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Mining & the mines, 1954

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Better Power Position More Coal

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 2

Announcement by the chairman of the N.S.W .Electricity Commission, Mr .H .G. Conde, that electricity supply…

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Kick for Coal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

B. Kelly (Teachers' College) tries for a conversion in the Union match against C.Y.M…

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Wagga Booked Out on Eve of Great Gold Cup Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

Hundreds of visitors from N.S.W. and interstate are flocking into Wagga by plane, train and car for the 1954 Wagga Gold Cup tomorrow. For Wagga residents, the scores of new faces and race…

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New Gold Find?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday: Rich specimen stone showing free gold has been uncovered by three Southern Cross mining…

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Stewards Free Graceful Gold's Joint Owners

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tuesday: N.S.W. Trotting Club stewards decided today to give the joint owners of Graceful Gold the…

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Offer to Present Gold Cup to the Murrumbidgee T.c

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Jamie McLeod, of "Panuara", Junee entertained over one hundred guests at a luncheon on the…

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Blue and Gold Ball at Tooma

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

Arrangements are well in hand for the Tooma blue and gold ball to be held in the Tooma Hall on Friday, May 21…

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Shots from yesterday's-Gold Cup meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 8

The starters parading prior to the running of the 1954 Wagga Gold Cup yesterday. Surprise winner was Btithus, at 25/1. A section of the very large crowd which watched the presentation of the Wagga Gold Cup yesterday. This first-day meeting broke several records…

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25 to 1 Outsider Buthus Wins 1954 Wagga Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 8

Yesterday, Buthus, starring 25/1, won the Wagga Gold Cup and beat the biggest field that has ever raced for the historic trophy. Easy Rise, another 25/1 chance, finished second, with Mooncoin, 8/1, third…

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Wagga Gold Cup Race Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 5

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club on Wednesday held its most successful Gold Cup meeting in history. All previous records for…

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Gold Medal for Leading World Soil Expert

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society recently conferred the Society's Gold Medal on Sir John Rusell,…

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Ten claims registered for gold mines

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday: Already ten prospectors have registered claims totalling about 200 acres around a new…

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More Gold Cups

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 8

Gold caps have been presented for the next two Wagga Gold Cup meetings. For next year, 1955, Mr…

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New Rich Gold Find

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday: A new rich gold find has been made in virgin country 40 miles north of Laverton…

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Miners Will Reconsider Their Attitude

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The attitude of the Miners' Federation towards the attainment of higher living…

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Gold Medal for Leading World Soil Expert

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society recently conferred the Society's gold medal on Sir…

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Some mines may close down

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Joint Coal Board has notifed the Miners' Federation that certain mines in the Newcastle district may have to curtail…

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Conference on Coal Overproduction

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) today conferred with…

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S.a. Decision May Cost Jobs of Miners

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The South Australian Government has decided to cut its intake of Newcastle coal by 3500 tons a week…

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