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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

144 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 8

Union Prize Shoot Big Influx of Riflemen Goulburn Wins Gold Cup

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 2

Cash prizes and trophies valued at between £250 and £300 were distributed among successful marksmen at the 28th annual prize meeting held by the Southern District Rifle Clubs' Union at the Goulburn range on Anniversary…

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Kalgoorlie Special Constables Miners' Resentment Perth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 3

Quiet now prevails at Kalgoorlie, and Boulder although there is a general feeling of resentment amongst the miners…

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Kalgoorlie Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

Following a decision of a mass meeting of miners to resume work, operations on the Golden Mine have resumed. The Chamber of Mines…

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News at Home and Abroad Kalgoorlie Special Constables Miners’ Resentment

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 4

Quiet prevailed at Kalgoorlie on Friday although there was a general feeling of resentment amongst the miners over the presence of special…

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Gold Price Double Original Value SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 3

In consequence of the record price for gold on the London market, the price for gold in Australia has reached a record level…

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£2 A Sovereign Gold Flowing to the Banks

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 4

Recent enhancement in the price of gold should soon result in the depiction of any hoarded sovereigns in New South Wales…

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Defining Colours Red, Gold and Black

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 6

Are you a red-head, a blonde, or a brunette? And wouldn't you like to know the effect your colour of hair may have on those…

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Warden’s Court Searching for Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 2

In the Warden’s Court this afternoon Robert Saul Duddleston made application for authority to enter to search for gold for a period of 12…

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The Gas-works No Instruments To Determine Calorific Value Of Coal Full Attendance Desired for Special Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 6

Mr. C. J. Foran, manager of the gas-works, was not present at Monday night’s Municipal Council meeting. It was stated that…

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Legally He Doesn't Exist ! Man Born at Lambing Flat. Echo of the Goldfield Days

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 2

There is at least one man in Sydney who, legally, has never been born. He is Mr. S. FirthTurner, Colborne-avcnue…

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Tomato Plants for Coal Mines

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 6

What do you think of as you look a tomato? asks the Children’s Newspaper. Since reading a certain scientific magazine, the paper continues,…

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Gold Robbery 936 Oz. Stolen Escort Hoodwinked Capetown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 3

A bar of gold weighing 936 oz., consigned from Bulawayo to London, was found to have disappeared when the undamaged box…

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Gold Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 8

Intense interest has been aroused by the activities of two visitors to Muruian during the past week. Mr. W. J. Arthur and his son are the…

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Heroic Efforts Gallant Miners MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 7

Great gallantry was shown by miners at the South New Moon Mine Sailor's Gully, five miles from Bendigo, this morning, when one man was…

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Early Days on the Lambing Flat Gold Fields

The Young Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 4

Early gold-digging days at Lambing Flat (now Young) and Forbes are recalled by Mr. Thomas Gilligan, of Clara Street…

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Hidden Gold Features Tom Mix

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 1

Tom Mix is coming back, riding and fighting his way through Universal's latest thriller of the wide open spaces, "Midden Gold," which will be…

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Lure of Gold Sir Malcolm Campbell Mystery Trip Capetown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 3

The Mystery of Sir Malcolm Campbell's aeroplane trip the South West has been solved by the issue of permission for him…

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Local News Coal for the Hospital

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 1

The necessity for the purchase or coal if a hot water system was installed at the Burrangong District Hospital was referred to by the…

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Goulburn Beaten Tennis Gold Cup

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 3

After making a determined bid for the victory, Goulburn went down to Bathurst in the final of the Gold Cup tennis tournament…

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False Hopes Gold—But Not Enough LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 3

The skeleton-strewn sands of the burning Namib Desert, reports a Daily Mail correspondent from Luderitz Bay, in former German South-West…

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