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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Big Gold Field? Tennant's Creek High Hopes of Assays

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday:-- The possibilities of a large gold bearing area at Tennant's Creek arc now being examined by…

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Gold Standard In France

Northern Star · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 8

"DOOMED to death, though fated not to die" might yet be said of the existing gold franc. Devaluation time…

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To Look for Gold. Well Equipped Expedition for Papua

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 4

An expedition will leave Port Moresby to-day for a two years' prospecting campaign in Papua, and will be joined by Mr. J. Ward Williams, the leader…

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Search For Gold in Papua

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 8

Mr Jack Hides, the Papuan assistant resident magistrate,…

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Elocution Silver and Gold Medalists W.c.t.u. Contests

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 12

In furthering the cause of temperance the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Lismore is particularly active…

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King Solomon's Mines Will Italy Find Them in Abyssinia? "Yes," Says Count Byron De Prorek

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

King Solomon's lost gold mines are part of Italy's spoil in the conquest of Ethiopia, according to Count Byron de Prorek, famous explorer, in…

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Remarkable Increase Gold Production in Australia

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday:--A remarkable increase in gold production in Australia is disclosed by the latest figures issued to-day by the…

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Colliery Seized Dramatic Development SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 9

There was a dramatic development in the compensation claim against the Bulli Colliery and Coke Works Ltd. to-day, when the bailiff from…

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Gold Production Canberra

Northern Star · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 7

For the first time since the predepression years, the production of gold in Australia exceeded 1.000,000 fine ounces in 1935-36. In a…

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£100,000 Worth of Gold Tennant Creek Big Celebration This Week

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 7

TENNANT CREEK, Saturday.--With an inter- tribal corroborec, bonfires, a fireworks display, a pioneers' dinner, and a dance from midnight to daybreak, Tennant…

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Dig Gold To Bury Again Vaults Choked (From a Special Correspondent.) LONDON, July 11 (By Air Mail)

Northern Star · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 13

BRITAIN is holding to-day more gold than she has ever held in her history. The Bank of England now has in its vaults…

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"Boom-Time Gold"

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 11

Gangster activities such as G. W. Wicking describes in "Boom-Tune Gold" (Angus and Robertson, 4/6) are not uncommon in some overseas…

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Gold Mining "Stable Investment" CANBERRA

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 5

A recommendation that Australians should use their savings to further the efforts of the Commonwealth Government to increase the output of…

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Mines at Standstill

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 7

Work at the coal mines in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, was held up for several weeks during the recent serious strikes. Work was resumed when the owners agreed to the men's terms…

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63 Men Entombed in Blazing Mine London

Northern Star · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 9

An explosion at Wharncliffe Woodmoor colliery, near Barnsley, has entombed 63 miners. The rescue work is impeded by falls…

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Appalling Disaster in English Colliery 63 Men Entombed Only One Rescued Alive

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--An explosion at Wharncliffe Woodmoor colliery, near Barnsley, entombed 63 men. A terrific fire followed the explosion. The rescuers worked heroically to reach the entombed men,…

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Mine Disaster 33 Bodies Recovered LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 9

When the rescue operations at Wharnecliffe ceased for the night, 33 bodies had been recovered. The search for the other 25 will be made…

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Miners' Representatives Debarred A.L.P. Executive Meeting SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 9

There was a dramatic development in the Labour faction fight to-night when, following the action of the Miners' Federation in…

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Fifty-seven Feared to Be Dead Bodies of Thirty-three Found Yorkshire Colliery Disaster London, Thursday: --

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 5

Fifty-seven men are believed to have lost their lives in an explosion which occurred to-day in a Yorkshire colliery…

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Appeal to Federal Government Ban on New Guinea Gold Expedition

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: -- An appeal will be made to the Commonwealth Government to over-rule the decision of the Legislative Council of Papua, which…

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