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Mining & the mines, 1941

368 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 19

Have You Picked It? Winner of To-day’s Albury Gold Cup

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 1

What will win the Gold Cup at Albury Ibis afternoon ? “Heros,” the “Mail” turf writer, whose review of the candidates’ prospects appears…

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Albury Gold Cup To Be Run To-day Race Promises to Be Interesting

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 4

Albury's turfing classic, the Albury Gold Cup, will be decided this afternoon. With 24 entries it is expected that about…

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Zalmon Is Expected to Beat the 1941 Albury Gold Cup Field To-day Is Fit and Nicely Handicapped Opposition Will Be Strong Tidylus and Calruin for Minor Places Meeting Opens This Afternoon

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 6

In spite of the depressing time through which we are now passing, Albury Racing Club has never been faced with brighter prospects for its Cup meeting than it is this year. The public, anxious no doubt to escape the worries of the war for a while, is patronising racing much more freely…

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Brilliant Day for Gold Cup Newest and Smartest Apparel Worn

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 2

The Albury Racing Club was once again favored with a lovely day for its most important fixture, the Gold Cup, and the opportunity was taken by women visitors to wear their smartest and newest apparel arid some very…

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Brilliant Sunshine for Albury Gold Cup Meeting Yesterday Course Looks Its Best Dead-heat in Main Event Calruin-footmark Divide Stake

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 10

The picturesque Albury course looked its best yesterday for the Albury Gold Cup—blue ribbon event of the Riverina and North-Eastern Victoria. Shade trees, although touched with the gold of autumn, were still…

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New Coal Dump at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 4

Work on new siding and coal dump of the Victorian Railways at Wodonga is proceeding rapidly. Picture shows a general view of the scene of operations…

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Wage Rise for Miners Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 2

The president of the Northern Miners’ Federation (Mr. Kelloch) announced to-day that Judge Drake-Brockman had informed him that the…

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Finland’s Nickel Mines Output Being Sought by Germany Berlin, May 3

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 2

The German Foreign Office announces that technical negotiations are going on with Germany‘s “partners Finland's Petsamo nickel mines…

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Gold Rush a Mirage Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

People who rushed to old diggings at Peak Hill last week after a [?] was found there, have now returned to their work. The nugget -was found about 40 feet…

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Increase in Price Op Coal Sought Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

Colliery owners on the northern fields said to-day that they would seek increases in the price of coal to cover increases [?]ling nearly £250.000 a year granted to…

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Proud Fox Chosen To Win Wagga Gold Cup Meeting Opens To-morrow Big Field and Good racing Likely

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 5

Proud Fox, the New Zealand four-year-old, who dead-heated with [?]in City Ta[?]tersall’s Cup at. Randwick on Saturday, is selected to down a strong field in the Wagga Gold Cup to-morrow. Tomorrow will see the egening of Murrumbidgee Turf Club’s two…

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May Have Australia's Big-gest Coal Dump Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 6

Plans for increasing its coal reserve stocks by 100,000 toils to 300,000 tons will shortly be considered by the Sydney County Council. The present reserve…

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Sufficient Coal Promised Bv Miners Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 4

The Central Execu[?] of the Miners’ Federation to-day gave an assurance to the chairman of the Commonwealth B[?] of Control (Mr. Justice…

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Yugo-slav Gold Safe London, May 10

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 3

An independent French news agency states that Yugo-Slavia's gold reserves are safe. Part is in the United States and part in Egypt. The Germans…

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Great Mining Company's Big Loan Investment Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 2

Ulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. to-day applied to invest £150,000 in the war loan. The Vacuum Oil Co. of Australia Ltd. signified its intention of…

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Albury Gold Cup Profit of £685/3/7 Patriotic Meeting in August

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 5

From its Gold Cup meeting this year, Albury Racing Club netted a profit of £685/3/7. This was revealed at a meeting of the committee…

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Profit of £685 Albury Gold Cup Meeting

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 35

The Albury Gold Cup meeting this year netted a profit of £685/3/7. The committee recently expressed their…

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Declared "Black"; Miners Awarded Damages Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

Matthew Gardner and Gordon Partis, two miners, who were declared "black" by their workmates, and lost their jobs, have secured damages from the…

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Thousands of Miners to Be Idle New York, May 17

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 6

Mr. John Lewis, the former leader of the C.I.O. has instructed 100,000 [?] coal miners to cease work at midnight as the result of the failure…

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Miners Want Action Request to Government Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 3

The new Labor Government has been asked by the Miners Federation to [?] up [?] [?] [?] to Mr. [?] Minister…

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