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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

211 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 11

Mine Explosion Ten Men Killed Rescuers Driven Back By Gas Fumes

Western Age · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 1

The entire gang of ten working in the Bowhill colliery, Fifeshire, was killed in an explosion. Scores of miners worked for ten…

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Wolfram-Scheelite Mine At Frogmore. 38 Miners Employed. Deposit May Prove To Be Worth A Million Pounds

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 5

Frogmore is only a little one-horse town, 30 miles from Cowra, on the road to Crookwell, and 16 miles from Burrowa. Three to four miles…

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Gold Standard Acid Test for Democracy Stanley Baldwin's Opinion SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 16 November 1931 · page 1

An address by Stanley Baldwin was picked up by Sydney radio listeners hist night. He declared that the abandonment of the gold standard was…

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Notes for Gold Old Woman's Hoard Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 1

An elderly woman yesterday cashed 400 sovereigns at the Commonwealth Bank. The money had been hidden at her home for many years. She received…

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Lost Gold Mines

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

I wonder how many prospectors there are at the present time wandering about Australia looking for gold and lost mines…

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British Hero In the Colliery Blaze London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 1

The great heroism of S. G. Temperley, assistant surveyor at Bentley Colliery, where 42 men lost their lives, was revealed at the inquest, when the…

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Gold Passes for Union Secretaries

Western Age · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 2

With the appointment of another 25 members to the Upper House. the Railway Commissioners have been called upon to issue another 25 gold posses…

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Gold Passes for Union Secretaries

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 30 November 1931 · page 2

With the appointment of another 25 members to the Upper House, the Railway Commissioners have been called upon to issue another 25 gold passes,…

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Old Comrade Of Mine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 6

Old comrade of mine, the camp fire is gleaming, While thoughtfully I sit by the flickering glow…

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Shot in the Jaw Gold Lease Dispute. Italian Arrested. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 1

During an argument between two men at Fifield, near Trundle, concerning a gold lease, James Hall, aged 68, an old-age pensioner, was…

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Gold Diggers Working on Payable Wash Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 1

About 150 men are now seeking gold at Forest Flat and four mile in the vicinity of Monambel. The location is an old alluvial…

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