Aviation History Some Early Flights Gold Medals for Flying 60 YARDS
With the Government’s decision to establish a flying school at Wagga, and with the formation of an Aero Club and air services between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
131 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 7
Czechoslovak Gold In London Churchill On That Transfer
LONDON, Sunday: No bank should pay over the assets of a kidnapped customer, under cruel duress, in order to strengthen a bankrupt aggressor's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Lives Lost in Fire in Colliery
LONDON, Tuesday: A fire in a seam 800 yards below the surface in No. 2 pit of Astley Green colliery in Lancashire caused the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Hoard Found Paris Legal Fight LONDON, May 20
A legal battle is now raging in Paris over the destiny of a hoard of gold which for nearly 300 years had lain in a poor quarter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worth Its Weight in Gold Yet We Burn It! 147,000,000 Worth of Helium Burnt Annually
Every year, in Southern Alberta, about forty- seven million pounds' worth of helium gas goes up in smoke. Nobody wants it, and nobody seems to worry about it; it has been roaring to waste at this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Revolt in Germany Miners Resent Longer Hours LONDON, May 27
German miners are in revolt against the recent increase of their hours by 45 minutes a shift, according to a report which has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →STOLE £10,000 From Under Sea German Captain's Ingenious Move "Hampshire's" Treasure Still Unrecovered Would you like £5,000,000 in solid gold?
It is yours for the taking if you can raise it from the bed of the Pentland Firth, where it lies buried in the wreck of H.M.S. Hampshire--the ill-fated cruiser in which Lord Kitchener perished on June…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STOLE £10,000 From Under Sea German Captain's Ingenious Move "Hampshire's" Treasure Still Unrecovered Would you like £5,000,000 in solid gold?
It is yours for the taking if you can raise it from the bed of the Pentland Firth, where it lies buried in the wreck of H.M.S. Hampshire--the ill-fated cruiser in which Lord Kitchener perished on June…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Royalty Leave For England Miners Give Rousing Cheers For King And Queen
ST. JOHNS, (Newfoundland) Sunday: Their Majesties left for England at 4.5 p.m. (Eastern daylight time) yesterday, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Scene at Hill Mine
BROKEN HILL, Tuesday: Dr. A. E. Panting,. who last night brought the body of one of the victims of the mine tragedy at South Mine to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N. Zealand Wants Miners
SYDNEY, Thursday: It was reported yesterday that the New Zealand Coal Mine Owners' Association and the Minister for Mines are seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Is Sent Back to Spain
LA ROCHELLE, Wednesday: A French civil tribunal has ordered the return to the Spanish Government of 9000 cases of gold and valuables…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Idle
SYDNEY, Monday: The Lambton mine, employing 200, was the to-day as a protest against the Drake-Brockman award. The mine produces 1700…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Mining At Bungonia
At the Goulburn Mining Warden's Court yesterday. William James Dunk, of Coogee, was granted a suspension of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Award
SYDNEY, Friday: The Central Council of district officers of the Miners' Federation will meet in Sydney this afternoon to review the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Gold Yield
KALGOORLIE. Monday: It was reported to-day that J. Carrot and his son reported a sensational yield of 1717 ounces of gold worth £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Mine Explosion
TOKOYO, Sunday: An explosion in the Tach[?]kawa colliery buried 27 men, of whom 10 have been rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wonthaggi State Mine Dispute
WONTHAGGI, Tuesday: The Wonthaggi State coal mine in Victoria was at a standstill to-day. When the miners presented themselves for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Rumours
LONDON, Tuesday: The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, announced in the House of Commons that he had appointed Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Ship Hits a Mine
LONDON, Tuesday: The Times Hong Kong correspondent states that the British steamer Haltan struck a mine between Swatow and Formosa…
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