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Mining & the mines, 1937

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35 Persons Drowned Miners Cage Crashes Into Water Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Thirty-four natives and one European were trapped like rate and drowned to-day when a haulage cage in which they were riding crashed…

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Wagga Races Gold Cup Meeting Nominations Close To-night

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 8

Nominations for the Murrumbidgee "Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15, close…

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Gundagai Gold How It Can Be Won Well-known Prospector Interviewed Re-employment Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 6

Interesting comment concerning the presence of gold in the Gundagai and other districts in the southern tablelands and the method of working it,…

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400,000 Called Out Big Mining Dispute in U.S.A. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

The chairman of the Committee of Industrial Organisation (Mr. Lewis) has ordered the stoppage of 400,000 soft coal miners in 12 States. The…

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British Coal Industry

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

In connection with the Imperial Government's proposal to secure the unification of coal royalties, as part of a general programme of…

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Wagga Gold Cup 130 Horses Nominated Thirty Horses in the Gold Cup

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 14

The nominations for the Wagga Gold Cup Meeting on April 14 and 15, were most pleasing, every race having numbers which will ensure…

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"April Fool" Gold Practical Jokers London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

German newspapers went in for "April Fool" jokes on Thursday. The "Neue Zeitung," of Berlin, published a page of pictures of trams…

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Australian Gold January Production Higher Than Last Year Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 8

The January gold production in Australia amounted to 92,580 fine ounces valued in Australia currency at £909,541 compared with 123,411 fine…

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Wonthaggi Inquests Ends Thirteen Deaths in Explosion Jury's Unanimous Finding Neglect by Mine Management MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

After a retirement lasting an hour and 20 minutes the jury at the Wonthaggi inquest to-day returned and the foreman announced a unanimous finding as follows:— We find that death was accidentally caused by…

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

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 3

Freddie Bartholomew taking up football seriously .... Florence Rice welcoming her father, Grantland Rice, famous sports writer…

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Rich Gold Strike Two Men Take £9000 in Three Months

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 2

About two years ago William Wisbery and Eric Norton went to the Kalgoorlie goldfields prospecting under a Government scheme to help…

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Rich Gold Strike Two Men Take £9000 in Three Months KALGOOROLIE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

About two years ago William Wisbery and Eric Norton came to the gold-fields prospecting under a Government scheme to help unemployed men…

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Rich Gold Strike Two Men Take £9000 in Three in Three Months Kalgoorlie

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

About two years ago William Wisbery, and Eric Norton came to the goldfields prospecting under a Governments scheme to help unemployed…

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Lee Gold's Success

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

Lee Gold, the Lockhart champion pacer, previously owned by Mr. H. Klein, has won two races and one, second in South Australia, and only…

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Gundagai Gold How It Can Be Won Well-known Prospector Interviewed Re-employment Scheme

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 6

Interesting comments [?]ncerning the presence of gold in the Tumut, Gundagai and other districts in the southern tablelands and the method…

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Wagga Gold Cup Good Horses Engaged a Glance Through the List

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 8

Little need be said of the bright prospects in connection with the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Wagga Gold Cup meeting on Wednesday and…

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Wagga Gold Cup Prospects

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

Conversing with the secretary of the M.T.C yesterday. Mr. De Groot is quite jubilant over the prospects of the gold cup meeting to be held on…

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[?]Rom Coal Sir David Rivett's Report Market for Semi-Coke Wanted [?]ANBERRA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

The low temperature distillation of oil from coal has been rejected as an uneconomic proposition by the chief executive officer of, the Council for…

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Oil From Coal Sir David Rivett's Report Market for Semi-coke Wanted Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

The low temperature distillation of oil from coal has been rejected as an uneconomic proposition by the chief executive officer of the Council for…

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Wagga Gold Cup THE 1937 Stage Is Set An Event of Historic Interest Wagga Racecourse an Attractive Rendezvous

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 8

Time and again it has been said that this or that institution, or this or that incident, placed Wagga on the map, or that this association or that may be regarded as the shop window of Wagga…

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