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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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Cow Swallows Gold

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 2

A golden calf, somewhat matured, recently tell, into the hands of Mr. A. E. Diplock, a Cooran (Q'land) master butcher. Slaughtering a fat cow which…

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Take Over "Labor Daily" Lang Faction Miners' Decision in the Balance

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--There are strong rumors at the Trades Hall that the Lang faction proposes to take over the official organ of the party, the…

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Fall of Coal Bellbird Miner Killed Cessnock

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 5

Alister Bowie, of Bellbird, was killed instantly and John Thompson, Cessnock, seriously injured when they were buried by a fall of coal at…

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Gold -- 60000Zs to the Ton!

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 4

The Orange "Advocate" says: Considerable excitement prevailed at Lucknow the other day, when a snot in the 80ft level at the Bismarck…

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Lasseter's Gold Reef Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 6

A further search for Lasseter's gold reef in Central Australia is to be undertaken by the Golden Quest (No Liability) Company., Two aeroplanes…

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Thefts From Trains Miners Plead Guilty. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 4

Four miners pleaded guilty at the Scarborough police court to several charges of stealing from trains. They were remanded to Wollongong for…

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"Gold Dust and Ashes"

Northern Star · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 10

Those who derive a thrill from the failures and ultimate success of stouthearted, courageous men, whose lives are wrapped, up in the varied coloured…

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Miners May Bury Own Dead Ultimatum Issued to Undertakers

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--The decision of the Northern Miners' Management Committee to demand a reduction in the charges for…

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Re-valuation of Gold Scheme to Raise Commodity Levels

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 4

VANCOUVER, Tuesday:--From the passing reference in Parliament by the Premier (Mr. Bennett) referring to the feasibility of international action…

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Revival in Mining

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 2

To discuss and arrange with Sir Alexander Peacock the opening-up of gold mines at Clunes (Vic.) on a large scale, Sir George Rowley Hill…

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Coal to Newcastle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

A local sawmiller the other day was gratified to receive an invitation to tender for case timber required by the Irrigation Area…

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Big Acquisition of Gold Bank of England Drops Notes Worth £15,000,000

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday:--The Treasury authority under which the Bank of England was empowered to issue an additional £ 15,000,000 worth of notes…

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"This World of Mine" a Prose Poem

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

Sunshine and rain upon tree and plain make leaf and fruit and grass and flow-er for things that walk, that fly and crawl in my kingdom by the creek…

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American Gold Use by Licence Authorised

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday:—President Roosevelt to-day authorised the Secretary of the Treasury to issue licences permitting the use of gold in…

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Fears of Inflation Germany May Abandon Gold Standard

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday:—The "Mail" says Germany may abandon the gold standard as a consequence of the Reich- bank's reported decision to repay the…

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Engulfed By Coal Trimmer Dead Leaves Family of Fourteen

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday:—Two trimmers were engulfed in a subsidence of coal between the decks of the Millias at Jones Bay wharf…

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Too Much Gold Not Enough to Spend Washington

Northern Star · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 7

President Roosevelt is prepared to ease the gold embargo to permit licensed exchanges of gold for necessary commercial transactions…

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Buried Alive Under Coal on Ship Trimmer Suffocated Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 7

John Hefferen, of Balmain, a married man with a large family, wal suffocated when trapped by a fall of coal between the decks on…

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Restore World Markets American Plan Increase in Price of Gold Urged

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday: — Mr. Lessing Rosenwald, chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company, acting with a group of prominent…

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Coal Worth £59 Railway Freight £100 WAGGA

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 9

What is regarded as a typical example of the burden, of railway freights 011 inland consumers of goods is provided in a report by the…

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