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

Mining & the mines, 1939

205 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 11

Riley Gold Cup Caragabal Collects CARAGABAL

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 9

Caragabal football team visited Tallimba on Sunday to play for the coveted Rtley Gold Cup, which the home team were successful In securing by 2…

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"Laracy's Pot Of Gold" " Advocate Serial" CHAPTER 8 (Continued) Adam Must Leave the Garden of Eden

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 8

Throughout the long night Laracy lay and pondered his problem. Ought he to go away, now, when his friends might need him as they had never…

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Britain's Gold

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 1

Gold to the amount of £280.000.000 which has been transferred to the Exchange Equalisation Account represents almost the whole of the Bank…

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2Lf Gold Cup Won by Len Cooper

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 1

Len Cooper, coach and captain of the West Wyalong Rugby League team, won the gold cup presented by Radio Station 2LF Young, to the…

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Forbes Retains Gold Cup Canowindra Defeated 9-Nil

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 4

Forbes footballers concluded a most successful season on Sunday by defeating Canowindra, Dual challenger for the Jack Here…

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Laracy's Pot Of Gold" " Advocate Serial" CHAPTER 8 (Continued) Adam Must Leave the Garden

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 3

It was half a minute before Laracy recovered in stark silence from this cool disclosure. Then he managed to say:…

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"Laracy's Pot Of Gold" "Advocate Serial"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

Burly men, hurrying by on horseback or afoot, hailed the doctor, who had lived at Blake's Crossing for a while. "Howdger feel, Doc? Thanks for the…

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Snakes in Shaft Miner's Experience Weethalle Mining Dispute Unsuccessful Cancellation Applications

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 2

Declaring that one of his partners encountered two snakes and a cat in a shaft of a goldmine, in addition to many cob[?]eos and…

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Mine Owners in Court Again Dispute Over Boundaries Decided by Muting Warden John Gibson Wins Case

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 2

John Gibson, founder of the Kikoira field and Richard O'Donncli, equally well known partner in the firm of O'Donnell and Duff…

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Further Mining Activity. A. A. Bradley Applies for Water to Operate Another Dump

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 5

From A. A. Bradley, North-street, applying for permission to connect to the town water supply at the north and of Brundah-slreet. for the…

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After Gold Hotelkeeper Turns Miner

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 1

The application of Robert Bamford, licensee of the Girral Hotel, Girral, for authority to enter land the property of…

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Saving Our Gold (To the Editor "Advocate")

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 7

Sir,—Favorable trade balances due to gold export sharply differ from debit trading accounts paid for by cash. For some time Australia ha[?]…

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" Advocate Serial" Laracy's Pot Of gold CHAPTER 10 Mr. Casey Makes an Impression

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 8

If there was one person in the world who would recognise him it was Dick. Laracy backed his horse away and was about to turn him down the lane up…

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11 Miners Killed IN N.Z. DISASTER Heroic Attempts to Rescue (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 1

A message from Auckland (New Zealand) states:—Eleven men were killed in a mine disaster at Gien Afton colliery, near…

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"Laracy's Pot Of Gold" "Advocate Serial" CHAPTER 11 Eve Tempts Adam to Stay

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 4

So it came to pass that Seven Creeks developed even more rapidly than had been prophesied by the most optimistic for long before the alluvial in the…

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Miners Raise £63 FOR B.N. A. HOSPITAL Bag of Tin Donated

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

As a result of the activiteis of the Kikoira Tin-miners Committee, Kikoira Bush Nursing Association Hospital has benefited to…

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" Advocate Serial " " Laracy's Pot Of Gold " Chapter Xi. (Continued) Eve Tempts Adam to Stay

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 4

From the lips he could not see, because her head was bent while she gazed at the toe of her shoe which protruded from below her skirt of fine…

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Our District Page. Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed "Advocate Serial" "Laracy's Pot Of Gold" CHAPTER 12. Laracy Faces the Show Down

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 7

There she stood, regarding him with the calm, grey eyes of a widow who had lost her man and carried on his fight for him in the spirit in which…

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Man Fined £25 Bought Gold Without License Strict Victorian Law

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 5

At the Yarrawonga Court of Petty Bessions, before Messrs A. A. Manning and H. S. Bowies, J.s.l Ivor [?] [?]amilton Beves, charged with…

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"Laracy's Pot Of Gold" "Advocate Serial"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 3

Laracy was almost bowled over by the doctor's boisterous happiness, for he had come to see whether the widow Blair had set the bloodhounds on his…

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