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Mining & the mines, 1932

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Jubilee Gold Coins

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 4

Mrs. Alfred Raleigh, of Wagga, showed to some of her friends yesterday two rare coins, gold pieces, one of the value of £5 and the other £2…

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Broken Hill Miners Compensation Fund Claim Against Bock 14 MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 4

A writ was issued to-day against Broken Hill Block 14 Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, claiming £31,368 as the company's alleged indebtedness in the way…

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Football Rugby League Gold Cup for Group Football Newspapers' Donation

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 7

The "Truth" and "Sportsman" newspapers have donated A 100 guinea gold challenge cup for country group football. Group 9 will be the…

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Gold Boom

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 21

Gold mining in the Adelong district is booming. A battery plant has been erected and tests are being made with a view to sluicing the…

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The Quest for Gold

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 4

The quest for gold is a romance in which is intertwined the progress of Australia. On two occasions when Australia was in lie financial…

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Big Order 100,000 Tons of Coal From Northern Collieries Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 1

The State Government will shortly give orders for 100,000 tons of coal from a number of collieries in the northern districts which have been…

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Hogan Gold Cup Competition

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 3

Yesterday the first round of the Hogan Gold Cup competition was played. Details of the matches are given below…

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Football Rugby League. Gold Cup. for Group Football. Newspapers Donation

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 3

The 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' newspapers have donated a 100 guinea gold challenge cup for country group football. Group 9 will be the nominal…

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Granite Goldfields

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 4

In view of the possibility of intending travellers requiring information regarding supplies of Shell petrol, motor oils, etc., the Shell Company has…

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Victoria to Tanami for Gold Party of 18 Arrive in Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 2

A caraven containing 18 men, pulled in at the Royal Hotel, yesterday afternoon. The party, which contained profesional men, publicans,…

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Gold Rises 22 Oz

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 14

Gold advanced 22 to £622 a fine ounce in London on Wednesday, resulting in another rush to sell coins and trinkets. The rise will make…

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Dole Forms Burnt Miners' Protests Cessnock

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 1

Questions forms distributed by the Department of Labor and Industry in connection with the new dole regulations were publicly burned after…

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Granite Gold Fields Another Aerial Party Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 2

Another party left the Essendon aerodrome for the Granite goldfields to-day. The party proposes to prospect in the Lindsay Ranges by land…

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Egypt's Gold Subject of Law Suit London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 1

The £732,250 worth of gold, which was raised from the sunken liner Egypt, was the subject of an action in the Admiralty division of the…

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CRICKET Hogan Gold Cup Competition

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 3

Coolac did not fulfill their engagement at Mundarlo yesterday. The match will be played off next week. Cricketing enthusiasts will be…

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Egypt's Gold Salvage Claim Fails French Company's Action London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 1

The gold on the sunken line Egypt, of which £732,250 worth has been raised, was the subject of an action in the Admiralty Division of the…

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Hogan Gold Cup

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 October 1932 · page 2

Points to date gained in the Hogan Gold Cup competition are:—Nangus and Gundagai 7, Muttama 5, Mundarlo and Tumblong 4, Nangus…

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Fall Down Mine Shaft Miner Injured Remarkable Fortitude Tamworth

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1932 · page 7

While working on the top of the shaft of a mine at Verdon Hills James F[?] aged 25 years, an Englishman, slipped to the bottom when the rope…

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Hogan Gold Cup Competition

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 October 1932 · page 3

Yesterday the Hogan Gold Cup competition advanced a further step, when eight teams clashed in the third series of matches…

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Meetings of Miners Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 2

The board of management of the Northern Miners' Federation to-day decided to call aggregate meetings on the South Maitland coalfields…

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