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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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Q.t.c Cup Meeting Gold Rod Among Moreton Field

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday:-- Quite a number of good southern horses have been nominated for the Queensland Turf Club's cup…

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Melb. Stockbroker Arrested Echo of Mining Dispute ADELAIDE

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 10

Alleged to have been concerned in the theft of gold worth £15,000 from a Bendigo mine, Prank Savage, member of Melbourne Stock Exchange,…

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Alleged Theft of Gold Man Charged as Accessory Arrest on Ship

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday:-- Arrested on a provisional warrant on the motor vessel Wuppertal at Port Adelaide this morning, Frank…

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Alleged Theft of Gold Savage Granted Bail

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Although police desired the return to Melbourne in custody of Frank Savage, late of Bendigo, alleged to have…

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Coal Mining Minimising Risks

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 6

Mining, as an industry, dates back to 5000 B.C.--the days of the Egyptians--and throughout the succeeding centuries it has been the means of…

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Miners Will Support Heffron. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

The Southern Miners' Delegate Board, representing 4000 miners, has decided to support the Heffron section of the Labor Party…

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Second Leg Amputated South African Mining Magnate

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 9

CAPE TOWN, Thursday. -- Sir Abe Bailey, the well-known sportsman and the possessor of large mining, interests, one of whose legs…

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£18,000 in Two Months From Abandoned Gold Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

Seeking fragments of gold in a worked-out and abandoned goldfield, a 60-years-old prospector, Mr. A. M. Burnett, stumbled on an unsuspected Eldorado in…

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Australia's Gold Production

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday:--In January and February 239,525 fine ounces of geld, valued at £2.065.186 in Australian currency and £1.652,150 sterling, were…

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Increased Gold Production

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 5

In January and February 239,525 fine ounces of gold, valued at £2,065,186 Australian currency (£1,652,150 sterling) were produced in…

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U.S. Gold Policy WASHINGTON

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 3

The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) announced the abandonment of the gold sterilisation policy, opening the way to, sweeping…

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Abandoned by U.S. Gold Sterilisation Policy

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Monday: Mr. Morgenthau (Secretary of the Treasury) to-day announced the abandonment of…

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Gold Mine As a Training School Also School to Teach Mining

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 8

MONTREAL, Canada. Purchase of a gold mine in Northern Quebec for use as a school of practical training for young miners has been announced…

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Settlement Reached Queensland Colliery Dispute

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 2

IPSWICH, Wednesday:- After having been idle since the beginning of a dispute over ventilation two months ago. the miners will probably resume…

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British Coal Industry Higher Value of Exports

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday:- The value of British coal exports in the first quarter of 1938 was £8,831,784, compared with £7,462,290 in the…

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4 KILLED; 3 INJURED Canadian Mine Tragedy

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

BEARDMORE (Ontario), Wednesday: Four miners were killed and three injured when the left cage in the Northern Empire gold…

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Amusements Memorial Institute "Walls of Gold"

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 9

Whenever a Kathleen Norris story comes to the screen there is at least an assurance of film fare that proves highly gratifying. But with a story…

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Cage Crashes in Canadian Mine: Four Killed VANCOUVER

Northern Star · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 9

Four miners were killed and three were injured at the Northern Empire gold-mine, Beardmore, Ontario, when a cage bringing up the night shift…

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Gold Rod's Track Record at Rosebery Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 10

Gold Rod, who has been showing rare form on the track lately, created a track record at Rosebery to-day, when, with the…

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Polo New Zealand to Meet Town and Country for Gold Cup Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 11

The New Zealand team, which is fancied to win the championship, beat Hunter River players in a semi-final of the Australasian Gold Cup polo championship at…

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