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

Mining & the mines, 1950

48 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Tin Miners Beaten 19 Points to 10 In League Game

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

Tullibigeal was too strong for Kikoira in a challenge League match. Tullibigeal, with some…

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West Wyalong Will Play for Weissel Gold Cup Next

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

West Wyalong Rugby Leaue team will play Barmedman next Saturday for the Eric Weissel Gold Cup, valued at more than £120…

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Will Protect Old Mine Shafts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

A specification of the requirements to protect dangerous mine shafts at West Wyalong was discussed at a week…

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Warden Says Miners Must "Speed-up" Mining A.T.E.

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

Consistent applications for authority to enter land for mining purposes at Gibsonvale tinfield will not be…

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Mining Applicants Lose Deposits

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 4

When applicants for authority to enter failed to answer their names at the West Wyalong Mining Warden's Court…

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Owners Agree to Mining Applications

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

Applications by B. Goodwin, [?]. M. O'Doimell, J M. O'Don[?]ell, J. B. Goodwin, for author[?]ty to enter land at Tallimba,…

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Company Spent £10,000, Mining Warden Told

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

Beechworth Alluvial Tin Mining Company has already spent £10,000 investigating the Gibsonvale Tinfieid, and may have to spend another £10,000…

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Tallimba Retains Gold Cup

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 4

Tallimba Rugby footballers successfully defended the Gold Cup against a challenge by the Ariah Park team…

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'Miners' Stop Work Meeting (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 1

A message from Wollon[?]ong states: South Coast miners will hold a 24 hour stoppage tomorrow, in…

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Gold Cup Match Next Sunday at Cowra

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1950 · page 1

The following team has been selected: Gents.: McCabe, Anderson, Hunter, Nelson, kalms, Nelson. JUSTUS BONN, eminent European ringer, who has been principal tenor of the Netherlands Opera since the war, has begun a studio…

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May Find Gold at W. Wyalong Commerce Chamber Told

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 1

The Mines Department will not permit Bland Shire Council to fill in several old Mines at West Wyalong…

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Dangerous Open Mine Shaft

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 1

Bland Shire Council will investigate a statement by the Chamber of Commerce that the poppet head at the Golden…

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Ardlethan Mines May be Re-opened

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 4

North Broken Hill Mining Co. has been carrying out a very extensive programme of survey work and prospecting of the…

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Gold at Tennant Creek

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

There is still a lot of gold to he won in Australia. At Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory, one company recovered gold worth £40,000…

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New Machinery To Win U.K. Coal

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

The Samson Stripper, a new all-British machine which wins 100,000. tons of coal yearly--with only five men at the face--is to…

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Warden Says fie Will Not Allow Miners to "Tie-up" Land Waiting for a Strike to Be Made

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

He is not in favour of people holding land for mining purposes in opposition to others, with the hope that somebody will make a strike, and they will reap…

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Victoria will buy black coal SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 1

The Victorian Government at a special week-end meeting agreed to purchase all available Jolack coal supplies from Queensland…

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Still Hope for Trapped Miners SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 September 1950 · page 1

There is still hope that twelve men trapped in the Knock shinock Castle colliery, Ayrshire, Scotland, will be found alive…

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A. G. Thompson Gets Third Win in Coronation Gold Cup

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 6

When his champion two-year-old Clydesdale mare "Glenelg Style," won the Temora Show Society's coveted Coronation Cup it gave owner-breeder Alf…

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Big Court Case Magnesite Mines Involved

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 2

At the recent Supreme Court sitting in Dubbo, a very important case was that in which a claim for £8,000 was made by…

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