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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold Shipment a Costly Mishap PARIS

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 5

A mishap at Cherbourg docks is likely to prove very expensive. When 426 boxes of gold from New York were being unloaded from the…

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W.A. Miners' Strike PERTH

Northern Star · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 6

As a result of the miners' strike at Collie the railway department's coal supplies have been reduced to a dangerous minimum, and as a result all…

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U.S.A. Gold Holdings WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 8

The Federal Reserve Bank announced that gold holdings in U.S.A. had declined perceptibly since August. The United States now holds 4007 million…

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Mt. Wandoo Goldfields Amazing Riches

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 6

Further particulars regarding the discovery of gold, silver, and copper at Mt. Wandoo, near Munganna, state that the lode is approximately 2000ft. wide, and…

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West Australian Miners Strike Settled

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 2

PERTH, Friday.--The miners' dispute in West Australia has been settled and the men have resumed work…

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Miners' Strike Settled SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

The miners' dispute in West Australia has been settled and the men have resumed work…

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£100,000 in Gold Lost Overboard

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 6

A mishap at Cherbourg (France) docks is likely to prove very expensive. When 426 boxes of gold from New York were being unloaded from the…

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Reduced to Derelict Prosperous Welsh Mining Village Work of Agitators

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--The application of an agitator's interpretation of Russian doctrines has resulted in the ruin of the once prosperous Welsh…

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Mines Explode

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 3

SHANGHAI, Tuesday:-- Two Chinese mines exploded within 50 feet of two Japanese cruisers, rocking Shanghai…

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Hoard of Gold

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

A man visited a gold dealer at Norwich (England) with three leather bags, which contained £15,000 in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, for which…

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India's Gold Hoard

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 6

LONDON, Monday:-- Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary of State for India), in the House of Commons, told a questioner it was estimated that hoarded…

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Poison Gas in Mine Unusual Cause of Death

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

"That the cause of death was poison gas, and that the deceased met his death by accidentally inhaling a poison gas known as arseniurreted hydrogen at…

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Sell Australia's Gold Reserve Mr. Scullin's Scheme Establishment of Credit in London "No Adverse Effect"

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday:-- In view of the present high price of gold Mr. Sc[?]in (Leader of the Federal Opposition) suggested to-day…

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India's Hoarded Gold London

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 7

Sir Samuel Hoare, secretary for India, told a questioner in the House of Commons yesterday that it was estimated that hoarded gold in India…

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Working the Beaches for Gold

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 5

Beaches on the far North Coast are frequently worked for gold, platinum, etc. Here is an experimental plant at Tallow Beach, near Byron Bay, capable of putting through large quantities of the black sand (pumped in with the water) which contains the precious metals. The two-tiered cradle rocks the sand and water through its many compartments…

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Ship Gold Overseas "Time Now Opportune"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Commenting to-day on Mr. Scullin's proposal to ship Australia's gold reserves of £10,000,000 to Britain for sale and…

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The Gold Reserve Mr. Scullin's Statement Canberra

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 9

The prime purpose of the national gold reserve is to provide in times of prosperity a reserve to meet national requirements in times of financial…

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Australian Cave of Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2

Central Australia is about to be explored by Dr. Herbert Basedow, of England, who has already done much exploring in Australia in search of the…

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Poison Gas in Mine Unusual Cause of Death

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 8

'That the cause of death was poison gas, and that the deceased met his death by accidentally inhaling a poison gas known as arseniurreted…

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Over Lofty Mountain Peaks Freight to the Goldfields

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

What is thought to be a record was established a few days ago by the three Junkers tri-motored 'planes of Guinea Airways (New Guinea), which…

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