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Mining & the mines, 1935

401 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 21

Great Airport Gold Theft Plot Hatched in Restaurant

The Uralla Times · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 2

The great gold theft at Croydon (Eng.) aerodrome in March, in connection with which a man was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude…

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Anglo-Ireland Coal and Cattle Dail Ratifies Agreement DUBLIN

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

Members of the Dail vigorously attacked the Anglo-Irish coal and cattle convention but the Dail retified it by 85 to 7…

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On the Green President's Singles Play Gold Leaves Change Hands

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

A further game in the President's singles handicap was staged on Wednesday between Steve McLaehian (scratch) and Ken Jones (5 behind)…

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Saved Man's Life In Gold Mine Shaft

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 7

Covered by a fall of earth in a shaft of a gold mine at Moonee, near Coff's Harbour, Andrew Laurie would have smothered only for the heroic action…

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A Review of Sport at the Week-end "Gates" Gold Cup Glen Innes Suffers Defeat at Inverell Three Casualties Now In the Local Team Skeleton Creek and Deepwater Win in Competition Games

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 2

Playing their first "Gates" Gold Cup match with Inverell on Saturday Glen Innes was defeated by 15 points to 3. This was followed by unfortunate injuries, and now three representative men are definitely…

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Gold in Central Australia

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 3

The Minister in charge of Development stated that the geolegical survey indicated that deposits of gold believed 16 exist near Arltunga,…

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Speculator's Big Losses Slump Follows Gold Boom

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 6

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of speculators' money have been irretrievably lost in the inevitable slump chat has followed the recent gold…

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Goldfield on Cape York

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 5

Little has been heard of the new gold field at Portland Roads, on Cape York Peninsula, but the field seems to be definitely established as a…

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Alleged Theft Gold Specimens Valued at £1600 ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

The Adelaide police are investigating a suspected theft of rich gold specimens. They are said to contain about 200…

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Theft of Gold Specimens Police Investigation Suspended Adeaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

Police investigation into the theft of [?] gold specimens said to contain about 200 ounces, Valued at £1600, from the strongroom of Byles…

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Blue and Gold Ball An Unqualified Success Brilliant Function at Town Hall

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 11

Under the [?] blue and gold streamers supported by lasseiled [?] in the same [?] fully 150 persons [?] at…

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Fortune From £20. Romantic Goldfields Story Initiative of a Cockney

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 3

I came back from Fiji the other day with one of the luckiest young men. who ever sought fortune and found it in that fascinating place…

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Gold Hunt Perils Prospectors Endure Hardships Robbed by Guide

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 3

A prospector, who for some time op rated in the vicinity of the Kimberley Ranges, tells a story of the rem[?]keble chain of accidents and…

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Fortune From £20 Romantic Goldfields Story Initiative of a Cockney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 8

"I came back from Fiji the other day with one of the luckiest young men who ever sought fortune and found it in that fascinating place,"…

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Tenders Accepted Wood, Coal and Gravel

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 4

The following tenders were received at this week's Municipal Council meeting for the cartage of 1000 cubic, yards of gravel from the pit to certain…

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Bridge Destroyed Contact With Coal Excavator MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 1

The steel bridge over the railway ine at Werribee station was struck by a coal excavator protruding from a truck in a goods train late last night…

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Gold Hunt Perils Prospectors Endure Hardships

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 3

A professor, who for some time operated in the vicinity of the Kimberley Ranges, tells a story of the remarkable chain of accidents and…

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Australian Gold £10,000,000 This Year CANBERRA

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 1

It is estimated that the gold yield in Australia in 1935 will be about £10,000,000…

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Little Gold Fish

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 3

It was a bright morning in the last week of April, and the Princess of Callow-- whose real name was Matilda-- the Princess Matilda--was Walking in…

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U.s.a. Guards Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 8

The Associated Press [?] that the U.S.A. Treasury has issued [?] and [?] for construction of [?] [?]…

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