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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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"Tiding Over" Plan on Gold Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1949 · page 1

By a unanimous decision the International Monetary Fund's special Gold Committee has recommended a study by its…

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Coal Strike Wheatgrowers' Loss

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 1

The recent general coal strike cost New South Wales wheatgrowers a loss of about £800,000, the secretary of the Combined Colliery…

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Development Of Parkes Gold Deposits PARKES

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 2

South Broken Hill Company will shortly undertake the development of rich gold hearing deposits in the Parkes…

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Complaint About Inferior Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

Dubbo Council should make representations to the Coal Board about the inferior quality of the coal supplied to the Gas…

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Big Decline in Coal Output 35-Hour Week For Miners Oppopsed SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 1

Production of coal in New South Wales this year would be about 4,000,000 tons below essential requirements, the…

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Gold Mining Booming in Victoria Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 1

Gold mining is booming again in Victoria as a result of the rise of £5 in the price of gold, Victorian Minister for Mines…

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Keen Interest in Gold Cup

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

Keen interest is bring taken in the Narromine Gold Cup Races on Wednesday and Thursday, October 125 and 13, and in…

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Urges Gold Price Rise

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 2

Mr Havenga South Africa's Finance Minister, at the annual conference of the International Monetary Fund,…

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Non-union Miners Carry Guns Pittsburg

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 1

Shooting broke out yesterday in the Pittsburg coal strike dispute and non-union miners are now going to work…

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[?] Gold Cup Races

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

Indications that good attendances are expected for the Narromine Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting on October 12 and 13…

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Gold Cup Races on Next Week

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 1

The Narromine Gold Cup races will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of next week…

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A Letter to the Editor Communist Control of Coal

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

Sir.—Immediately the miners decided to return to work the Chilley Government was prompt to assure them that there would foe no…

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Narromine Rages Successful Despite Threatening [?]Eather Gold Cup Goes [?]Fucemo

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 1

The Narromine Turf Cl[?] aces, held on Wednesday and Yesterday, attra[?]ed both days, although attendances were lower this [?] weather discouraged many who usually [?] of getting petrol…

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Faraway Fit for City Tatt's Gold Cup

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1949 · page 6

Unlucky at his last two starts, Faraway is expected to make amends by winning the Gold Cup at City Tattersall's meeting at Randwick today. Starting at 16/1 at Randwick on October 1…

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Miners Strike As Protest for Gaoling of Sharkey Big Loss Of Coal SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 1

Communist union leaders are endeavoring to provoke Australian wide stoppages as a protest against the gaoling of the General Secretary of the Communist Party (Laurence Louis…

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No Increase in Gold Price Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 1

A firm denial of reports circulating in Congress that the United States had reached an agreement with Britain to…

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Steel and Coal Strikes Halt American Trade Ney York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

Grave threats to the United States economy are seen in the American steel and coal strikes as the slowly…

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Claim by Council For Lost Coal. Gas Manager's Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 7

The Wellington Municipal Council has made a claim against the Railways Department for the loss of…

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Effects of U.S. Coal and Steel Strikes Spread New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

Over 60,000 railway workers wore laid off yesterday to join Clio growing army of people thrown out of work by the steel…

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Truman's Stand on Coal, Steel Strikers Washington, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 1

President Truman today announced that he would invoke the Taft-Hartley law in the crippling coal and steel…

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