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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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U.S.A. Raises Gold Price Washington

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 November 1933 · page 7

The United States over Government to-day raised the price of gold to 31 dollars 96 cents an ounce. This is 47 cents above…

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No Orders Received Shipment of Gold to America

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 November 1933 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--The "Daily Telegraph's" financial correspondent says no orders have been received either in London or on the Continent…

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Gold Price Washington

Northern Star · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 7

The pride of gold was set at 31 dollars, 12 cents, or one dollar, seven cents over the London price. The pound sterling to-day was quoted at…

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Plane Crashes Two Killed; Cargo ol Gold Spilled

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 2

PARIS, Tuesday: -- A French aeroplane which was caught in a fog while en route from Switzerland to Le Bourget tore off the…

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"Pull Out A.w.u." Striking Miners at Mt. Isa Adamant

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 3

MT. ISA, Wednesday :--The strike at Mt. Isa mines continued to-day. Mr. Stanley Wilson, Industrial Magistrate, arrived this morning and asked…

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Purchase of Gold U.S.A. Government Holds Its Hnd

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- The Government's purchase of foreign gold will not begin for a few days, perhaps next Monday, according to an…

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Thieves' Raid Stole £15,000 Worth of Gold From Van

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 November 1933 · page 4

LONDON; Tuesday :--While a delivery van in charge of a youth, was standing in Gray's Inn Road four men emerged from a motor ear, jostled the…

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Coal Development at Robinson's Mill

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 4

Messrs. T. Armstrong and J. Jones, of Helensburgh, South Coast, have come to the Coraki district specially to test the possibility of Robinson's…

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Handsome Dividend Sterling Group Departure From Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday:--"Britain's departure from the gold standard has paid a handsome dividend," says the Midland Bank's…

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Worlds Sculling Title. Lord Mayor Presents Gold Cup

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 5

Bobby Pearce, world's champion professional sculler, has been approached by Aid. Hagon, Lord Mayor of Sydney, to ascertain on what terms ho would come…

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To Close Down Mt. Isa Mines Eombshell for Strike Committee

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday:--A message from Mt. Isa to-night states that a notice intimating the company's intention to suspend…

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Gold Buying On Foreign Markets American Decision Washington

Northern Star · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 7

The united States Treasury today fixed the price of gold at 32 [?]onars, 26 cents. This Price is 74 cents above the world…

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Fall of Earth Two Miners Killed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday:--George William Harley (45) and John Marshall (17) were killed to-day by a fall of earth while mining at Stewart's Creek,…

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Price of Gold WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 14

The price of gold was fixed to-day at 32 dollars 36 cents. Although this price is ten cents higher than yesterday's, it is only 25 cents above the world…

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Exodus Expected at Week-end Mt. Isa Mines Closing Disorganises Railway

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Friday:-- The closing down of the Mt. Isa mines has disorganised the railway services on the great northern line…

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Liquid Fuel From Coal

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 2

Implications of great moment are Contained in the recent announcement from Canberra that the High Commissioner in London (Mr. Bruce)…

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U.S.A. Gold Purchases London

Northern Star · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 2

There are no signs of America bidding for gold here. PARIS, Saturday. The American Government began to…

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Gold Buying Government Eases Up

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Sunday.--The Government eased up on its foreign gold buying plans yesterday, though it advanced the domestic price by 10 cents…

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Mine Closed Trouble at Cessnock Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 4

The management has closed down Paxton Colliery, Cessnock, throwing 250 men out of work. It is understood the management is incensed at the…

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In Rubbish Dip £200 Bottle of Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 3

A man who rushed into the office of the Port Melbourne Railway Station on Friday excitedly demanded if the officials had seen a brown paper…

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