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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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ROOSEVELT Prepares Stop Panic Decision on Gold Clause Awaited

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday:-- President Roosevelt to-day issued a proclamation of national emergency, empowering…

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Gold Hoard World's Biggest in Paries Vaults Paris

Northern Star · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

The great hoard of gold in the vaults of the Bank of France now totalling 82,314,313,000 frames (about £1,070,854,000 at present…

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Strike Called Off W.a. Gold Miners May Resume Work on

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 5

PERTH, Saturday:- A mass meeting of members of the mining branch of the A.W.U. .at Boulder to-day decided by a…

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"Gold Clause" Verdict Washington

Northern Star · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

The Supreme Court again to-day took the unusual action of announcing that its "gold clause" decision will not be given on Monday. It was…

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Racing Against Time Witness Anxious to Hit Gold Trail

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 8

Many witnesses have been anxious to get away from the prosaic atmosphere of the courts in which they have been called to give evidence or…

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New Guinea Still a No Man s Land Discovery of Gold Has Remarkable Effect

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

Until a few years ago, New Guinea was veritably a No Man's Land in the sense that the greater part of it was unknown. It is still a No Man's Land. Nearly half of it is a blank on the map, much of it is impenetrable 'jungle,…

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OFFERED £250,000 Mine in Centralia. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 4

During evidence in a case at Alice Springs in which two men are charged with having stolen five lbs. of gold, a witness,…

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Six-weeks' Strike Ended W.A. Gold Mines Dispute Cost More Than £1,000,000

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 6

PERTH, Saturday:-- The stoppage of work on the mines, which has continued for six weeks, has ended. Work is to be resumed…

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200 Dead Brought to Life Gold Needle Re-Starts Heart

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

Two hundred "dead" people have been restored to life in New York and Chicago by a gold needle which stimulates the beating of the heart…

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Better Than Politics Rich Gold Mine Suva

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 10

Mr. E. G. Theodore, who will leave for Sydney to-morrow has a second parcel of gold from the Emperor mine at Tavua, believed to be about 280…

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Appeasing the Miners

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--At the metropolitan conference of the Lang Labor Party a resolution was passed instructing the executive to…

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Gold by the Hundredweight!

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 7

A Queenslander, just back from New Guinea, says that one out of the four dredges operated by the Bulolo G.M. Coy., has been winning…

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Nation Awaits Gold Clause Decision Excitement in U.S.A. WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 10

The whole nation is still excitedly awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court on the gold clause in the New Deal legislation…

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Farmer's Discovery Gold Find in Field (From a Special Correspondent.) London, February 2 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 11

A secret hoard of gold, believed to have been buried during the dark days immediately preceding the Bloody Assizes nearly 250 years ago,…

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Losses Total £923,000 Goldfields Dispute Severe Blow to Kalgoorlie

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Monday:-- The loss to the State in gold production as a result of the mines dispute amounts to 62,000 ounces,…

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Miners Demand Their Money From Lang Party Echo of Ballot Box Libel Case

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--The Lang Labor Party metropolitan conference, which concluded last night, decided to ask the State…

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"Gold Clause" Judgment Another Victory For Roosevelt " New Deal " Upheld Washington

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 7

BY A MAJORITY DECISION of five votes to four, the Supreme Court of the United States to-day monetary features of President Roosevelt's "New gave the long-awaited decision when it upheld the…

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Upheld by Court President Roosevelt's New Deal Majority Decision in Gold Clauses Case

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday:--The Supreme Court of the United States to-day delivered its judgment in the gold clauses case. The Court upheld the Government's right to cancel gold clauses in private bonds, but ruled that the…

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Gaol for Gold Thieves Alice Springs

Northern Star · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 6

Found guilty of stealing gold valued at £580 from a syndicate, Norman Crowther was sentenced to-day to 12 months' imprisonment and Joseph…

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Dog's Remarkable Survival Trapped in Mine Shaft For 23 Days MELBOURNE, Wednesday:--

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 5

Missing for more than three weeks, a three-year-old Irish Terrier bitch was found yesterday at the bottom of an old mine shaft at…

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