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

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Lyceum Theatre. "Gold Diggers of 1933." Monday and Tuesday, July 2 and 3

North West Champion · Thursday 28 June 1934 · page 2

Two hundred of the most beautiful girls in America were selected to appear in "The Gold Diggers of 1933," Warner Bros.' great…

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Oceans Od Oil in Britain Discovery in Coal Fields

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 July 1934 · page 7

Deep down in the galleries of the lowest workings of half a dozen coal mines in the Wigan area there is oozing ... oil (says a special…

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Gold at Bingara

Manilla Express · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 2

Two Bingara prospectors have recently opened up a very promising quartz reef, ranging from a foot to eighteen inches in…

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Secret for Gold Find Sold for £5 Finder Now Lives in Poverty

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 6

The secret of the way to the great gold reefs of the Rand was once sold for £5. George Honeyball was the seller and Godfray Lys the buyer…

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Prospecting Gold

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 3

A party, of miners who have been prospecting for gold on the Mann River in the Newton Boyd district feel that they have struck a payable…

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Hockey. "Gold Cup." Blue Wrens V. East Moree

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon [?] .Blue [?] successfully defended the Gold Cup against East Moree D. Thomas [?] the only goal of the match for…

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For Granites Goldfield Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 August 1934 · page 1

In order to conduct a geographical survey for English Interests, Sir Herbert Gepp, left Mascot shortly before 11 o'clock this morning in the…

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"They Live in Luxury" Women on New Guinea Goldfields Life Described

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 August 1934 · page 3

The women of the goldfields live in luxury. There are no heroines nowadays. The climate on the fields is much better than in many parts of…

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Gold Sand in Pamir Wilds Fugitive's Story Great Privations

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 August 1934 · page 3

Nicholas Yurieff, a Russian mining engineer, who has reached India with a story of amazing adventures, tells of a large lake in the Karakoram…

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Cemetery Ghouls Obtain Gold From Teeth

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 3

A gang of ghouls engaged in decapitating recently buried corpses to obtain gold fillings from teeth has been discovered by the police at…

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Better Than Gold Some Remarkable Figures the Wealth of the Hill

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 August 1934 · page 7

While the discovery of one nugget of gold of a value of £5000 may provoke comment in the cable columns of the newspapers of the world…

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In North Voting by Camel Isolated Electors the Gold Seekers

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 September 1934 · page 5

Native runners, who carried ballot papers in the cleft of a message stick, camels, aeroplanes, coastal liners, luggers and dinghies, pack horse trains,…

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Coal Gas Motoring

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 4

The shortage of raw materials, including petrol, in Germany, is responsible for experiments which are now being carried out in that country in…

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Continuing "Fourflush Island" Chapter Xx a Search for Gold

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 3

The following day Old Hailstone mode a tour of the workings, in the course of which he took specimens of quartz from half a dozen different…

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Newcastle Coal City's 75th ANNIVERSARY

North West Champion · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 1

Newcastle, the second city of the State, has made rapid strides during the last few years. Since the coal mining industry fell on evil days…

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Mining Wardens Court. Licenses Issued to Prospect at [?]Niguy

North West Champion · Thursday 6 December 1934 · page 3

The Mining Warden [?] C. F. Denton, P.M.) issued two [?] on Tuesday to prospect at Bin[?]…

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Mining Research Scheme £25,000 Grant Over Five Years

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the expenditure of £25,000 over five years by the Council, for Scientific and Industrial Research in…

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Scotland's Gold Resources

Manilla Express · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 4

It is strange that Scotland's gold fields have not excited more interest during the present gold shortage. Several of the ancient…

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Current Topics Petrol From Coal

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 December 1934 · page 2

A huge plant for the manufacture of petrol from coal is to be constructed in the north of Franco in the Lievin-Angres district at a cost of over…

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