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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Gold Cup Field Is Open

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 6

King's Double, which arrived in Wagga on Saturday, is favorite for the Wagga Gold Cup on Wednesday at a reasonably wide price, indicating the race is more open this year than for…

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Winning Coal From 17 British Fields

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 2

Work was recently begun on the re-opening of the Bristol coalfields where until the end of the last century,…

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Gold Cup comment

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 8

If Frank Burt wins the Wagga Gold Cup tomorrow with either Real Mark or Heather, he can. be assured…

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Huge Crowd Expected for Wagga Gold Cup Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 8

Country horses Glen Kinchie, Real Mark and Photon are selected to fill the places in the 1952 Wagga Gold Cup to be decided tomorrow afternoon when a field of about 15 is expected to face the starter…

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Seven Sydney Jockeys for Gold Cup Sydney, Tuesday

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 8

Seven Sydney Jockeys will leave by plane to-morrow morning to ride at the Wagga Gold Cup…

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Gold Cup Day Main Turf Event in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 1

Increasingly heavy traffic in Wagga's main [?]ets, an influx of new faces, and numerous lays of race fashions in store windows have several days heralded the coming of the…

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20-1 High Sense Fights on to Win Wagga Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 6

High Sense, 20/1, won the Wagga Gold Cup yesterday in a tight finish from Shining Ray and Capias on a rain soaked track. He ran to the front at the top of the straight and fought on courageously to win by a neck…

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Near-record crowd sees outsider win Gold Cup M.T.C COLLECTS £1000 on Rain Insurance Policy

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

A near-record crowd of between 7000 and 8000 did not let yesterday's mixed weather upset their plans to visit the 1952 Wagga Gold Cup. They saw the 20/1 outsider High Sense win the Cup…

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Wagga Gold Cup Won by High Sense at 20 to 1

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 2

High Sense, 20 to 1, won the Wagga Gold Cup on Wednesday in a tight finish from Shining Ray and Capias on a…

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Wagga Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1952 · page 1

Mr. Peter Martin, of Wagga, Mr. J. R. Ross, of Holbrook, Mrs. A. M. Ross, of Holbrook, and Mrs. Peter Martin at Wednesdays Gold Cup meeting. MR. J. 0. COX, chairman of the M.T.C., presenting the…

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Review of British Coal Production

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 3

The rising stocks of coal in Britain as well as the increase in manpower is an encouraging omen for next winter…

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U.k. Coal Stocks Rise

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 2

The rising stocks, of coal in Britain as well as the increase in manpower is on encouraging omen for next winter…

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Miners to oppose Coal Act proposal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The central executive of the Miners' Federation today took steps to oppose amendments to the…

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Coal reserves high

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Coal reserves in New South Wales are at their highest point since the war…

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Gold Medal for Malarial Work

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: City businessman, Mr. Fred Collins, to-day received a gold medal awarded to him by Inigi…

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Gold Spell [?] N.s.w. [?] Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Mon.: [?] cold weather hit most of [?] Victoria and New South Wales today. Heavy seas…

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Mangoplah C.W.A. holds Blue & Gold Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 3

Mangoplah C.W.A. held their Blue and Gold Leap Year Ball recently. Mrs. Killalea (president)…

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Increase in gold production

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Gold production in Victoria for the first four months of the year, was 3,868 fine ounces more…

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Increase in coal import costs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The excise tariff on the importation of coal will be increased by one halfpenny to…

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The Lust for Gold on Film Concessions At The Broadway

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 6

The outdoor drama "Lust for Gold" will be the main attraction at the Broadway Theatre screening to-night…

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