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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Electricity Extension. for Gold Dregding. £8,000,000 To Be Spent

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 4

An agreement has just been made by which the State plant at Lithgow will supply electric power for the gold dredges which the B.H.P. is…

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Miners' Federation Mr. Baddeley Silent Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 1

The deputy leader of the State Parliamentary Labour Party, Mr. Baddeley, declined to make any comment on the issue between the…

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No Rail Sitting Request by Miners Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 1

The Aberdare Miners' Lodge at a special meeting held last night decided to recommend to the Miners' Federation that the party…

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Wellington District News. Exclusive News Bodangora Gold Recovery

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 4

MORE rain followed up the black frost last week, 153 points being registered during the three wet days. The fall was accompanied by…

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Gold Ores Arrangements for Testing

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 8

Progress has been made in the co-operative are dressing investigations in which the Council for Scientific and Industrial…

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Blue and Gold Dance

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 2

The annual blue and gold dunce, which is held under the auspices of the Wellington branch of the C.W.A., will be held in the Mayfair Theatre…

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Mining Fatality in England London

The Western Herald · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 5

A London message states fifty-eight miners are believed to have lost their lives in an explosion at Woodmoor Colliery, near Barnsley…

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Labor Split Miners Angry

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 2

The latest development in the Labor Party split is the action of the Miners' Federation, the Central Council of which has…

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Gold Their God Men Who Would Sell Their Souls Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 1

The Rev. W. Jarvis, of the Bathurst Street' Baptist Church, told his congregation that there were men in Sydney, who would sell their…

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Attention All District Farmers Here is a Story of a Regular Gold Mine

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Batten, of Eu[?]omoge. a capable and practical dairy farmer, assures us that the return from growing Sudan Grass…

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Blue and Gold Dance

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 August 1936 · page 2

The annual blue and gold dance, which is held under the auspices of the Wellington branch of the C.W.A., will be held in the Mayfair Theatre…

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Blue and Gold Dance

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 2

The annual blue and gold dance, which te held under the auspices of the Wellington branch of the C.W.A., will be held in the Mayfair Theatre…

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Electric Coal Cutting Machines

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 3

The Cessnock Municipal Council sought the co-operation of the Coonabarabran Shire Council in making representations to the State…

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Mines Department Report Increase in Mineral Wealth

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 5

According to the annual report of the Mines Department the value of the metals and minerals obtained during 1935 in N.S.W. was…

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Huge Nugget Weighed 36 lbs. Soviet Gold

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 6

Veteran Australian prospectors have an opportunity for speculation on the claim by the Andreyev mine of the Miass Gold…

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Gold in Australia Some Lucky Finds

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 September 1936 · page 2

The discovery of gold is one of the most important events in our history, and the early years of last century when the first wonderful…

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Miners Killed. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 6

Newcastle.—Two miners at the John Darling Colliery, Paul Askew and another man named Stancey. were killed when a motor cycle on…

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SPORTING Topics of the Turf. The Stewards' Tight to change a Jockey; on a fancied race candidate. Gave Rider his Apprentice permit for Races then denied him first mount. Talking The Freak, Gold Rod, and Osculum in their great Warwick Farm form

The Western Herald · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 3

Dick Wootoon regards The Freak as an Epsom proposition, and a few weeks ago he tried to engaged Billy Cook for the horse…

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France's Decision Off Gold Standard Will Affect the World

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1936 · page 1

The decision of the French Government to reduce the value of the franc has caused world-wide repercussions. There now appears a…

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Record Prices. Rights For Gold Cup

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 9

The highest price ever paid for the Tattersall's and Booth rights for the Narromine Gold Cup meeting wan paid yesterday…

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