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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Wednesday, April 20 "Desert Gold"

Manilla Express · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 2

Close to the heart of every Aussie and Enzed there is the deep rooted love of any great horse. And here is the story of the very…

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Dismal Easter-tide. Rain and Gold Westerlies

North West Champion · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Sydney was not alone in having to endure one of the most miserable Eastertides in years. In Moree rain set in on Thursday night, accompanied by a…

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Mine Explosion Eight Miners Killed

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 1

An explosion followed by firedamp in Campagnat mine, in France, resulted in eight deaths…

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Mine Fatality. Paris

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 2

An explosion of fire damp in the Campagnate mine resulted in eight miners being killed…

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Latest Cables. Mining Tragedy

North West Champion · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 2

FAIRMONT (West Virginia) Sun. Several hours after 91 men were trapped by an explosion in a coalmine near here on Saturday, evening, rescue…

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First Discoverer of Gold In Australia

Manilla Express · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

Writes "Murkah" to the 'Bulletin': The first discoverer in Australia was neither Hargraves nor Hunt (B. 24227). Gold was…

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Moree Race Club Gold Cup Meeting

North West Champion · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 4

The secretary of the Moree Race Club (Mr. D.E. Kirkby) informs us that prospects are particularly bright for the Gold Cup Meeting to be held…

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Gold Escort. Startling Incident near Euroa

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1927 · page 4

One million pounds in gold has Just been shipped to America by the Commonwealth Bank. It weighed seven tons 17 ewt., £5 lbs., and was brought…

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Miners Want Settlement in Newcastle Coal Trimmers Dispute

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 7

As an outcome of the coal trimmers strike, at Newcastle, 150 crane drivers employed by the Railway Commissioners were paid off on…

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Bip Shipment of Gold

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 1

The steamer Marsina, which arrived in Sydney to-day from New Guinea, brought eleven thousand ounces of gold from Edie Creek and…

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Moree Race Club's Gold Cup Meeting

North West Champion · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 2

Full particulars of the Moree Race Club's Gold Cup Meeting appear in our advertising columns. Present indications are that the meeting will be be a…

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Moree Race Club Gold Cup Meeting

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 2

The Moree Race Club's Gold Cup meeting will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, June 29 and 30. The programme comprises six events each…

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New Guinea Gold

Manilla Express · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 2

The arrival of another eleven thousand ounces of gold in Sydney last week, from Papua shows that the dish and the battery,…

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Marriage Customs on the Gold Coast

North West Champion · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 2

The natives of Western Africa, and especially those, on the coast, retain many quaint customs. When a girl has reached her eleventh or twelfth…

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Big Gold Shipment

North West Champion · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

During the past week a million in gold in two parcels of £500,000 each has been exported from Sydney to Sa[?] Francisco. The shipper was the…

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Gold Near Grafton

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

A promising discovery of gold is reported from Sheep Station Creek on the Glen Innes road, 46 miles from Geafton. While prospecting…

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Gold Cup Meeting 139 Horses Nominate. Cup Attracts 48

North West Champion · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 4

Record nominations have been received in connection with the Moree Race Club's Gold Cup meeting to be held on June 29 and 30. Altogether 139…

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Big Stores of Coal May Close Up Mines

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners recently decided that the department had sufficient stock of coal on hand to carry it over to the beginning of the…

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Dangerous Fire Mine Catches Alight

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 3

Fire threatened the Wallsend mine on Monday when children, it is stated, threw lighted shavings into a disused shaft. There was a blaze…

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Gold Cup Meeting Moree Race Club's Enterprise. Some Fine Horses Will Compete

North West Champion · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 4

Racegoers will have an opportunity on June 29 and 30 of seeing several racehorses who have won honors on Sydney courses competing on the…

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