Ancient Gold Coin Covered in Dust Grader Operator's Find
A Shire grader operator, Arthur Pair, was grading the mid-western highway between Gunbar and the Waradgery Shire…
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Threat of Aust. Coal Strike 39 mines idle in N.S.W.
SYDNEY. Monday: The dismissal of a lodge official at a Northern N.S.W. coal mine has led to the threat…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday — Gas companies will be prevented from building up big winter reserves because of a sharp drop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Cup tops country racing
The Wagga Gold Cup meeting is undoubtedly one of the most attractive country racing fixtures in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Packed Out for Gold Cup Meeting: Big Crowd Likely
For several days hurrying street crowds, increasingly heavy traffic, race fashion displays in store windows, and hundreds of new faces have heralded the coming of Wagga's most important racing fixture-the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Stocks Low
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The wave of stoppages on the coalfields in connection with the John Darling dispute has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burrandana mining
RON HEWITT operating an automatic jack hammer which is being used to drill the rocky reefs for the valuable wolfram ore at Burrandana…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Stocks Dwindling Widespread Stoppages
SYDNEY, Wednesday — The wave of stoppages on the coalfields in connection with the John Darling dispute has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital uses best coal says Chairman
Wagga Base Hospital Board chairman (Mr. D. E. Lewis) last night challenged a statement last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Records at Wagga Gold Cup Meeting 8000 See Dead-heat in Big Race for First Time Ever
Four records were established at Wagga's Gold Cup meeting yesterday—but not all by horses. Eight thousand people attended the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Burdens" in Coal Trade
SYDNEY, Wed.: The coal-mining Industry had been loaded with financial burdens for the benefit of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Reserves of Coal
SYDNEY, Thursday — Coal reserves in N.S.W. were about 9000 million tons—sufficient for 750 years at the present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal "Only Material for Power"
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Virtual absence of petroleum and natural gas in Australia made coal the only local raw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →9000 million tons of coal
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Coal reserves in N.S.W. were about 9000 million tons—sufficient for 750 years of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Gold Cup Belavia and Two Birdies Dead-heat Prince Karingal Fifth
The 1953 Wagga Gold Cup, decided on Tuesday, was one of the most thrilling in its history, with Belavia and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Something Old" for Junee Reefs Bride Was Unique. Gold Bracelet Won By Father's Horse
For "something old" Miss Ellee[?] Ag[?] Harris were a gold bracelet with an interesting history…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle coal saves gas rationing
MELBOURNE, Friday: The threat of immediate gas rationing in Melbourne has been averted by the allocation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Faces Gas Rationing Unless Miners go Back
SYDNEY, Tuesday—The General Manager of the Australian Gas Light Company, Mr. W. W. Pettingell, again emphasised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopes for Expansion in Mining
Melbourne, Tuesday: Utilisation of more modern methods of discovery of new deposits of valuable ores…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gas Coal Stocks Dwindle in Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday —Stocks of gas coal at Mortlake are down to 15,000 tons today, a spokesman for the company said…
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