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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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His World Is His Bond The Key to the Great Gold Mystery

Northern Star · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 15

Consider the remarkable potency of Mr. Jno Perry's Thousand dollar liberty Bond. All I know about Mr. Perry personally is that he lives in New…

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A Tweed Gold Find

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 2

Mr. O. E. Boyd, of Murwillumbah, is satisfied of the truth of the axiom "it pays advertise." Losing a valuable gold watch on the North Arm road…

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Platinum Blondes out Of Favour Red-Gold Curls The Vogue

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday;--"The platinum blonde has disappeared, because millions of women have discovered they are sacrificing their…

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Quest for Gold Fate Plays Strange Pranks. Tragedy—and Fortune

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 4

A few months age two parties left Mt. Isa for the Northern Territory in search of gold. One party, that of Messrs. Houringan,…

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The Quest for Gold Early Days on Upper Clarence Field (Article 5.--By H.J.B.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 12

In response to the call of the gold nymph, the writer, after an absence of 22 years, decided to again make a survey of the Upper Clarence goldfields. We bear south from Tabulam, over country that was traversed on my journey to…

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World Gold Stocks 695,000,000 Ounces LONDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 4

The Union Corporation's report on the stock of monetary gold in the world at the end of 1934 states that it amounted to…

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A Touch of Gold

Northern Star · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 4

Square necks, tunics, slit skirts, tailored simplicity of line, barbaric accessories, girdled waists and a touch of gold on almost everything, are all…

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"Misleading Statements"' Mining Companies Serious Charges by Dr. Woolnough

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday:-- Sensational reference to "deliberately misleading statements'' issued by companies are made in a…

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"Franc in Unshakable Position" Striking of Gold Coins to be Resumed

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 April 1935 · page 6

PARIS, Tuesday:-- M. Plandin declares that the franc continues to hold an unshakable position as currency. The Government, in…

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The Quest for Gold Beach Sands

Northern Star · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 11

The existing present-day gold values which constitute a record, and the granting of liberal state aid for prospecting purposes, have created such universal interest in the quest for gold, that it would be difficult to estimate with any…

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"Timber Mine" Found by Relief Workers Auckland, N.Z.

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 4

Relief workers have found a timber mine" in the marshy sands near the mouth of the Foxton River, New Zealand, and are digging out logs…

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Not for Five Years Gold Currency in France PARIS

Northern Star · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 8

It is not likely that gold coins, the reintroduction of which was announced by the Premier (M. Flandin) yesterday, will appear in circulation…

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Gold on the Richmond

Northern Star · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 12

The recent articles appearing in the "Northern Star" about prospecting for gold on the North Coast are creating a good deal of interest among old time…

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£500,000 CAPITAL Mining Company in Queensland BRISBANE

Northern Star · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 10

A new company, the Anglo-Queensland Mining Pty. Ltd., with a nominal capital of £500,000 has been registered in Brisbane to exploit the…

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In Wild New Guinea Padre's Romance on the Goldfields The Church Established

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 3

To-day in the centre of wild-hearted New Guinea stands the beautiful church of St. Augustine's, serving the spiritual needs of the miners, the Government officials, the airmen and the traders of the goldfields. The story of its…

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Baffling Robbery Ballina Gold Miners' Loss

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 3

BALLINA, Sunday:--Police are investigating a baffling gold robbery from a beach at Ballina. Ejman Halling and Albert Hansen, who, with 14…

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Missing From Beach Copper Plates and Gold Ballina

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 10

The theft of nine copper plates, which, it was stated, were covered with quicksilver and probably some gold, from a beach mining claim near…

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The Quest for Gold Once Famous Cobar Mines Again Active Australian Mining in the Early Days

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 4

In no country has the national value of a country s mineral wealth been more effectively demonstrated than in Australia. The 84 years over which our mining' development extends have seen the rise and fall of numerous towns and mining…

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Quest For Gold

Northern Star · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 6

TOKENS of little intrinsic value formed the first money and replaced the primitive system of barter. Through many…

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Record Price For Gold Shares

Northern Star · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. An Australian record price of £430 for gold shares was established to-day on the…

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