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Mining & the mines, 1931

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Red Flag Parade Fired on by Police Five Miners Killed Canadian Mining Trouble Estevan ,(Saskatchewan)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 3

Five gold miners were seriously wounded, two fatally, when the Provincial police fires on the forbidden Red Flag parade of 3oo men, who…

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Coal Output Newcastle Figures Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 6

During September 283,000 tons of coal were taken from mines in the northern fields, representing an increase of 50,000 tons compared with…

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Huge Gold Shipment From United States for France and Switzerland New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 3

Approximately 20,000,000 dollars (£4,000,000) in gold, the largest shipment to leave the United States in a single day in more than two years,…

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Gold in Australia Increase in Production Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1931 · page 4

The Common wealth Statistician's Department to-day issued figures relating to the gold production for the first six months of 1931. These showed…

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Gold Standard Relief To Australia Equal to Conversion Loan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 October 1931 · page 13

"England's action in [?]abandoning the gold standard will relieve the very real burden of Australia's interest obligations," declared the Acting…

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German Mines Close British Coal Cheaper Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 2

Two Ruhr coal mines, employing 2200 men, have closed down owing to the inability of the mince to compete with the now cheaper British coal…

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Gold Standard Canada to Retain Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 2

The Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. Benmett) has issues an emphatic denial that Canada is contemplating going off the gold standard…

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Fell Over Cliff Remarkable Rescue Work Through Valley And Coal Mine KATOOMBA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 2

A meritorious piece of rescue work was carried out on the Blue Mountains. Yesterday morning residents who, at their own expense, had been cutting a…

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World's Gold Only 30,720 Tons Produced

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 1

The prospector's dream of finding a mountain of gold will never be realised; and if it were, the effects of such a discovery, though highly…

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Gold Standard Effect of Suspension "Worst Over; Best To Come" LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 1

The first expression of opinion by any member of the "Big Five" banks on the suspension of the gold standard, is contained in the monthly…

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Mining in Queensland Melbourne Company to Operate on a Large Scale Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 1

It is reported that a Melbourne company is about to be formed to undertake mining on a large scale at Mt. Coolon (North Queensland). For…

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Gold Production How to Obtain Bounty Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 2

In connection with tore county which has been provided by the Commonwealth Government to encourage, gold production, the Minister for…

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Oil Versus Coal Should the Navy Resort to the Old Methods

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 4

A recent proposal in the British Parliament that, in order to encourage the coal industry, the navy should revert to coal burning ships, revives coaling…

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Yalgogrin Gold Mine

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 2

Messrs Rowe and Preston have disposed of a third interest in their gold mine, situated south west of Yalgogrin North, to a Melbourne company,…

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Fell Over Cliff Remarkable Rescue Work Through Valley and Coal Mine

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

A meritorious piece of rescue work was carried out on the Blue Mountains oil Sunday morning. Residents, who, at their own expense, had been…

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Splitters Creek Goldfield Putland Bros' Mine a Fine Specimen

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 2

Rutland Bros, of Splitters Creek, Red Hill Station, are again on rich stone in their prospectors' gold mine, estimated to contain 20oz to the ton…

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Gold Standard. Britain’s Challenge

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

In the course of a debate in Melbourne on Monday on the gold standard, Professor Dr. G. L. Wood said that permanent departure from gold…

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Power of Gold and the Coming of the Kingdom

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 3

On behalf of the Wagga Christa delphian Ecclesia, Mr. J. Baxter (Sydney) addressed a large audience on Sunday night in the Masonic Hall…

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Goobragandra Gold Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 3

Mr. Jim Gardner has a fine specimen of gold in quartz, weighting about, 3lb, brought from the Goobragandra gold mine, from the part of the reef…

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Mining Splitter's Creek Goldfield Putland Bros. on Rich Stone

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 3

Putland Bros, of Splitter's Creek, Red Hill station, are again on rich stone in their prospectors' gold mine, estimated to contain 20ozs. to the…

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