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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Big Gold Smuggling Racket Uncovered by U.S. AUTHORITIES Australian Arrested On Eve Of Plane Journey To Bombay New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 1

A vast international gold smuggling racket, involving millions of pounds of black-market dealings, has been uncovered. First lead to the racket came when Federal…

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Gold and Jubilee Celebrations to Be Amalgamated Bathurst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

The Bathurst Gold Centenary Committee has agreed to a proposal by the Town Clerk that it should act as a Commonwealth…

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Bathurst Afraid When Gold First Discovered

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

Although Bathurst is widely advertising the fact that gold was discovered near the town a hundred years ago, every effort…

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Mr. Moss Presents Yearly Gold Cup

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

When the Narromine District Hospital was opened last year, Mr. Alex Moos, chairman of the Hospital…

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Stay-in Mine Strike Expectant Father Comes Up SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 1

Stay-in srikers at Stocktrington No. 1 mine, 14 miles from Newcastle, completed their first 24 hours underground this…

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British Plans to Import Irish & Italian Miners London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 2

By 298 votes to 284 the House of Commons has rejected a Conservative motion criticising the National Coal Board for not…

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