Government's Move Select Committee to Take Evidence

Tweed Daily · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 2

CAPETOWN, Thursday:--In the Assembly this afternoon, General Hertzog (Premier) moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to report…

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Favourites Score at Moorefield Gold Digger Again SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 3

Although Tea Fight, winner of the handicap at Moorefield to-day; started at 12 to 1, punters generally had the upper hand…

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Costly Machinery for Drake Mine

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

The mining interests at Drake will receive a considerable fillip this Week when the first units of an elaborate mining plant for the Argentine Gold…

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New Guinea Mines. £20,000,009 Is Anticipated Result in Cash

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

£20,000,000 in gold from the heart of New Guinea wilds.--That, it is predicted, will be the monument, to Cecil J. Levien, who died in Melbourne this…

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Work in 50 Shafts Warwick Goldfields

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 2

Referring to the report of the mining warden at Warwick as an instance, the Mines Department states that it is evident that the relief…

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From Coal Petrol Conversion British Industry

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 14

In a letter to the London "Times" Sir H. McGowan, the chairman of Messrs. Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., announced that such…

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Cost Councils £200,000 to Establish Coal Mine. for Electricity Generation. to Supply Richmond-tweed Area. Councils Warned to Act Warily

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 6

Last December a conference of local governing bodies on the Richmond, Brunswick and Tweed Rivers was held at Casino to discuss the possibility of…

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Indian Shipments Gold For England LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 4

The "Evening Standard" says that during the past four months India shipped £33,774,000 worth of gold to England. This had been subsequently…

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Topical News and Notes: From all Sources: For the Man on the Land "Pigs Will Produce the Gold" Britain Spends £41,000,000 a Year on Imported Bacon & PORK

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 5

North Coast primary producers will be interested in the following provocative article on pigs printed in "The New Zealand Dairy Produce Exporter." The author, Mr. C. W. Anderson, advocates the scrapping of several breeds to…

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Fall of Coal Several Miners Trapped CHALEROI (BelgiumM

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 5

Owing to firedamp at a level of 3780 feet in a coalmine at Bois Liongpre, five miners were seriously and two critically injured, and…

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Explosion in Mine. Five Men Seriously Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 3

CHARLEROI, Sunday.--Owing to a fire damp explosion at a depth of 3780 feet in the Bois Longprecoal mine five miners were…

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Mines to Close Lack of Assistance. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 2

Mount Mines, in South Australia, are expected to close down on Saturday as a result of the decision of the Federal Government not to give…

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Add to Unemployed. Mining Syndicate to Close Down

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Owing to the decision of the Moonta Prospecting Syndicate to close down, as funds are exhausted, 60 miners will lose their…

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Victorian Outbreaks. Two Miners Missing

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--Fears are felt for the safety of two miners camping in the heavily timbered, country near Fumina, who have not been seen since…

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Indian Gold for England

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 4

The London "Evening Standard" says that during the past four months India shipped £33,774,000 worth of gold to England. This had been…

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Moonta Mines Closing. Government Assistance Withdrawn

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Moonta mines, in South Australia, are expected to close down on Saturday, as a result of the decision of the Federal…

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Coal Bunkers Afire. Ulimaroa's Dash for Port

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday;--A fire broke out. in the coal bunkers of the Ulimaroa when the steamer was 100 miles from Port Jackson, which she reached to-day…

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New Guinea Mines. [?]20,000,000 Is Anticipated Result in Cash

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 4

[?]d to the value of £20,000,000 from [?]eart of New Guinea wilds. That, [?] predicted, will be the monument [?]ecil J. Levien, who died in…

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Gold Coins Chancellor's Appeal LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 7

In the House of Commons Mr. Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) declared there were not enough gold coins in private hands to…

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World's Greatest Copper Mine Employs 10000 Miners

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 3

Astonishing things are being done at the Cananea copper mine in Mexico, where machinery has just been installed that will cut down the man power by exactly…

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