Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

445 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 23

Wagga Gold Cup on View at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 6

The handsome gold cup trophy attached to the Cup race at the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's big meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Gold Nugget Ploughed Up on Farm Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

While ploughing on his father's farm at Armstrong, near Ararat, Stewart Hurnall, aged 19 years, unearthed a nugget of gold…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sixty Killed Twenty-three Injured Japanese Mine Disaster Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 4

Sixty miners were killed and 23 injured when the winding gear at the Sumitomo colliery, in the Fufuoka district, broke, and the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold Fox Case Owner to Attend Inquiry Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 8

Mr. G. J. Banton, owner of Gold Fox, has left New Zealand for Melbourne to attend the hearing of the appeal of S. G. Ware, (trainer) and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Gold Rod No Affect From Mishap Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 6

Gold Rod moved freely at Randwick this morning and showed no signs of the [?] following his mishap at the start of the Champagne [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Wagga Gold Cup Thirty in Gold Cup Tapestry Again Engaged

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 14

The Wagga Gold Cup Meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 and 30, promises to be the most successful for many years, for splendid…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Wagga Gold Cup Weights After To-day's Racing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 14

The weights for the Wagga Gold Cup Meeting will be issued after the pacing today. [?]Cid Starts Twi[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Albury Gold Cup Kagal Selected For Cup Orange Bitters a Chance

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 12

The Albury (Netherlands) Gold Cup Meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next. The meeting is sponsored by the…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Macquarie River Gold Installation of Giant Dredges Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 6

The plans announced at the August meeting of the shareholders of the Broken Hill Pty. Ltd., for the exploitation of large alluvial gold deposits…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

As a Stayer Fidelity Preferred to Gold Rod Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 8

The opinion has been expressed by Captain J. Crawford, a leading English blood-stock authority who is visiting Australia, that the brilliant filly…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Isolated Miners in South-west Tasmania Belated News of King's Death Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 4

Tasmania may be small, but there are sections of the country where the means of communication are very limited. The news of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fed Through Pipeline Trapped Men in Gold Mine

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 6

MOSSE RIVER (Nova Scotia), Monday—A thin pipeline was to-day forced down to the 141ft level of a gold mine as the only means of saving…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

V.R.C. Committee to Consider Gold Fox Appeal Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 8

A meeting of the committee of the V.R.C. will be held next Friday. The agenda includes consideration of the appeals of S. G. Ware (trainer), and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Culling a Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

Twenty men are working on the above. There had been no developmental work on No. 3, 300ft. level, till now; and it is to be opened up so as…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Rescued Alive Men Imprisoned in Mine for Nine Days

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 6

HALIFAX (Novia [?]) Wednesday.—The [?] efforts to save [?] D. Robertson and Alfred [?] who have been imprisoned [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Lord Mayor Robbed Money, Gold Pass and Watch Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 7

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Howie, M.L.C.) had a sensational experience at hie home at Hunter's Hill early this morning. Alderman…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Coursing Greyhound Racing Gundagai Results Ocean Gold and Dollar Vale Double to Genius

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 1

A greyhound racing meeting was held at Gundagai on Saturday night In very cold weather, and the last two races were run in drizzling…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Early Arrivals for Wagga Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 8

Among the visiting Wagga Cup candidates for whom accommodation has already been booked, are Whittingham, Tapestry, Volwood, Pasha, Verlina and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Gold Fox Case Appeals Dismissed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 8

The V.R.C. committee this afternoon dismissed the appeals of S. G. Ware, trainer, and W. Jenkins, rider, who were disqualified for 12 months in…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Wagga Gold Cup General Review of the Candidates Whittingham Booked Up

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 8

With no futrher opportunities to reveal form racegoers can now begin final analysis on the Wagga Cup prospects. Nothing really definite is…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →