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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

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[?] Good Horses Coming for Narromine Gold Cup

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 1

[?]of the best known horses racing in the [?] will be [?] Narromine for the Gold Cup races on Tuesday and Wednesday [?]these is Florrie, winner of the Gold Cup last[?]…

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Debates Show That N'mine Youth Clubbers Are Good Talkers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1

Narromine Youth Club showed themselves superior to Trangie in the art of debate when the teams met at Trangie. The subject for the girls' debate…

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Enngonia Blue and Gold Ball NEW C.W.A. Seaside Home—appeal Benefits by Over £100

The Western Herald · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 3

The Enngonia branch of the Country Women's Association, especially those Ladies was were in direct charge of the…

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Scottish Coal Miners' Strike Unpopular LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 1

Yesterday's lightning strike of 6,00O Scottish miners in Lanark-shire in a protest against alleged delay in wage negotiations, has…

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Enngonia Blue & Gold Ball

The Western Herald · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 4

Relating to the Ball at Enngonia held on Saturday, October 11, the Organizers wish to thank all and everyone who helped and donated…

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All Coal Mines at Work Today Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1947 · page 1

Every coal mine in Now South Wales is working today, though a minority section, by refusing to work at Aberdare extended, cut production by…

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Italian Miners for British Pits London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

Italian coal miners may soon be working in British pits. Reuter's Rome correspondent quotes the Italian Foreign Minister as saying…

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Gold Strike in Orange Free State Johannesburrg

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

Shares of the Middle Witwaterstrand Company jumped more than eight shillings to 21/3 yesterday, after the disclosure that gold assaying 1652…

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Proposed Miners Strike Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 1

The Miners Central Council have made plans for a general strike on N.S.W. coalfields unless their demands for full compensation for…

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The Gold Pass Allegation

The Western Herald · Friday 14 November 1947 · page 1

Canberra. — The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Rosevear, summoned Mr. Blain, Independent Member for Northern…

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Strike Movement Extending To All French Collieries PARIS, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

The strike movement sweeping France has reached the northern departments where 35000. miners, estimated at one third of the total, came out. The strike is not limited to any one area but is occurring sporadically throughout all collieries…

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Traditional Gold Plate Will Take Place Of Flowers On High Altar LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

There will be no flowers on the High Altar in Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Phillip Mountbatten on Thursday. Instead, the Altar will be a mass of gold. It is tradition on such occasions to fill the Altar with the Abbey's ancient gold plate and gold ceremonial pieces…

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Miners and Peasants Riot, Attempt to Lynch Police Chief Palermo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1947 · page 1

One thousand miners and peasants overpowered police at Caltanissetta and attempted to lynch the Chief of Police. They also wrecked the headquart-…

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Increased Price of Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1947 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. R. S. Vincent (Country Party, Raleigh) asked the Premier, Mr. McGirr, whether the Joint Coal Board had…

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Viscount Montgomery Goes Down A Coal Mine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1947 · page 1

Field Marshal Lord Montgomery recently visited Thoresby Colliery, near Nottingham, and after talking to some of the…

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Gold Mines No Asset To Shire Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 1

When the ? lever spread through the west and ? dropped everything else in favour of ? deep into the earth, they may have been building up fortu? for ? but they were also building up ? for these who were as follow…

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Gulgong Gold Rush

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1947 · page 1

Following the recent discovery of a small nugget of gold near Gulgong, a mild rush has set in. Several old-[?] who always knew gold was in them…

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