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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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£1,000,000 Grant. to the States. for Forestry and Mining

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 7

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced on Wednesday that it had been decided to make £450,000 available to the States over the years…

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Entombed in Pit. Ordeal of Two Miners. Rescued After 24 Hours

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 4

Two miners trapped in a working, under the sea by a fall of stone in Blackhall Colliery, near West Hartlepool, Durham, the other day, talked…

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Tennant Creek. Reported Gold Strike

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. R. N. Hughes-Jones, who arrived in Sydney on Sunday from Tennant Creek in a 'plane piloted by Mr. Frank Neale, staged that be and his partner…

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Turf Bu[?]ned Fingers for Impulsive Autumn Market Hogs. Why Ilium was Even a Better Betting Proposition than the Mighty Gold Rod. Young Idea's Mission for the Coming Autumn

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 3

Backers have been rushing into the ante-post ring to take substantial wagers about horses for the Newmarket and Cup without stable authority, and…

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Mining and Forestry [?] Prime Minister's Statement

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, has announced that it had been decided to make a sum of £450,000 available to the States over the…

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Gold From Mine Men Charged with Stealing Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 2

Detectives last night arrested two men at Orange and charged them with having stolen gold from the Lucknow. Gold Mining Exploration Co. The police…

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Hoard of Gold. Discovered in New York

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 February 1936 · page 4

Federal agents on Tuesday found the largest hoard of illegally held gold since the Federal law was paRsed in 1933, calling into the Treasury all…

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Gold From Mine. Receiving and Stealing Charges

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

One man was charged at North Sydney with receiving, and two men were charged at Orange with stealing, gold from a Lucknow goldmine…

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Fiji Gold. Expert Completes Survey

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

A geological survey of Tavua goldfield, Fiji, has been completed by Dr. J. Loftus Hills, and a party. Dr. Hills, who is a passenger for Sydney…

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King Solomon's Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 7

A Polish explorer. Count Bynan de Prorok, claims to have identified Ophir, the mysterious country from which King Solomon is said to have…

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Mining and Forestry. Commonwealth Government's Assistance. Prime Minister's Statement

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, has announced that it had been decided to make a sum of £450,000 available to the States over the years 1936-37…

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Turf Great Staying Mare Might Land the Australian Cup on Saturday. Allunga a Strong Pick for Flemington Event, but will He Stay the 2¼ Miles ? Speed or Stamina for Gold Rod's Future

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 2

Our horse, Amalia, was terribly unlucky to be beaten half a head in the Brunswick at Flemington on Saturday. She got into all the bother in the world,…

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Gold Yields

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 3

Perth announces that the West Australian gold yield for February totalled 58,278 ounces, valued at £509,693 in Australian currency. The yield was…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 4

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 6, is at…

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"Gold Diggers of 1935."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 3

"Gold Diggers of 1935." the latest mammoth musical spectacle, screens Monday and Tuesday. The picture is said to carry more unique and unusual…

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Kempsey Show Successful Mining Exhibitors

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 2

At last week's C.N.C. National Show at Kempsey Messrs. J. E. Hammond and Son, of Moto, were very successful in the A.I.S. classes, and Miss…

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Coal at Tyalgum

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 6

At a recent meeting of Muswellbrook Municipal Council it was reported by Ald. A. R. Black that coal was being successfully mined at…

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320 Millions. Bank of England's Gold

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 5

A new record was added to the many others created last year, when the Bank of England announced the purchase of £515,557 of bar gold in…

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Oil From Coal. No Chance For Australia

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 3

In an address at Lithgow, Mr. J. N. Lawson, M. P., declared that he would like to see an oil-from-coal industry established in Australia with…

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Thumb Creek Mine Subject of Application in Warden's Court

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 2

In the Mining Warden's Court, at Macksville Courthouse, on Tuesday last, before Mr. S. J. Bliss (Warden) a plaint of non-compliance with…

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