Foreign & General
1. Americans evidently deciding to denounce commercial treaty with Japan. Daily Telegraph [a]
Social
1. Gov.t apparently considering raising old age pension, no doubt with an eye to general election. Daily Telegraph [b]
2. Rich gold deposits said to have been found near Great Slave Lake in Canada. Daily Telegraph [c]
3. Smallholders & small farmers evidently being incommoded by conscription. First special tribunal under M[ilitary].T[raining]. act had 20 objectors to deal with, none apparently on political grounds. Smallholder; Daily Telegraph [d]
Party Politics
1. Fresh purge in Moscow, including Tarioff, Soviet Minister to Outer Mongolia. Daily Telegraph [e]
2. French handing over £8 millions of Spanish gold to Franco. Daily Telegraph [f]
3. P.P.U., N.C.L., Friends & Fellowship of Reconciliation were able to be represented at first tribunal under M.T. Act. Daily Telegraph [d]
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Orwell Diaries 1938-1942 
The Canadian gold discovery is probably the result of drilling conducted on the Giant Mine property, which was first staked in 1939.
Although visible gold had been discovered a number of years earlier in the region, the description of a ‘gold rush similar to the Klondike’ is misleading.
Here’s a history of gold discovery and mining in the Yellowknife region:
http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/miningoilgas/historyexploration.shtml
“which was first staked in 1939.” … should read “1935”
“Fresh purge in Moscow” – vintage Orwell.