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

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Rise in Coal Helps British Miners

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 3

The coal owners of England have received an urgent request to make immomate advances in the price of all domestic and industrial coal and…

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Grenfell's Jubilee £30,000 for Gold Mining

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 7

Grenfell's Jubilee Week is in full swing. It was officially opened on Monday by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thorby), who later…

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OBITUARY Mr. Jack Phillips A Mining Engineer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 4

The death occurred at his home in Young Street, on Tuesday afternoon, of Mr. John Phillips, who has been a resident of…

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Geo. Bell Wins Dawson Gold Cup W. Stear Wins Championship

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

Twenty-seven of the best known pigeon shots in the Southern districts took part in the big pigeon shoot an South-west…

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GRENFELL Historical Facts Discovery of Gold

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

Interesting historical facts about Grenfell, and the discovery of gold there, were published during the Jubilee celebrations there…

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£100,000 for Miners Compensation Privy Council Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 9

It is estimated that payment of at least £100,000 under the Workers' Compensation Act by various mining companies to miners will follow the…

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Missing Gold Lucknow Mystery Men to Stand Trial

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

After a lengthy hearing extending over three days, the conspiracy charges arising out of the alleged theft of gold from the Bismarck…

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General News Grenfell Homeward Bound Gold Mining Company.(no. Liability). Directors' Annual Report to Shareholders. Ladies and Gentlemen

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 3

The Directors have pleasure in submitting a report of the company's activities during the past year. A contract was let in April last to…

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Gold Stealing Charge Men for Trial

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Richard Brooking, 48, miner, Herbert Edwin Wright, 37, miner, and William Ernest Smith, 35, painter, were committed for trial at Orange…

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Mining News

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 4

Cooma Mines Ltd., have an option over Grenfell Golden Hill, late Soudan, which was worked 50 years ago, so we are informed. Rich…

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Gold Nugget Valued at £900

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 1

Tested on the family soiles, a angget found by Stuart Harnell, on his father's farm at Aranet. Virtoria, weighed 100oz., but at the Melbourne…

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Grenfell Golden Ridge. Cooma Mines Ltd

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 1

The shaft is now down 34 feet in channel matter interspersed with rich leaders similar to the previous assay of 22ozs. 12 dwts. The lode is in…

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Hidden Wealth Government Aid Mining Industry

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 9

The discovery by a farmer's son, while ploughing recently on a farm near Ararat, Victoria, of a nugget of gold weighing more than 120oz. troy…

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Two Men Rescued After Nine Days In Abandoned Mine (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 1

A cable rfom Ottawa states:— Frantic efforts to save Dr. Robertson and Alfred Sydding, who have been entombed 140 feet…

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Wagga Gold Cup Won by Tapestry

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

Tapestry and rider R. Parsons won their second Wagga Gold Cup in succession on Wednesday when they defeated a field of eight in the big…

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Industrial Peace In All Important Mines SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 1

It was stated al the Interstate Council of the Miners' Federation that reports to hand indicate that industrial peace now existed in…

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Football Canowindra Win Jack Hore Gold Cup

Cowra Free Press · Monday 11 May 1936 · page 1

Canowindra defeated Young (holders) at Young by 8 points to 4 for the Jack Hore Gold Cup. Scorers for Canowindra, Clyburn (2 tries),…

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Killed by Train When Gathering Coal (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 1

Agnes Passmore, aged 76' years of Cessnock, was picking up coal in a railway cutting of tree Aberdair extended colliery yard,…

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Mining Matter Application to Warden For Cancellation of Authority

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

James McKeon, of "Boxfield Park," Goolagong, was the applicant to Mr. N. L. Sheridan, relieving warden, when sitting at the…

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Terrible Mine Explosion. an Ipswich Horror

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 2

Four miners were killed on Saturday night in a terrific explosion while Ifighting a fire in the Aberdare No. 2 Colliery at Dismore, three miles from…

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