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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

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A Gold Cup And Augmented Prize Money For "Gil's" Sub District Exhibits

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 5

One of the brightest and best features of the recent Gilgandra Show were the high standards reached in the production and presentation of…

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C. W. A. Blue and Gold Ball

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

The September meeting of the Dubbo Branch was held in the Association Rooms yesterday. The President (Mrs. T. D. Palmer) was in the chair, and…

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Gold Valdor Medal

Western Age · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 4

A gold valdor medal, commemorating the trans Atlantic flight, was presented to Wing-Commander Kingstord Smith by Mr. Eben [?], on…

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Revival of Mining

Western Age · Wednesday 10 September 1930 · page 2

FOLLOWING the recommendation made by Mr. C. T. Wood at the Warden's Court in Cobar recently, there is every possibility that the Minister for Mines will agree to the suspension of labour canditions tit The New Occidental, C.S.A. Mines and Peak lenses…

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Gold Valdor Medal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 2

A gold valdor medal, commemorating the trans-Atlantic flight, was presented to Wing-Comander Kingsford Smith by Mr. Eben Griffiths, on…

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Mining. Almost a Little Bco[?]

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 8

Our Stuart Town correspon[?] send the following:—For some [?] mining in the Stuart Town div[?] has been very quiet, but prob[?]…

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Country Women's Association. Blue and Gold Ball Successful Function

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 9

THE annual Blue and Gold ball, under the auspices of the Wellington branch of the Ccrntry Women's Association, was held in the…

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For Talkie Fans Monarch-Empire Offerings "Gold Diggers of Broadway" Coming

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 7

Dubbo picture fans will have their last opportunity of seeing the Fox alltalkie masterpiece, "Behind the Curtain," to-night, when Warner Baxter,…

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Ancient History. Gold On The Klondyke

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 5

Gold was discovered on the Klondyke on August 17, 1896. It was one J. W. Carmanch and his Indian wife who first raised the magic cry of…

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Austral Coal Dominion Protection. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 1

The New Zealand Government is considering the placing of a tax on Australian coal, in view of the bad state of the mining industry in the Dominion…

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Lithgow Colliery to Close

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 September 1930 · page 4

After functioning for 60 years, the Vale of Clwydd colliery at Lithgow is to close down. Every employee of the pit, including officials, was given 14…

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Gold Strike at Farm[?] 5oz. Nugget Unear[?]

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 September 1930 · page 2

A GREAT deal of excitement[?] vailed here yesterday (Thursday when it became known that [?] Fitzsimmons had unearthed[?]…

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Talkie Topics "Gold Diggers of Broadway." Monarch-empire Attractions

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 September 1930 · page 2

Acknowledged as one of the best talkies produced, "Gold Diggers of. Broadway," a 100 per cent, talking, singing, dancing and natural colour…

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The Rage in Sydney "Gold Diggers of Broadway"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1930 · page 6

The management of the Monarch-Empire Pictures offer something exceptionally good for to-night (Tuesday) and to-morrow, (Wednesday) night…

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Gold Rush

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 4

A mild rush has set in at Farnham, where Mr. F. Fitzsimmons has startled the residents and the old miners of Stuart Town, by unearthing a 5oz…

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Gold at Farnham

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 2

A note from our Stuart Town Correspondent this morning stated that Mr. Fred Fitzsimmons unearthed a nugget of gold weighing about 6 ozs…

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Pictures of the Past. Ribley's Reward. A Tale of the Gold-fields. Chapter Ii

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 9

John Ribley was a kind, considerate husband and a devoted father. In the grey of the gloaming he stood a moment in contemplation of his…

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The Children's Story. (All Rights Reserved.) "Fairy Cottage." (Continued from last week). the Bag of Gold

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 September 1930 · page 5

Bump! Elizabeth sat up and looked around her. She was in Fairy Cottage again, sitting on the little bed, with, all the little old women…

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Mining Fatality Two Lives Lost Otago (N.Z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 September 1930 · page 1

John Carruthers, mine manger, and Joseph Morris, miner, were entombed [?] a fall of coal at Warenui colliery South Otago, New Zealand…

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Gold at Molong

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 September 1930 · page 2

Gold hunters in the Molong district are exploring the country in the vicinity of the old Delaney's Dyke diggings, 18 miles from Molong, and some nice…

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