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Mining & the mines, 1954

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Canberra Gold Cup

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 4

Nominations dose next Saturday for the Canberra Gold Cup meeting on Saturday, March 20. Prize money totals £500,…

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Gold boom possible in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 5

Will golf enjoy a boom period in Wagga over the next twelve months? Although one club reached its peak last year the other…

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Syndicate digging for pirates' gold

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: The Western District Syndicate, digging for 50 tons or lost pirates' gold at Queenscliff, is confident it trill find it or its probably hiding place tomorrow…

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Gold Move Important to Australia

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney, Monday,—Britain's return to the Gold Standard puts Australia in a very promising position, president of the Rural…

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Return to Gold Standard Help to Aust

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY. Sunday: Britain's return to the Gold Standard puts Australia in a very promising position, president of the…

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Gold market opens

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: London's gold market, which reopened yesterday after a 15-year suspension, fixed a rate…

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Research Centre for Coal

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: Premier Cahill in the Legislative Assembly today asked notice of a question asking for a…

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The 1954 Albury Gold Cup Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 4

£1560 prize money is being distributed by the Albury Racing Club for its 1054 Gold Cup fixture, to be held on Wednesday…

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Blue and Gold Revue soon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

The C.W.A. Younger Set last night made a programme for 50 minutes' entertainment at the…

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World Coal Output Dips in '52,'53

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

United Nations, N.T.-The world's output of one of its vital commodities—coal—has somewhat declined since the peak…

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Authority to Enter Property for Mining

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 2

After a hearing extending over several months, John Jervis Palmer, of Bethungra, was grated authority to enter property…

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Miners Will Be Directed to Resume Work

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) was today given an unconditional undertaking…

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Albury's Gold Cup Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 8

The Albury Gold Cup meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next. The first race each day will start…

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Coal to be cheaper

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, The price of all N.S.W. coal will be reduced by 1/ a ton from Monday, June…

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D. G. Padman to Open Blue and Gold Ball at Tooma

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

It is learned that Mr. D. G. Padman, member for Albury, will fly from Brisbane to open the Country Women's Association ball…

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Gold Price Rises to £15/12/6

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Commonwealth Bank has, increased its buying price, for gold by 2/8 per fine…

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Mine Disaster in Italy

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

ROME, Wednesday—Rescue workers are digging feverishly to save 59 miners entombed, by a fire-damp explosion which killed…

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Hope for Miners Abandoned

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

ROME, Thursday—Hope has been abandoned of saving the 24 miners trapped in the Ribolin mine disaster, and the death…

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18 Dead in Mine Disaster

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 1

ROME, Wednesday (AAP): Deathroll in the Ribolla mine disaster reached 18 this morning…

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Gold Price Rises to £15/12/6

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 4

The Commonwealth Bank has increased its buying price for gold by 2/8 per fine ounce, the Bank’s Governor,…

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