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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

241 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 13

Train Service Dislocated Coal Strike Sequel

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 8

In order to conserve supplies of coal for the maintenance of essential services, it has been decided by the Department of Railways, due…

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Miners Win Court Battle Landholders' Opposition Authority to Enter Granted

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 8

For different reasons, applications by three partners for authority to enter a number of properties near Young and mine there for gold…

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SERIAL. "Laracy's Pot of Gold" (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xiii. Adam Must Leave the Garden of Eden

The Young Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 6

The short ride of the police with their prisoners down the bank of the creek gave the ex-bushranger time to do some swift thinking. Here was…

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Train Services Curtailed by Coal Strike

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 1

From last night many important passenger services, in the southern railway system were cancelled, while drastic…

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Miners to Meet To Consider Mr. Curtin's Plan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A, meeting of the Combined Mining Unions' Cenral committee will be held almost immediately to consider the proposals…

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Fighting Losing Battle Coal Strike a "Washout"

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

Like most of the strikes N.S.W. has experienced, the present coal strike is something of a washout. True, it has affected industry a…

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Mines in Norwegian Three-mile Limit Language Fails Dr. Koht To Express Indignation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: The laying of minefields at three points off the Norwegian coast is given first place in the news all over the world…

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Hidden Gold Sovereigns Buried At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 1

A pastoral property near Canberra is a treasure hunter's paradise as the owner has buried 2000 sovereigns worth to-day…

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Rail Services Drastically Curtailed Reverberations of Coal Strike Mail Time-table Altered

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 1

The effects of the coal strike are wide-spread. Already, in addition to the men directly employed in the coal industry who are now idle, thousands of men in other industries have been thrown out of employment…

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Magnetic Mine How Secrets Were Revealed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 8

This story has been told. But there are points that will bear re-telling:— Before dismantling part of the first magnetic mine…

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State May Act To End The Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: "If the Federal Government will not take some action to try and settle the coal strike the State…

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Wagga Gold Cup to Red Relish Exciting Finish In Historic Event

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 8

Taking the lead at the half-mile, Red Relish, ridden by J. Duncan, stalled off the challenges of the fast-finishing Prairie Dale, and the…

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Gold Mining At Junee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 3

For the period of three years in which S. Price and party have conducted gold mining operations at Pike's Reef, near…

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Coal Strike Action By State Cabinet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: The State Cabinet will to-day consider whether the mining leaders can be prosecuted for their…

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Cottingham's Son Wins Wagga Gold Cup

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

The winner of the Wagga Gold Cup on Wednesday, Red Relish, was foaled at Mr. P. M. Bourke's stud farm, Humedale, Yass, being by…

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Man Killed in Mine Fatality At Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 7

A miner at the Lake George Mining Co.'s mine at Captain's Flat was killed early yesterday afternoon, when he…

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SERIAL. "Laracy's Pot of Gold" CHAPTER 8 (Continued) Adam Must Leave the Garden of Eden

The Young Chronicle · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 6

Throughout the long night Laracy lay and pondered his problem. Ought he to go away now, when his friends might need him as they had never…

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Hidden Gold Sovereigns Buried at Canberra

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 2

A pastoral property near Canberra is a treasure hunter’s paradise as the owner has buried 2000 sovereigns worth to-day…

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Mine Laying Fear In The Baltic Entire Coast Of Germany Is Now Bottled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: The new minelaying field was completed in the early hours of this morning and it is regarded as a singularly audacious feat. The minefield bottles the entire Baltic coast of Germany, covering as it…

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From Everywhere Coal Shortage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 4

Lismore Municipal Council has only nine weeks reserve stocks of coal for gas production. In order to preserve these stocks in the event…

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