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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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Saving Our Gold (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 10

Sir:—Favourable trade balances due to gold exports hardly differ from debit trading accounts paid for by cash. For some time Australia has had…

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Gold Worth £9/14/- an Ounce Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

The Commonwealth Bank to—day is offering ,£2/8'2 in Australian currency for sovereigns, thus establishing a now record…

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"Laracu's Pot of Gold" The Characters of this Story

The Western Herald · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 8

LONE HAND LARACY, a bushranger, escaping from the troopers. MRS. HODGE, who is rescued from drowning by Laracy…

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Fighting on Western Front the French Drive Rich Coal Reserve Captured

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 6

Official French releases state that the French drive, which led to the occupation of Warndt Forest, has brought under French control the richest reserve of coal in the Saar Basin…

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Open Forum Saving Our Gold. (To the Editor, “Watchman.”)

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 14 September 1939 · page 8

Sir,—Favourable trade balances, due to gold exports hardly differ from debit trading accounts paid for by cash. For some time…

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"Laracu's Pot of Gold" The Characters of this Story

The Western Herald · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 8

LONE HAND LARACY, a bushranger, escaping from the troopers. MRS. HODGE, who is rescues from drowning by Laracy…

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Gold Discovered in Main Street At Tennant Creek Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 1

Great excitement has been caused at Tennant Creek by the discovery of gold in the main street. The discovery was made by Walter…

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Great Dredges Win Gold Methodist Brotherhood Talk

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 11

The huge mechanical dredges that had been developed after many decades of research and improvement had revolutionised…

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Saving our Gold

The Western Herald · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 2

Favourable trade balances due to gold exports hardly differ from debit trading accounts paid for by cash. For some time Australia has…

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"Laracu's Pot of Gold" The Characters of this Story

The Western Herald · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 8

LONE HAND LARACY, a bushranger, escaping from the troopers. MRS. HODGE, who is rescued from drowning by Laracy…

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Mining Disaster Eleven Miners Killed Auckland (N.Z.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 1

Eleven men were killed in a mine disaster at Glen Afton colliery, near Huntley, (New Zealand) yesterday…

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Dubbo Coal Deposits Limited Extension Possibilities

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 6

The possibilities of coal deposits in the Dubbo district and their value as a decentralising factor, were discussed in a talk given at…

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"Laracu's Pot of Gold" The Characters of this Story

The Western Herald · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 8

LONE HAND LARACY, a bushranger, escaping from the troopers. MRS. HODGE, who is rescued from drowning by Laracy…

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Monetary Control War Regulations Delivery of Gold

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 6

[?]s a result of the failure of the Gold Tax Bill to pass the Senate, the Government has placed an excise duty on gold amounting to 50…

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Gas Explosion Kills 69 Miners Mexico City

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 1

Sixty-nine miners were killed in a gas explosion at Palau…

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Good Nominations for Gold C[?]t Races. Well Over 60 Horses Coming. Good Fields Expected For Tuesday And

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 1

With between 60 and [?] horses coming, the Narromine Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting, and Tuesday and Wednesday, will be at least as successful as former meetings, if not even better. Horses from all parts of the State have been nominated, some of…

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Western Coal Prospects in Wellington District

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 10

In an address at Dubbo last week, Mr. Mulholland, of the Department of Mines, stated that coal of some commercial value had been found in…

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Local Coal for Gas Works Costs Would Decrease

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 5

It has been, reported that a Dubbo syndicate is developing a coal deposit at Saxa in the Ballmore district, and that the…

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Agricultural Mining of Land Must Give Way to Wiser Methods of Working

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 12

There has been a tendency to mine the land rather than utilise it as a means of permanent production, points…

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Great Gobar Mine

The Western Herald · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 4

It is reported that Mr. J. Wright the successful purchaser of the Great Gobar Mine, and intends commencing the installation of…

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