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Mining & the mines, 1927

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Carbonising for Smokeless Fuel Oil From Coal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 4

In a paper on "Oil Fuel and Other Fuels from Carbonisation Process," read before the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, in London, recently,…

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Wagga Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. P. W. Williamson, the president of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club, received a telegram from Mr. Frank F. Copland yesterday advising the…

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Local and General the Wagga -Gold Cup

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 2

The Wagga Gold Cup trophy, which bas been donated by Mr. F. F. Copland, will arrive in Wagga this morning and will be-on view in Copland's…

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Missing Gold. Wreck Off Gabo

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 5

The stranding of the Riverina off Gabo recalls a tragedy of 1854, when the Monumental City, on her maiden voyage, became a total wreck on…

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Popular Parson. Farewell to the Rev. and Mrs. Crowther Smith. Roll of Notes—nuggets of Gold—many Other Presents

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 1

Batlow, Tumut and then Gundagai honored the Rev. and Mrs. Crowther Smith with crowded farewell services and meetings on the eve of their…

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Wagga Council Postmaster's Residence Coal Shortage Overhead Bridge Decision

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

The Mayor, Ald. E. E. Collins, provided at the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council held last night. Others present were Aldermen T. W…

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Wagga Gold Cup Day

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

On Wednesday next the Wagga Gold Cup will be raced for, when some of the best horses in New South Wales and Victoria will compete for the…

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Wagga Gold Cup Next Week's Big Fixture Public Interest Aboused

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 3

The Wagga Gold cup meeting, which is to be field on Wednesday and Thursday next, promises to rank with the best ever held at…

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Edie Creek Gold Rush Woman's Pluck Many Dangers Overcome RABAUL

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 1

The story of a woman's pluck was told to the Royal Commission on the Edie Creek goldfields. Mrs. Doris Regina Booth and her…

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A Woman’s Fluck on Rabaul Goldfield Finally Struck at Rich Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

A Rabaul story of a woman’s pluck was told to the Royal Commission on Edle Creek goldfields. Mrs. Doris Ragina Booth and her…

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The Wagga Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 1

Well the day is drawing nearer, when the squatter and the shearer, and the numerous admires of the horse;…

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Wagga Gold Cup Day

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 2
Also in The Daily Express

On Wednesday next the Wagga Gold Clip will be raced for, when some of the best horses in New South Wales and Victoria will compete for the…

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Wagga Gold Cup the Betting Market

The Daily Express · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 4

Although the final acceptors for the Wagga Gold Cup will not be declared till to-morrow, there was support for several candidates on Saturday…

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Colliery Disaster Many Men Entombed. Little Hope of Rescue. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 2

A message from Fairmont (West Virginia) states that several hours after 91 men had been trapped by an explosion in a coal mine near the town…

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In Virginia Another Mine Disaster Ninety Men Entombed Vancouver, May 1

The Daily Express · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 1

A message from Fairmont, West Virginia, states that several hours after 91 men were trapped by an explosion in a coal m[?]ne near here on…

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Wagga Gold Cup Demand for Amounis Epsom Winner Now Favorite

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 6

The order of favoritism for the Wagga Gold Cup to be run on Wednesday, which was published in our saturday's issue has undergone some…

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The Edie Creek Bonanza 150 Ounces of Gold in Day Miners' Stories to Commission

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 3

RABAUL.—150 ounces in a day—800 ounces from a quarter of a claim—dull, glowing gold, won from the earth at Edie Creek. Hands clutched…

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Wagga Gold Cup Day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

To-morrow the Wagga Gold Cup will be raced for, when some of the best horses in New South Wales and Victoria will compete for the…

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The Gold Cup Meeting

The Daily Express · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

The Wagga Gold Cup Meeting will be held to-morrow and Thursday, and promises to be a record…

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