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

Mining & the mines, 1939

131 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 7

Won Gold-Mine At Cards Doesn't Play Now London, February 25. (By Air Mail)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 4

The man who once won a gold mine at cards declined this week to make a fourth at solo in the train from Bristol…

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Race Meeting at Taralga Moaenza Beaten By Can March in Race For Gold Cup Successful Fixture

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 8

Weather conditions at Taralga yesterday were far from pleasant, but a good attendance saw excellent racing at the Taralga…

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Jungle Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 7

The following is an original story written by Geoffrey Little, a pupil at the District School, which won first prize at the Yass…

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Gold by the Foot!

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

TEMORA, Tuesday; Mr. Jack Bray who yesterday kicked up a nugget of gold worth £50, unearthed another this morning weighting about one and…

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Gold Falls, Kills Miner

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

KALGOORLIE, Monday: A bucket of gold ore to-day fell 100 feet on to Thomas Henry Manning (60), killing him instantly. His son, Keith (21)…

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Cricket Boorowa Diggers v. Frogmore Miners

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

The Boorowa Diggers played a match on the local oval on Sunday last against a team representing the Frogmore Miners. The Diggers…

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Eye On The Gold Czech Reserves Held In London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: 'The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, announced to the House of Commons that no request had…

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Jungle Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

(The following is an original story written by Geoffrey Little, a pupil at the District School, which won first prize at the Yass…

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Burrowa Police Court (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M.) Wednesday, 22nd March, 1939. Warden's Court Claim Foe Expenses Incurred in Mining Venture

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

James Joseph Keogh v. T. and A. Perceval and J. Sardinian. (Mr. W. F. Clapin, of Young, who appeared for complainant, gave a…

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Jungle Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 8

The following is an original story written by Geoffrey Little, a pupil at the District School, which won first prize at the Yass…

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Save Lives In Mines? Pithead Radio Tests London, March 14

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 6

In a Yorkshire coal-mine, half a mile below the surface, miners listened to dance music broadcast from London. They had taken a…

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Jungle Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 8

[The following is an original story written by Geoffrey Little, a pupil at the District School, which won first prize at the Yass…

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Gold Rod's Doncaster Angry Outburst From Randwick Crowd Greets Winner Big Betting Plunge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 6

Costing Sydney bookmakers £20,000 in one of the most sensational course plunges ever associated with a big Randwick…

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Freight for Coal Protest To Government

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: At the annual conference of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce which opened in Sydney to-day, Mr. T…

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Death of Bulli Miner Struck By Cage From Mine Top

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: William Montgomery, 15, a married man, was killed while working at the bottom of a shaft at Coalcliffe Colliery, Bulli…

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Mining Court Evidence Before Warden

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

Commonwealth Portland Cement Co., represented by James Burton Finney, licensed surveyor of Sydney, was the…

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Yerranderie Mines Question In Parliament

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

The silver mines in the Burragorang Valley have been a source of many questions in parliament, and last week, Mr. H. Jeff Bate,. M.L.A.,…

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Britain's Gold Dictator

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 4

Backed by £500,000,000 resources, Britain has a secret service which is just as secret and important as the one which…

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Copper Mine Labour Conditions Suspended

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 1

Mr. E A. Betts, Goulburn solicitor, successfully sought at suspension of labour conditions on a copper mine at Merrilla in…

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Finance and Czechoslovakia Gold And Assets Will Stop In Great Britain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 4

LONDON, Monday: It was stated in the House of Commons that the British Government had no power to restrain the movement of gold held…

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