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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Growing Coal Output

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 1

Production of coal in Australia is rising slowly, according to the Bank of N.S.W.'s Review. In February, 1951, the monthly…

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Hopes for Forbes Gas Undertaking Good Coal As Cure

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 1

THERE was some discussion about the gas undertaking at Thursday's Forbes Council meeting. However, the report and explanation of the acting gas manager, Mr. W. Davey, cleared up some misconceptions and…

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"More Valuable Than Dozen Gold Mines" U.S. Conservation Results

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 9

IN most years the cables tell of disastrous floods in the Mississippi Valley, with much loss of life and tremendous property destruction. According to Louis Bromfield, famous novelist and leader of the "new farming"…

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Mrs. Attlee Goes Down a Mine

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 1

During her tour of Northern Rhodesia, Mrs. Attlee, wife of Mr. Clement Attlee, the leader of the Opposition in Britain's Parliament, had Her first experience of going down a mine, when she visited the Nkana Copper mine…

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Uranium Mining Rush In Canada

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 3

In the rich Beaver Lodge area of northern Saskatchewan in Canada a great uranium rush is in progress. Three years ago the…

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Forbes' First Payable Gold Mines Dept. Fixes Site

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 1

The Forbes Historical Society accepted a gift of the rare Martini-Enfleld rifle, presented to it through Mr. E. J. Willis. The…

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Correspondence Milk and Coal (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 3

Sir,--The Advocate (21252) has two main headlines, "The Strong Position of the Forbes Butter Factory" and "The Weak Position of…

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Coal Output High

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

Coal, production in Australia is 14 per cent higher this year. There has been 123 million tons produced, compared with 11…

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