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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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Metal Output Value £A26,000,000 in 1938 Gold and Tin

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 7

A succinct summary of the progress of gold and silver mining and of base metal production in Australia last year was given by Sir…

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Armidale City Council Difference in Railway And Weighbridge Coal Weights Gas Works Check Shows Deficiency of Almost Two and Half Tons "Rare Occasions Council Gets More Fuel Than Ordered"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 7

Mr. R. L. Campbell, gas manager for the Armidale City Council, stated on Monday night that it was intended to open negotiations with the Railway Department and collieries to see if some redress could not be obtained…

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"Gold Diggers of Paris"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 6

The management of the Roxy Theatre announces that it has been able to secure one of the earliest booking dates on "Gold Diggers in Paris."…

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Tin Mining at Torrington Curnow's Reports Higher Profit

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 3

Accounts of Curnow's Tin Mines N.L. for the half-year ended December 31 show a profit of £1380 after providing for depreciation…

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Price of Gold Good for Miners

The Inverell Times · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 6

With gold at its present price £A9 6 5[?] per ounce fine the highest in recorded history It is Starting to find that there is some opinion that the…

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Twice Buried Workman's Death in Mine KALGOORLIE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

Jack McCarthy (69), a timberman, was buried twice yesterday by falls of ore in Hanan's North Mine…

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Refugee's Parcel £12,000 in Gold and Jewels

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2

It might have been a bomb—but it turned out to be merely £12,000! That was what the purser of the Nieuw Holland found when a passenger, a…

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League Football Paid Players Allotted East, West and Uralla Suited Back To Be Engaged For Walcha Withdrawal From Gold Cup Threatened

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

The awkward problem of allotting the paid players to the competition clubs was negotiated successfully at the…

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BAUXITE New Mining Industry

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 3

A possible new mining industry for the Emmaville district is reported, insofar as a large Australian company is taking up leases…

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Gold Output And Movements in 1938

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 8

The following table shows world gold production during each of the past two years, as estimated by the Union Corporation. No final figure,…

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League Football Gates Gold Cup Match

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 3

The New England League's first match in the Gates Gold Cup competition will be played on Sunday, when Tingha will visit Armidale…

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Church Seeks Leases to Mine Gold

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 6

The Church of England may soon be a gold producer of note. Aborigines have recently brought premising specimens to the Lockhart River…

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Gold Flow to America Byrnes Resolution

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 3

Opinion in the United States was by no means reconciled to direct military action, and a much more aggressive economic plan…

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Football. Gates Gold Cup Armidale Attitude Earlier Motion Rescinded

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 6

The Armidale Rugby Football League will continue in the Gates Gold Cup series. This decision was made at a meeting of the New…

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To Promote Mine Safety Cup Tickets Inducement Novel Scheme In Colliery By Air Mail.) LONDON, April 1

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 3

To promote safety in mines, Manchester collieries have launched a novel scheme. Men over 18 years of age employed under…

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Hughes and New Guinea German Comment Exploiting for Gold BERLIN

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

The Volkischer Reobachter, commenting in Mr. W. M. Hughes' contention that the Mandated Territory of New Guinea is inseparable…

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League Football Season Opens New England's Initial Defeat Down to Tingha in Gates Gold Cup Match Visitors' Determination Triumphs Over Greens Apathy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 2

The New England Rugby League's representative team made an inauspicious entry to the 1939 season at Rugby League Park yesterday afternoon, when it had to acknowledge, defeat at the hands of Tingha, in the…

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North Coast Coal Gives Satisfactory Results

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

An optimistic tone regarding the commercial development of North Coast coal deposits was adopted by Mr. Ray Granger,…

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Week of Thirty Hours Miners' Claim Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

After a hearing extending ever 72 days Judge Drake Brockman to-day reserved judgment in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court…

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Football Gates Gold Cup Tenterfield v. Guyra

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

Before a good attendance and in ideal weather Tenterfield defeated Guyra by 12 points to 7 on Sunday, in a Gates Gold Cup match. From the…

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