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

Mining & the mines, 1945

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Gold Fortune's Double at Ungarie Races

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 2

There was a good attendance at Ungarie races on Wednesday afternoon, when the first registered meeting held there for some years…

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Mallee Plains After Miners' Scalp

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

Mallee Plains Rugby League will send two teams to Gibsonvale on Sunday next to meet the Tin Miners. Secretary Ken Reid urges all Mallee…

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Miners and Mallee Plains Win Match Each

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

Gibsonvale Tin Miners and Mallee Plains each registered a Rugby League win on Sunday, on the Gibsonvale oval. Miners senior grade won 12/4, Hoskins,…

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Kikoira and Weethalle Mining Rights

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

Eland ShireCouncil has decided not to agree to certain areas in Kikoira and Weethalle being declared private lands, for the purpose of mining…

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Mallee Plains Whack Miners Twice

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 2

Mallee Plains Rugby League kept up its winning sequence with a double win over Gibsonvale Tin Miners on Sunday. In the principal match Mallee Plains…

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Load of Gold—a.c.f. Art Union

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 4

The first prize winner of the Australian Comforts Fond "Salute to Valour" Art Union will be invited to the Commonwealth Bank and there offered a…

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"Load of Gold"—a.c.f. Art Union Prize

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 1

The first prize "winner of the Aus-tralian Comforts Fund "Salute to Valour" Art Union will be invited to the Commonwealth Bank and there…

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South-west Football on Sunday Wyalong and Miners to Meet

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 1

The much awaited clash between Gibsonvale Tin Miners and Weft Wyalong Rugby League teams taxes place [?] Miners' oval on Sunday next…

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Miners Hold Wyalong 8/5. New Men play Good Football

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 1

Strengthened by the inclusion of three new men from Tullibigeal, West Wyalong Rugby League could not hold Gibsonvale Tin Miners and were…

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Match with Miners Off

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

After having made all preparations and declining several other challenges, Secretary Jack Meade, of the West Wyalong Rugby League,…

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Strike at 23 Collieries Serious Coal Position (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 1

Although deputies who were on strike at 23 South Maitland Collieries returned to work for a brief period yesterday, they decided at a…

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Miners k.o. W.W. 9—0 Win in Good League Match

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

Playing superior football, Gibson vale Tin Miners defeated West Wyalong at the showground yesterday 9/0. Phil Hoskinson, scored seven…

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Tennis Balls Helped to Beat Magnetic Mine

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 1

About 23,000,000 tennis balls, the entire wartime output of the United Kingdom, were used by British scientists to defeat the German…

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Miners Put Cleaner Through Ungate

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 1

Scoring 26 points to nil, Gibsonvale Tin Miners had an easy win over Ungarie Rugby League thirteen yesterday at Gibsonvale…

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Old Times. From 1826 to 1862: Sheep and Gold

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 4

In an address on the "N.S.W. Forest Service," Mr. E. H. F. Swain, N.S.W. Commissioner for Forests, stated that the first settler in the…

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Tennis Balls Helped to Beat the Magnetic Mine

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 7

Twenty-three million tennis balls, the entire war-time output of the United Kingdom, were used by British scientists to defeat the German…

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Hard Job for Miners Griffith After Trophy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 1

The Miners Cup will be at stake on Sunday next when Griffith League team visits Gibsonvale Miners recognise Griffith as one of the…

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Miners Had "Wind-up" Nearly Lost Challenge Cup

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 1

Great excitement prevailed yesterday when Gibsonvale retained the Miners Challenge Cup, 9/8, against the crack Griffith League team…

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All Over Bathroom Trouble at Coal Mines Stay-in Strikers (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 1

A message from Newcastle states: Using iron bars, 30 miners who marched on R[?]ndda Colliery last night tore sheets of galvanised fron [?]…

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Miners Win Knock Out Final

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 1

Gibsonvale Tin Miners defeated Tullibigeal 22/8 in the final of the Ungarie Rugby League knock out competition yesterday…

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