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Mining & the mines, 1937

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Gold Seeking in Central Australia Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 7

Dr. Madigan, lecturer in geology at the Adelaide University, has been appointed to lead a party to investigate the rumored gold discoveries in almost…

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Australian Gold Output

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 2

Although there was a slight decrease in the production of gold in Australia during March, compared with the previous month, the production was…

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Floating Mine Suspected LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 3

Little light has yet been thrown on the cause of the explosion which damaged H.M.S. Hunter, with the loss of eight lives, off the Spanish…

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Wagga Gold Cup Profit Committee Pleased

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 12

At the monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club the Secretary (Mr. F. J. De Groot) presented a statement of the recent Wagga Gold…

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Weissel Gold Cup Tumut v YOUNG

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 10

Young will visit Tumut to-morrow to play the first match of the season for the Weissel Gold Cup. One of the most handsome trophies…

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British Destroyer Damaged Near Coast of Spain Nine Killed, 24 INJURED Did Vessel Strike Mine? LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 1

Nine members of the crew were killed and 24 injured in a mysterious explosion which badly damaged the bows of the British…

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At Rosehill the Auburn Handicap Goes to High Speech Barak's Great Finish in Parramatta Mile the Novice Handicap Easy Win for Dutiful Maiden Juvenile Divisions To Gold Spark & Red Sails Hurdle Race To Crunatus SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 15

Races this afternoon were held at Rosehill. Backers fared fairly well at Rosehill this afternoon. Crunatus, the…

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May Lose Coal Contracts

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 2

It was stated at Wollongong that, as a result of the stoppages in South Coast coal mines recently, French coal ships are considering securing their…

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Cullinga Mining Notes

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 2

There has been considerable activity at the Christmas Gift mine lately. A new plant is being installed to increase the output and eliminate loss…

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Damaged Destroyer Believed to Have Struck a Floating Mine to Be Towed to Gibraltar

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 3

A message from London on Friday states that the Admiralty announces that a preliminary examination of the hull of the British destroyer,…

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Damaged Destroyer Believed to Have Struck a Floating Mine to Be Towed to Gibraltar London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that a preliminary examination of the hull of the British destroyer, Hunter, damaged yesterday afternoon while on…

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Retire at Sixty Suggestion for Coal Miners Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 6

A special committee of the Miners' Federation, which has been sitting in Sydney, has decided to arrange a conference with the Minister for Mines…

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Coal Miners Resume in N.Z. AUCKLAND

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 4

A saute among coal miners In the Huntly district terminated In the men resuming, together with the trucker whose dismissal caused the men in…

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Small Mine Workers Union Registration Application Improper Practices Alleged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 4

Hugh Sutherland, organiser of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association, giving evidence before the Industrial Registrar, who was…

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Gold

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 3

Gold, gold, why art thou silent, Hidden from sight 'neath the gravel and grass? Wouldst thou but whisper, revealing…

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The First Gold-reef

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 3

Where was it? Some will say Adelong, but they will be wrong. It was on Sargent's Hill, at Hill End. The quartz rubble was dollied by a man…

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Will Carter's Notes Australianities Gold!

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 3

I was walking round one of the oldest western goldfields the other day and thoughts came crowding into, or from, my mind fast and furiously. What a…

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Gleaned While Roaming Around the Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer Studio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 6

Stanley Morner won an important role in M-G-M's "Song of the City" because he is able to sing and sail at the same time. For the film, a singer…

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Coal Strike Averted Miners Withdraw Notices London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 2

Delegates to the conference of the Mine Workers' Federation to-day endorsed the terms of the amalgamation of the two miners' unions which…

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What is Cultivation Land? Mining Grant Decision

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 9

A decision was given by Mr F. Grugeon, Warden, in the Murrumburrah Mining Warden's Court last week which is of considerable importance…

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