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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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"Gold Silliness" Oil Magnate Candid (By British Wireless.) LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 9

Sir Henri Deterding, Director-General of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, in a letter to the "Evening Standard" to-day referred to the…

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Serious Allegations Alleged Dangerous Coal Mine

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday:--Serious statements concerning the safety of Ayrfield colliery, one of the small mines on the northern coalfields, were made…

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Safety of Mine QUESTIONED Minister Attacked SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 9

serious allegations concerning the safety of Ayrfield colliery, one of the small mines on the Northern Coalfields, was made by Mr…

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Baffling Crime Theft of Gold LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 9

The theft of £20,000 worth of gold bars from Croydon aerodrome is one of the most baffling in the his-tcry of crime…

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Quest for Gold Renewed Activity District Fields (Article 1—By H. J. B.)

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 6

With the price of fine gold at £9 3s 8d per ounce and sovereigns selling at £2 2s l0d each, the goldfields of the…

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Gold and Fish'

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 4

THE Federal Government intends to place the Australian fishing industry on a scientific basis. A similar policy has…

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Missing Gold London

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 5

Cecil Swanland (47), artist was charged at Croydon Police Court to-day with being concerned, with three other…

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Missing Gold Bars Man Charged With Stealing

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 6

LONDON, Saturday:--Cecil Swanland (47), artist, was charged in the Croydon Police Court with having been concerned, with three other persons…

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Many Inquiries Received Subsidising of Gold Mining Ventures

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 3

CANBERRA., Monday:--Numerous inquiries have followed the Government's initiation of it,s scheme for encouraging employment by subsidising…

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Gold Miner's Lucky Strike

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 3

Mr. Frank F. Gibson, 28 Beatrice Street, Invereargill, who has now gone gold-mining, had a lucky strike when he bought R-U-R. After suffering…

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Lads for Central Australian Gold Fields Canberra

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

Objections have been made to the Commonwealth Government by the A.W.U., regarding the proposed employment of youths in gold prospecting…

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Coolgardie Tragedy Two Miners Killed Buried Under Two Tons of Earth

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday:--As the result of a fall of earth in the Costeen and Old Tyndal's mine, two miles south of Coolgardie, this…

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Scandals Alleged in Northern Australian Gold-mining Industry Canberra

Northern Star · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 9

Prompt inquiry to deal with what he alleged was an unsavoury scandal in the gold mining industry was sought, in the House of Representatives to-day, by the member for Northern Australia (Mr. Blain), who moved the adjournment of the House. He referred to the Arnheim Land Gold Development Co., and criticised…

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Sensational Debate In Federal House Royal Commission Urged Alleged Bogus Gold Mining Companies

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday:-- During a sensational debate, in which a Royal Commission on gold mining companies in…

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Youths in Central Australian Mine Award Wages Canberra

Northern Star · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 10

The proposal for the employment of youths and young men between 18 and 24 on prospecting on the Granites field was debated in the House of…

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Killed by Three-ton Stone Lubra in Mine Shocking Tragedy in Central Australia

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 2

DARWIN, Friday:--A lubra named Diana was killed by a stone weighing three tons, which fell on her at Rumbalara Mines, 170…

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Boat Blown Up Mines Off Greek Coast

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 5

ATHENS, Saturday:--Escaped mines are a serious aftermath of the Greek revolution. They were so hurriedly and insecurely laid,…

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Got the Wrong Number But Found Two Hearts of Gold

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 2

An unemployed man, walking along the streets of London recently, suddenly bethought himself of a man who night give him a job…

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Federal Ministry Perturbed Employment of Lubras in Mines

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday:--Following the serious charges made by Mr. Blain, member for the Northern Territory, in the House of Representatives…

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The Quest for Gold When Drake Was Prosperous Mining Centre (Article 2.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 13

The once thriving mining township of Drake, which in the eighties and nineties boasted a population of over 4000, is the centre of one of the most…

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