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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Tennant's Creek Goldfield "Rush Unjustified" Canberra

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 11

The Commonwealth geological adviser (Dr. Woolnough), in a report to the Government, has recommended against a rush to the Tennant's…

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Gold Bed Under Famous Citadel Madrid

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 10

Beneath the Alhambra, the famed ancient Moorish citadel at Granada, lies an alluvial bed of gold. This discovery has been made by…

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Gold King Died in Poverty Millionaire's Tragic End Vienna

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 10

Alexander Pokol, once the richest man in the Balkans, who presented King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of…

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Experts Confident Future of Gold Mining in New Guinea

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday:-Two mining experts who are on their way to Sydney by the Montoro to-day expressed confidence in the future of the…

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Big Increase Queensland's Gold Yield

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday:-The gold yield for April was 11,556 fine ounces, valued at £49,087, compared with 8,857 ounces, valued at £37,622. for…

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Flow of Gold to New York Supreme Test for European Gold Bloc ?

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wednesday:- Wall Street has interpreted the new flow of gold from Paris to New York as reflecting fresh…

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Statue of Pure Gold Revealed By Cleaning LONDON, May 4 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 6

The famous life-size black effigy of the Black Prince over his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral, seen by almost…

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"Deliberate Campaign" Gold Devaluation LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 20 May 1935 · page 8

The fall in continental gold currencies, which many believe will lead eventually to their devaluation, has become swifter. A Paris message says…

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Flight in Pitch Darkness Flying Doctor Four Men Injured in Mine

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 7

DARWIN, Monday:--Flying in the dark from Katharine to Brooke's Creek, Dr. Fenton is on his way to attend four miners at…

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Made Fortune in Fiji Young Englishman Bought Gold Claim for £20

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday:-- One of the few men who can actually, claim to have made a small fortune out of the Fiji gold mines is…

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Flying Doctor Succours Injured Miners

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 4

DARWIN, Tuesday:-Dr. Fenton is now bringing the four men injured yesterday at the Southern Dyke mine by a fall of earth from the mine to…

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Went Down Mines to Write Novel

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 7

Until four years ago Dr. A. J. Cronin was a West End doctor with a practice on the north side of Hyde Park…

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Five Colleries Seized Belgian Miners on Strike

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 May 1935 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday:-The "Chronicle's'' Brussels correspondent says striking miners seized and occupied five colleries in the Charleroi district…

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Striking Miners Gassed Out of Collieries

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--The "Chronicle's" Brussels correspondent says that 200 gendarmes, using gas bombs, cleared the striking miners from the…

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Dredging Operations Upper Clarence Gold DRAKE

Northern Star · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 15

Mr. J. W. Archibald, an eminent mining engineer, has arrived in the district with a boring plant and six experienced men, and has…

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One of the World's Wonders Marvellous Witwatersrand Gold Field

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 7

"The goldfield of the Witwatersrand, on which the city of Johannesburg, is situated, is one of the wonders of the modern world," said Mr. Firmin McKinnon…

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Went Flat Out and Shut His Eyes Flying Doctor's Ordeal Call to Injured Miners

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 5

DARWIN, Thursday:--The almost epic character of the work of the Flying Doctor (Dr. Fenton) in his recent…

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Bank Rate Higher France's Move Stop Adverse Flow of Gold

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 May 1935 · page 5

PARIS, Thursday:--The hank rate has been raised by 12 per cent to 3 per cent owing to the fact that the Bank of France's gold…

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Fall in Franc Not Checked Flight of Gold From Paris Continues

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 3

PARIS, Saturday:-- The rise in the French bank rate has failed to check the fall in the franc. Heavy selling continued. A…

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Prohibit Export of Gold Bank of France May Act Flight From Franc Desperate Budgetary Situation

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday:-- Public misgiving regarding the country's finances may lead to the flight from the franc assuming…

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