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

Mining & the mines, 1948

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"Never Enough Coal in Lifetime" For Adequate Rail Service

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

THE totally inadequate and unsatisfactory rail service between Forbes and Sydney has been the subject of much correspondence between Forbes organisations and the commissioners, the replies being stereotyped and as annoying as the service…

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Coal Shortage Serious in Vic. (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states:— The acute black coal shortage threatens to cause widespread…

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Coal Crisis—Drastic Rationing (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

The State Cabinet is meeting to-day to work out the details of drastic rationing of both electricity and gas, resulting from the coal crisis…

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£120 Gold Cup Not Worth "Cracker" at the Present Time

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 2

The future of the Eric Weissel Gold Cup, valued at more than £100, is causing W. Wyalong Rugby League officials considerable concern. Three Clubs have…

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Coal Cuts May Affect Forbes Authorities Waiting Instructions

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 1

While far-reaching restrictions in the use of coal and gas are likely to follow the latest development in the turmoil on the coalfields no…

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In Bygone Years From "Advocate" Files of 1935 Gold Escort Robbery Near Eugowra

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 11

The manner in which Mr. Jules Girot was making a comfortable living from a block of 113 acres on the Lachlan River was described in the issue…

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What of Grenfell Gold Reefs?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2

Good progress is being made with arrangements to develop the Broula King goldfield, situated on extensive hilly country near Bumbaldry…

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£1000 Awarded for Loss of Eye in Mine Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2

A Worker' Compensation Court today a [?] by consent £1000 to James Patrick Phillips 42, miner of Queanbeyan, for…

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Solicitor Describes 30,000 Mining Applications as Colossal; Talk of Aerial Survey

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 5

An application by a Sydney mining engineer for extended authorities to enter a total of 29,764 acres of land in the Gibsonvale locality for the purpose of mining…

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"Put Mines Under Military Control," Says Rotary Speaker

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 1

Some spirited discussion followed a talk on Government control of materials by Mr. Jack Simpson at Friday's Rotary Club dinner…

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Grenfell's Gold Reefs. Gold Mining Period. 1866

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

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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Grenfell Gold Reefs

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

waggon reached the gold field, and the miners swarmed all over it, and quickly bought up the load. The other was delayed about three miles…

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BOWLS Griffith and Robertson Retain Gold Buttons

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

Griffith and Robertson withstood a further challenge in the Gold Buttons pairs competition, when they easily defeated the challengers, Leaney and…

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Grenfell's Gold Reefs. Gold Mining Period, 1866

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

The water for domestic purposes yas carted from Brundah and Bogolong, both places being from five to eight miles distant from the actual…

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Coal Crisis in Victoria (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states:—To comply with the stipulation by the Joint Coal Board, which on Saturday granted Victoria an extra thousand tons…

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Nationalisation of Coal and Gas (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

More than 1,500 people at a public meeting in Sydney last right, which was orgarised by the Minera Federation, called…

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Gold and Wool Comparison in Price Advances Less Wool Being Grown To-Day

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 7

The price of wool has been considered by many people to have been very high. It is decidedly higher than Immediately prior to…

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Grenfell Gold Reefs Report of Gold Reefs in Grenfell District by the Late W. H. J. Slee. Chief Inspector of Mines, N.s.w

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 4

At Grenfell an intensive of porphyrite about one and three-quarter miles long and from five to twenty-five chains wide traverses in a…

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Miners Must Pay for Sureace Damage

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 4

Mr. Finlay, S.M. at the West Wyalong Mining Warden's Court yesterday said landown ers are entitled to…

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Snakes Harass N.T. Miners

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 6

A snake plague in the Finnis River area about [?] miles south of Darwin, is harassing tin miners in…

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