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Mining & the mines, 1939

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold." (All Rights Reserved.)

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 8

The coach in which he covered the first part of the journey to the coast was one that he had stuck up and robbed twice, and the man who drove…

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold." a Thrilling Romance of the Early Days. (All Rights Reserved). CHAPTER 11. Eve Tempts Adam to Stay

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 4

So it came to pass that Seven Creeks developed even more rapidly than had been prophesied by the most optimistic, for long before the…

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold" a Thrilling Romance of the Early Days. (All Rights Reserved). CHAPTER XI.—Continued. CHAPTER 11

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 3

From the lips he could not see, because her head was bent while she gazed at the toe of her shoe which protruded from below her skirt of…

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold." a Thrilling Romance of the Early Days. (All Rights Reserved). CHAPTER 12. Laracy Faces the Show Down

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 4

There she stood, regarding him with the calm, grey eyes of a widow who had lost her man and carried on his fight for him in the spirit in which…

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold," a Thrilling Romance of the Early Days. (All Rights Reserved). CHAPTER 12. Laracy Faces the Showdown

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 4

By the time Laracy arrived at the Crossing the mountain air and the wind from the snows had steadied his whirling brain a little, and he was…

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Old Gold Diggings at Copeland. Geophysical Survey to be Asked For. Possibility of Extracting Payable Gold Again

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 2

The Gloucester Shire Council will ask the Minister for Mines to send a qualified metallurgist to Gloucester to carry out a geophysical survey of…

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Amateur Films Gold Cup Winner a Brilliant Study of Harrington

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 July 1939 · page 1

"Coast Towns," a film made by Mr. Robert Lowe, which won the J. A. Sherlock Gold Cup competition, for 1939, was screened with other prize-winning…

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Great Gold Theft Police Trap Notorious Gang Leader

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 3

Police wearing bullet-proof armour and using an armoured car, swooped on a farm near Paris the other day and arrested Auguste Mela,…

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Hall's Peak Mining Syndicate

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 4

At the committee meeting last week it was disclosed that the statutory number of shares had not been subscribed to enable the above…

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Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Motor Spirit From Coal

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 9

The great demand for British Benzole motor spirit has a far-reaching effect upon the British coal industry, for only about 212 gallons of Benzole…

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Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Motor Petrol From Coal

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 August 1939 · page 4

The great demand for British benzole motor spirit has a far-reaching effect upon the British coal industry, for only about 2 1/2 gallons of benzole…

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Miners Want 30-Hour Week. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 4

When the Full Bench of the Arbitration Court began the hearing in Melbourne of the claims for hours variations for miners, the Secretary…

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Motoring on Coal Gas. Engine Which Does Away with Petrol

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 5

British members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by high compression coal gas which, it is…

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Nice Nugget of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 1

Last week Messrs. H. Jones and C. Spokes took into North Dorrigo a nice nugget of gold obtained from the Bo Bo Gold Mining Syndicate's…

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The Case for Gold and Metal Development

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 1

Two of our leading authorities on Banking and National Economics have recently urged the fuller development of our national resources…

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Coal Gas Motoring New Engine Does Away with Petrol

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

British Members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by high-compression coal gas which, it is…

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Motoring on Coal Gas. New Engine Which Does Away with Petrol

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 September 1939 · page 2

British members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by high-compression coal gas which, it is…

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No Price Fixed for Gold. Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 4

Owing to the London foreign exchange market being closed, the monwealth Bank has not yet fixed the price for gold lodged at…

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Cave Full of Gold. Where Is It ?

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 1

"Eureka" contributes the following to a recent issue of the "Herald": Frank Gardiner and his gang held up the gold escort at Eugowra Rocks…

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Motoring on Coal Gas

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 4

British Members of Parliament are shortly to be shown now types of motor car engines driven by high-compression coal gas which, it is claimed, operate as…

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