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

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Death of Famous Mining Engineer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 5

Adam Boyd, whose name was as widely known among mining men as his ability was respected, has passed on in Brisbane…

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Duty Off Oil at Goldfields SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 4

The Minister for the Interior (Mr, Johnson) announced in-Perth that primage duty on crude oil used…

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Open Cut Coal Blamed for Fires on Bogan Gate-Tottenham Line

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 5

The train crew of the goods train on the Bogan Gate-Tottenham line had a strenuous time last week. A number or fires started after the…

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Fencing "Too Elaborate" for Dangerous Mine Shafts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

Proposal of Bland Shire Council to fence off dangerous mine shafts at West Wyalong is described by the Mines Department as "too elaborate."…

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U.s. Has History's Biggest Gold Hoard

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

The United Stetes now has the biggest hoard of gold any nation has ever amassed, says the Washington correspondent of the South African Press…

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The Eugowra Gold Escort Robbery

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

The following is taken from the "Widdin Mountain Gazette" of 30th March, 1867:— In the Supreme Court, sitting in…

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Coalminers at Work in Most Mines To-day

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

Miners started work to-day on all coalfields in New South Wales. Miners' Federation General…

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Mining Matters.. Held Over

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 6

On the application of Soil[?]tors H. J. Englert, D. E. Mackenzie and R. B. Bloore, a number of mining matters…

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Mining Work Is Increasing

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

Judging by the huge pile of documents produced at the West Wyalong Mining Warden's Court during the past two or…

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Interesting Court Case of Old Days Eugowra Gold Escort Robbery Government Held Responsible for Loss

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

The following Is taken from the "Widdin Mountain Gazette," of 30th March, 1867:-- In the Supreme Court, sitting in…

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Mining Revival At Ardlethan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

Rumors long current of developments at the Ardlethan Tin Mines have crystallised by the reliable reports that Austral…

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Gold Cup Authentic

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 4

An authentic prop in Frank Borzage's "Will To-morrow Ever Come" is the Gold Cup presented to Gallant Man and his rider after the pair win…

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Steelworks May Close Starved for Coal Mediation Attempts

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

In an attempt to avert the threatened complete shut-down, of the entire B.H.P. steelworks at Newcastle by the week-end, compulsory…

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Coal Machines to Raise Power Output

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 6

A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said that increased mechanisation in the coal mining industry would result in…

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More Coming Now Than in Gold Rush

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 4

The year 1949 would be the greatest year ever in Australian immigration, said Mr. Calwell in a…

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Captain's Flat Miners Want £7/10/0 a Week Bonus; Strike Continues (By. Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

Employees of Lake George Zinc Mine at Captain's Flat, by a majority of one, yesterday rejected the Company's terms or a settlement of the dispute…

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Gold Cup Polo

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 7

Local interest centred on the interstate polo played at Adelaide, where members of the Vychan team took part. The Gold Cup was won by…

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Mine Owner Struck by Falling Tree

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 5

Mr. John Hughes Gibson, founder of Gibsonvale Tinfield, and the most colorful mining personality in the…

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Mining Rights For Engineer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 6

A mining engineer was granted authority to enter land in the Kikoira district, at the West Wyalong…

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No Staff; Ill Health, Brought About Sale of Mining Lease

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 8

Ill-health, in addition to shortage of skilled labor, had brought about the sale of a mining lease. Giving evidence at the West…

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