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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Will Resume To-day Kalgoorlie Miners No Unnaturalised Foreigners

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 3

PERTH, Sunday:- A meeting of the Australian Workers' Union at Kalgoorlie yesterday decided to accept the proposal of the Chamber…

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Militants Routed Wonthaggi Miners to Resume

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday:- A mass meeting of over 1000 miners employed n the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, to-day unanimously carried a…

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Record Gold Price London

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Gold reached a new record price on the metal market to-day, when it was quoted at £7 an ounce. Most of the £1,500,000 worth offered was…

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Gold and Dollar Securities Rush to Buy Sequel to America's Return to Gold

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:-Commenting on the situation caused by the United States return to the geld bullion standard the city editor of…

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Rush to Sell Gold Trade Doubled

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 8

Those Brisbane residents who still have sovereigns and old gold to sell --and there are some still--apparently have a very keen eye for the…

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Price of Gold Record Figure Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

The price of gold in Australia has reached a new record high level, being now £8108 per ounce fine…

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Work Resumed W.A. Goldfields No Hostility Perth

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

Work was resumed to-day at all the mines along the Golden Mile with the exception of South Kalgoorlie Consolidated,…

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New Gold Price Record

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 3

LONDON, Monday:- The price of gold rose 19, thus establishing a new high record of £7 an ounce. A total of about £1,540,000 worth of gold was…

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Mine Tragedy Man Suffocated FORBES

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 7

Frederick John Spice (33), was suffocated and Joseph Spice (64) just escaped with his life when a fall of earth occurred in a gold…

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"Walls of Gold" Empire and Capitol

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 5

To-night at the Empire, Tweed Heads, and Capitol Theatre, Coolangatta, a very unusual story will be unfolded in "Walls of Gold," in which Kathleen…

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Gold Miner Suffocated Buried Under Ton of Earth

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday:- Frederick Spice (33), was killed at Forbes to-day when earth around the top of a gold mining shaft in which he was…

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Aerial Gold Rush To Britain

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 5

LONDON. Tuesday:--The greatest aerial gold rush to Croydon in history was marked by the arrival of 12. aeroplanes from France…

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Aerial Gold Rush London

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 9

A dozen air liners, carrying £5,000,000 in gold, were guided to Croydon aerodrome to-day by rockets, the pilots having difficulty…

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Use of Gold "World Gone Insane" London

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 7

"The world has gone insane about gold," said Sir Robert Johnson, the Deputy Master and Controller of the Royal…

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Rich Gold Find

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 8

Sensational reports have reached Scone concerning the richness of a recent gold find on Martin's Creek, near Moonan Brook. The reef has…

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New Gold Rush to America Bullion From Europe Owners Stand to Reap Big Profits

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 6

VANCOUVER, Thursday:- America was invaded to-day by a new gold rush. The steamers Berengaria and Bremen, with gold…

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Goldfields Riots Sequel to Arrests Seven Sentenced KALGOORLIE

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 7

There was a sequel to the recent racial riots, at Kalgoorlie Police Court to-day, when six men and one woman were sentenced on…

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Gold Industry Recovery

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

The gold yield in 1933, including the Northern Territory and Papua, was approximately 830,000 fine ounces, valued at £6,432,500 in…

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"Repudiating Debt" Miners' Allegation SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 7

suggestions that the State Labour party was repudiating a debt of £4000 loaned by the Miners' Federation in connection…

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Trouble Feared Mt. Isa Mines Mt. Isa

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 8

A repetition of the Kalgoorlie riots is feared at Mt Isa, many men complaining of the employment policy of Mt. Isa Mines Limited…

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