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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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£450,000 Grant Forestry--mining Federal Contribution Relief of Unemployment Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 5

A grant of £450,000, spread over 1936-37 and 1937-36, is to be made available to the States by the Commonwealth, for assistance to the…

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Dorrigo Mining Company

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

A meeting of the Dorrigo Mining Company was held at Mr. J. W. Begg's office on Tuesday night to consider a proposition in connection…

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Flow Oil Federal Policy Vigorous Shale and Coal Tests Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 3

It is the intention of the Commonwealth Government to pursue a vigorous policy to obtain as early as possible definte information as to Whether flow…

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Another Gold Cup Awarded to Jean Batten. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

The New Zealand aviatrix, Miss Jean Batten, has been awarded, for the second. successive year, the gold cup, the trophy of the American Women's…

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Mining and Forests Commonwealth Government's Assistance Prime Minister's Statement

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, announced last week that it had been decided to make a sum of £450,000 available to the States over the…

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Gold Charge of Receiving Over £2000 Mentioned Three Men Arrested Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 5

Bail of £500 was allowed William Ernest Smith, 35, at North Sydney Court to-day when he was remanded on two charges of receiving gold…

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Three Dead in Golden West Mine. Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

Richard Young, 27, Alexander Hunderson 34, arid Leslie Lethbridge, 26, were killed in the Golden West mine at Kunanailing, near Coolgardie…

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Alleged Gold Theft £1000 Involved At Orange Reduction of Bail Refused. SYDNEY,Friday

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 5

Mr. Sutherland, S.M., to-day refused an application for a reduction of the bail of £500 granted to Williarri Ernest Smith (35), when he appeared at the…

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Lindrum Wins Billiards Gold Cup. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

In the "Daily Mail" Gold Cup billiards match the Australian, Horace Lindrum (11.382) defeated Reece (5352)…

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Regular Bachelor Again Newmarket with Dazzling Finish Gold Rod Brilliant Sylvandale and Allunga More Records Smashed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 3

Finishing with extraordinary speed for the last half-furlong, Regular Bachelor got up in time to win the Newmarket Handicap, at…

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Gold Robbery 60 Ounces Taken From Dredge. Adelong

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 5

During the week-end gold valued at £480 was stolen from a gold dredge at Mount Horeb. Three mats which catch the gold won by the sluice were stolen,…

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Buried Treasure Gold And Diamonds Search in Soviet Russia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 2

Buried gold and diamonds worth £400,000, property of a Russian emigrant' family, are to be hunted in the Soviet Union soon, according to the Warsaw…

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"Him Mine."

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 9

Amusement was caused during the hearing of a case at Newcastle Police Court last Monday in which three young men were charged with having…

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320 MILLIONS Bank of England's Gold

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

A new record was added to the many others created last year, when the Bank of England announced the purchase of £515,557 of bar gold in…

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Stay Down Strike Did Not Last Long Police Removed Miners. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

Excitement prevailed at the Sunbeam mine, Korumburra, to-day when five miners led by two union officials ceased work as a protest against the…

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Tyalgum Coal for Murwillumbah Powerhouse

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 4

It was reported by Ald. A. R. Black to Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its last meeting, that coal was being successfully mined at Tyalgum. He…

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Victorian Miners Strike at Korumburra Mine. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 5

All of the volunteers whose employment at the Sunbeam mine, Korumburra, caused the strike of the unionists failed to report for work to-day. It…

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Explosion in Bellbird Colliery. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 5

Bellbird colliery, which a few years ago was the scene of one of the worst disasters on the northern coalfields, was the scene of an explosion to-day, an…

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Trapped 1200Ft. Down Mine Party At Boulder Water Floods Tunnel Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 5

While Ian Marshall (26), single, was showing a party of friends over the Iron Duke mine at Boulder last night the bulkhead holding back the…

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Mining Losses "Money Down the Drain."

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 7

"During the last three years there has been a great deal of capital risked in gold mining and what was believed by the uninformed to be gold mining…

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