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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

303 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 16

FOOTBALL Forbes Challenge Gold Cup Match

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 7

At a meeting of the Forbes Rugby League Football Club, at the Royal Hotel on Tuesday night it was decided to issue a challenge…

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More Gold in the Fleece! Wool Jump Surprises the Market

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 6

Almost £1,000,000 is what Monday's rise of 10 per cent in wool prices in Sydney and Melbourne will mean to Australia if the higher values are…

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Gossip of the Day Can Forbes Win Gold Cup ? -- New Railway Tours -- Achieved His Ambition-- Meal That Cost Stray Its Life-- Windfall of £10,000 -- Soldiers and Citizens' Club Fees

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 7

A windfall of £10,000 dropping into the life of an ordinary working man as it did in the case of Graham Dunn, the other day, is liable to conjure…

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Gold Find. Visit to the Field. Red Flag FlYING

Western Champion · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 4

Two mounds of earth in a paddock, one flying a red flag and the other other a white one; the tops of the shafts boarded in to prevent…

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Mine Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 4

The manager of Lucknow Pups Gold Mining Co., reports as follows: From No. 1 shaft, 125 feet level, S.W. crosscut has been extended to 65 feet…

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Find of Gold Discovery at parkes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 4

Some promising alluvial wash has been struck in country near the old Day Spring battery on the Currajons two miles north of Parkes. Some goo…

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Correspondence. Dig More Gold (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 5

Sir,-- All Interested under the heading of finance are becoming panic stricken with the idea that our monetary…

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At Last. Mines May Be-reopened. Newcastle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 2

Behind the Newcastle meeting of northern collieries' managers. under-managers and other officials to-day was the definite assumption that…

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Correspondence Proposed Bonus on Gold. (To the Editor "Grenfell Record.")

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 4

Sir,—Senator McLachlan is reported in the press as formulating a brilliant ilea. He wants Australia's external debt of £560,000,000…

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"Miners Beaten" Mr. James Censured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 1

It is reported that the Newcastle O.B.U. of unemployed decided to censure Mr. James, M.P., for his utterances at the May Day celebrations…

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Oil From Coal Big Company to Commence Operations

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 9

An early start is to be made to extract oil [?]rom the brown coal deposits of victoria. Several months ago Imperial…

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Gold Cup Match Forbes Challenge Accepted

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 4

Can Forbes win the Jack Hore Cup from Canowindra, the redoubtable combination that has held the trophy for such a lengthy period ?…

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Opening Coal Mines McDonald Sees no Hitch (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

Mr. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Colleries Association, said to-day that he did not anticipate any hitch in the re-opening of the mines…

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A Merger Rugby League and Warriors Gold Cup Fixtures

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 8

At a meeting on Friday night it was decided to merge the interests of the Forbes Rugby League Club and the Warriors'…

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Coal Dispute Meeting on Wednesday (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 1

It is understood that arrangements bave beem completed for a meeting between representatives of the Northern Colleries' Association and the…

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History of Grenfell Gold Mining Period, 1866. Discovery of Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 3

Con. O'Brien, a shepherd in the employ of J. B. Wood, was tending his master's sheep on the hill now known as O'Brien's Hill within the…

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Hill End Mining. Revival on the old Field

Western Champion · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 8

There is a revival of mining on the old Hill End field, and the memories of Boltermann's nugget and the rich caches' of the yellow…

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Search for Gold Government's Scheme Organised Parties

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Weaver) has produced scheme to encourage gold prospecting, and give work to unemployed prospectors…

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£3,000,000 LOST In Coal Production Most Disastrous Strike on Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 4

The dispute has been the most disastrous in the history of the mining industry. It has lasted 15 months and the losses have been tremendous…

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Forbes Played Splendidly at Canowindra Gold Cup Holders Have Narrow Escape Three Points Margin

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

The redoubtable Canowindra team got the shock of its life on Sunday when Forbes Rugby League Club went within an ace of taking the Jack Hore Gold Cup that has been held by Canowindra for a long time against the best football combinations in the West…

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