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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Romance of Gold and Diamonds £1,000,000,000 From the Rand. £28,500,000 Worth Op Diamonds From One Farm!

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 3

Dr. Matthews, who was manager of the Wallabies (Australian Rugby Union team of footballers) who have recently returned after touring South Africa,…

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Gold Purchases New York

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 7

The Treasury to-day paid 32 dollars 84 cents an ounce for gold, which is 17 cents above Saturday's price and 38 cents above the London quotation. The…

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Aberdare Colliery Notices May Be Withdrawn. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 4

It is understood that notices recently issued to five hundred employees of Aberdare Extended Colliery may be withdrawn if the employees are…

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Save Dollar Uncle Sam's Deflation of Gold

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 November 1933 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday:-- In an apparent effort to prevent the collapse of the dollar, the Government for the first time has fixed…

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Romance of Gold and Diamonds £1,000,000,000 From the Rand

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1933 · page 6

Dr. Matthews, who was manager of the Wallabies (Australian Rugby Union team of footballers) who have recently returned after touring South…

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Intensification? Gold-buying Policy Price Rises Again WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 November 1933 · page 7

Yesterday's monetary conference at the White House apparently decided on the re-intens[?]fication of the gold-buying policy, as the price…

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Work Resumed Wonthaggi Coal Mine

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--Work at the State coal mine at Wonthaggi was resumed this morning without incident. The wheelers and other men…

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Gold Purchase Force France Off Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday:--It is emphasised that Paris is a!t present the scene of American gold purchases and the Government anticipates that…

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Amusements "Hidden Gold"

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 4

Those who have been waiting for a slash bang shoot [?]em up rip roaring western of the good old days, with the greatest of all cowpunching stars in…

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Rich Gold Strike

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 4

Melbourne, Friday.--Thirty eight tons of quartz from Corbett Bros.' mine at Gordon, Victoria, returned 103 ounces 18 dwt of gold, worth…

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Treasurer Retires No Faith in Gold Programme

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.-- Mr. William R. Woodin, President Roosevelt's sound money Secretary of the Treasury, took indefinite leave of…

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Gold Price 'Unchanged New York

Northern Star · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 11

Although the Government gold price was unchanged to-day, the dollar slumped 1.39 cents on the early exchange trading, but later recovered all…

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15 Miners Dead

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday:—An explosion of fire-damp occurred in the Glassmore colliery at Chesterfield, killing 15…

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Fifteen Miners Killed LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 7

Fifteen miners were killed in a firedamp explosion in the Grassmoor colliery, Chesterfield, to-day…

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Restoration of Gold Standard Urged New York

Northern Star · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 7

President Roosevelt to-day hailed Russian recognition as world aid for peace, and expressed scorn on "doubting Thomases" of his gold and…

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Fifteen Perish In English Colliery Disaster London, Sunday. Heroic Rescuers

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 9

Acts of heroism marked rescue operations at Chesterfield to-day when 15 miners were killed in a firedamp…

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Rich Gold Find Unearthed by Plough

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 2

The search for a spanner on a farm at Gordon, about 20 miles from Ballarat, led to the discovery of a reef containing gold…

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English Mine Tragedy Heroic Rescues Explosion of Firedamps Killed 15

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday: -- Heroism marked fescues from Grassmoor Colliery where an explosion of firedamp resulted in the loss of 15…

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More Opposition U.S. Financial Policy Huge Gold Purchases Washington

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 7

The price of gold was raised to 33 [?]ars, 66 cents an ounce to-day, when it also was announced that the Government's domes[?]c…

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Markets Unresponsive Dearer Gold; Weaker Dollar

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Tuesday:—The higher gold price and weaker dollar failed to evoke much enthusiasm in American markets to-day. Wheat closed…

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