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Mining & the mines, 1950

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Gigantic Gold Swindle Directors to Serve 18 Years' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. -- The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53). and Norbert Stephen…

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Gigantic Gold Swindle Directors to Serve 18 Years' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. -- The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53), and Norbert Stephen…

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Gigantic Gold Swindle Directors to Serve 18 Years' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. -- The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53), and Norbert Stephen…

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Gigantic Gold Swindle Directors to Serve 18 Years' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. -- The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53), and Norbert Stephen…

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Gigantic Gold Swindle Directors to Serve 18 Years' Gaol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG Saturday. -- The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53), and Norbert Stephen…

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18 Years' Gaol for Gold Fraud Directors Record Fine Also Passed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday.--The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53), and Norbert…

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18 Years' Gaol for Gold Fraud Directors Record Fine Also Passed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday.--The climax of the worst gold fraud in South African history was reached yesterday when Joseph Milne (53), and Norbert…

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Director's Bravado Over Gaol Term Found Guilty Of Huge Frauds In Gold Deals

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1950 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—Millionaire Johannesburg financier, Norbert Stephen Erleigh (45) showed an extraordinary publicity-loving bravado yesterday when he was sentenced to 18 years' gaol for fraud…

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How to treat a woman (a) by a wharfie (b) by a gold-digger

The Sun · Sunday 23 April 1950 · page 18

GRADUALLy the shipload of migrants left the wharf, after their…

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[N.S.W. Govt. blamed for coal shortage] MHR charges sabotage of open-cuts CANBERRA

The Sun · Sunday 23 April 1950 · page 1

FAILURE of the NSW Government and the Chifley Government to develop open-cut mines in NSW will be attacked this week in the Commonwealth Parliament…

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Big output of coal

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 6

Apart from two Western mines, which are flooded, every mine in NSW is working today…

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Mushrooms Tasty With Devilled Gold Meat

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 16

Perversely, the weather often makes cold sliced meat and salad greens seem inadequate as a meal. For these occasions, it's good…

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Mushrooms Tasty With Devilled Gold Meat

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 16

Perversely, the weather often makes cold sliced meat and salad greens seem inadequate as a meal. For these occasions, it's good…

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Hollywood's Gold-diggers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

HOLLYWOOD. -- HollyWood's girls are "double-crossing, tinsel - covered gold-diggers," says Scott…

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Hollywood's Gold-diggers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 14

HOLLYWOOD. -- Hollywood's girls are "double-crossing, tinsel - covered gold-diggers," says Scott…

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Diamonds Found on Gold Coast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 6

LONDON. -- Native and European diamond miners are making valuable finds in country near Tarkwa, 39 miles north of…

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Future of W.a. Goldfields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 7

Confidence in the goldmining industry of Western Australia was expressed by the president of the Consolidated Zinc Corporation…

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Govt. may start new coal mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 15

The Government will soon consider starting an open-cut coal mine at Liddell…

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Only Two Coal Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 8

With the exception of two mines on the western fields, all mines in N.S.W. will work today for a total production of about…

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Only Two Coal Mines Not in Production

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 8

With the exception of two mines on the western fields, all mines in N.S.W. will work today for a total production of about…

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