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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

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British Gold Policy Unchanged Sir John Simon Explains the Position London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1

No proposal for an alteration of the British monetary policy had come before the Imperial Conference, and Britain had no intention…

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Man Detained Mine Murder Mystery Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 1

Detectives, who are investigating tho murder of John Woods (56), prospector, at a mountain hut near Maryborough, received a message from the…

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ARTHURVILLE Gold Rush

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 4

An inch of steady vain fell here during Saturday and Sunday which will do an immense amount of good to wheat and grass, which were…

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Local Jottings Gold Rush

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 2

As a result of u promising piece of gold-bearing stone being picked up on Mr. Weston's "Strathbeg" property at Arthurville, something…

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GEURIE Golf Mining

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 4

Good things cannot last forever, and our run of dry week-ends came to an end last Saturday and Sunday when 88 points of rain came to…

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Gold Digging Days the First Gold Escorts Murder of Constable Codrington (Copyright)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 10

The winning of gold from the earth was the concern of the miner, its safe transport from the field to the Mint in Sydney was the tusk and responsibility of police escorts, it was risky work, but, taking into consideration the isolation of the fields,…

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Miners' Claims No Strike Likely Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 1

In the coalmining circles, at Newcastle it is not thought likely that the miners' claims will lead to a general mining strike throughout the…

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Gold Digging Days. Where the Turon River Rambles (Copyright)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 11

There's many a golden nugget still Hidden health the grass. Where the Turon River rambles, and the sheep and cattle pass; Long ages they've lain sleeping in gritty bed,…

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Mining Strike Is Not Likely Would Be Foredoomed to Failure Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 1

In coal mining circles in New-castle it is not thought likely that the miners' claims will lead to a general mining strike throughout…

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They Can Now Make Gold

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 9

Gold can be made by the “bombardment of platinum by fast neutrons,” according to Lord Rutherford, gave the Henry Sigwick…

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Gold Digging Days Back to Old Sofala (Copyright) No. 10

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 11

Grid young Sofala Present unto old Sofala Past, Whose eyes had still a sparkle, and whose thoughts were backward east, "C[?]ne, walk with me, and talk to me, of old familiar ways,…

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Price of Gold What of the Future?

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 2

Uncertainty about the future price of gold is being reflected in arrangements made several months ago for large scale prospecting in…

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Mining Trouble Meetings Reviewed Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 1

The miners' officials reviewing the reports of the aggregate meetings on the various coalfields of N.S.W., expressed the opinion that every…

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Mining Log. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 6

The Committee of the Miners Federation which is conducting negotiations with the Colliery Proprietors Federation regarding the…

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Mining Unrest. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 6

Miners officials, reviewing, reports of aggregate meetings on various coalfields of N.S.W. expressed the opinion that every…

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Coal Trouble Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 1

According to an official of the Central Executive a statement has been made that all inter-state branches of the Miners' Federation have…

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Discovery of Gold In Australia Romance of Ophir

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 12

At the weekly gathering of members of the Rotary Club of Wellington on Friday night last Mr. W. R…

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Mining Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 5

At Kalgoorlie, falling 150 feet down a shaft at the Great Boulder Mine, Frank Joseph Rearson Gill, 32, single man, was dashed to…

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Latest Telegrams Inter-state News Miners Strike Probable. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 5

According to an official Central Executive statement all Inter-State branches of the Miners Federation have now agreed to give the N.S.W…

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Gold Digging Days at Old Sofala (Copyright) No. 12

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 7

When old "Sofala Sandy," In his travels near and far. Meets a mate he used to work with, In a claim at Maitland Bar,…

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