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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

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“Dilly Twaddlegraph” Gets Gold Fever

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 2

Peak Hill residents were amused with the following absurd report from the “Sunday Telegraph”:— Drama in Gold Rush. (From Donald…

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Son O' Mine

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 5

I am proud to see you going, son o'mine! And my heart-with love is glowing, son o' mine…

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Syndicate to Search for Gold

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

A number of business men and graziers from Dunedoo, Birriwa, Gulgong, Mendo'oran and Merriwa have decided to form a syndicated…

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U S Gold Reserve £7,000,000,000

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 3

The U.S. gold reserve has reached the prodigious total of 22,560,000,000 dollars, (£7,000,000,000 Australian), as the result of the…

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Councillor Urges End Of Mining Magnates' Run

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 5

"I thing we should protest strenuously against any further interference with the Macquarie River, and see that these gold…

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Chairman of Coal Board Appeals to Coal Industry Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 1

The chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Board, Mr. Justice Davidson, appealed last night to all the coal industry to co-operate to…

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Freight on Coal for Gas Making No Decrease Possible

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 4

In response to representations by Mr. Geo. Wilson, M.L.A., on behalf of the Wellington Municipal Council, for a reduction…

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Blue and Gold Ball Substantial Profit Results C.W.A. Younger Set's Plans

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Dubbo C.W.A. Younger Set was held at the Rest Room on Thursday night, when the president (Miss G. Hartcher)…

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Mining at Delroy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

In the warden's court at Dubbo yesterday, mining rights, with the consent of the owner, were granted to Raymond George Meeth for the purpose of…

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Freight on Coal. (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

Sir,—I have read the account in last Thursday's issue of the "Times," referring to the result of the representation made by Mr. Geo…

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40,000 Tons of Coal Being Stacked At Dubbo Railway

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 1

The Commonwealth Coal Board, having selected Dubbo as a strategic site for the accumulation of coal, to be available in case of…

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Gold Cup Race Meeting Showed £151 Profit

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 3

Dubbo Racing Club's Gold Cup meeting showed a profit of £151/2/4. This was set out in the statement of receipts and expenditure presented jat last night's meeting of the club…

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Appeal to Mines

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 1

The chairman of the Common wealth Coal Board (Mr. Justice Davidson) has appealed to all concerned in the coal industry in New…

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Burrendong Dam Area Special Condition In Mining Leases

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 6

Mr. George Wilson, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley), that for some time past…

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British Navy Deals with New Enemy Mines Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 6

Vice - Admiral Sir Guy Royle, who arrived in Australia to be the first member of the Naval Board, in an…

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To Mine for Gold

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 6

Mr. W. Bennett, of Coonabarabran, was given permission to for gold on Munnin Reserve at a meeting of the P.P. Board on…

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Carbonisation of Local Coal Deposits Experiment at Gasworks Difficulty in Obtaining Containers

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 5

The manager of the Wellington Municipal Gasworks (Mr. C. Orr) explained the possibilities of the manufacture and uses of compressed gas to a conference, which included Mr. J. P. Breen, M.H.R., and…

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London Craftsmen's Gossamer Gold

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 5

In London today there are master craftsmen making gold-leaf one 290,000th, of an inch in thickness…

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Control of Coal Industry

The Western Herald · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 5

Canberra.—The economic and industrial committee of the Federal Cabinet have practically completed plans to take drastic action in…

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Watersiders Stand Against Stop. Work For Strikers Order to Members 10,000 Miners Idle For Day On Northern Fields Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 6

The most important development in connection with the stopwork meeting on Monday, as a protest against the continued detention of Max Thomas and Horace Ratliff, hunger strikars, was the decision of the…

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