Bookmaker's Win of £10,000 Gold Rod-Mosaic Double
SYDNEY, Monday:—The chief winner over the Doncaster Handicap-Sydney Cup. double was the Rand wick bookmaker Ted Davis,…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Four Soldiers Killed by Land Mine in Palestine
JERUSALEM, Monday:—Four soldiers were killed to-day and two were injured by a land mine which exploded. The troops were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Rod's Fast Four Furlongs Sydney
Gold Rod demonstrated this morning that his win in the Doncaster caused him no ill effects. Running on the A grass track at Randwick he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cost Ring £25,000 Gold Rod—Mosaic Double SYDNEY
At the settling on the Doncaster-Sydney Cup double to-day, bookmakers paid out about £25,000 on the successful combination. The biggest winner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rod Expected to Beat Ajax If They Meet at Randwick
SYDNEY, Tuesday:—Although Ajax has worked well since his defeat by Spear Chief in the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill, the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rand Miners Organise for Service
CAPE TOWN, Tuesday:—The Rand underground workers are forming units to start training for civilian or military service, so as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miner Killed in Woonona Mine Wollongong
William Montgomery (57), of Woonona, was killed to-day while working in the Coalcliff Colliery. He was crushed between the cage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →14 Killed in Mine Explosion
LONDON, Wednesday:—A Berlin message says that 14 persons were killed and many were injured in a coal mine explosion in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion in Mine BERLIN
Fourteen were killed and many injured in a coalmine explosion in Thuringia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Satisfactory Results From N. Coast Coal
An optimistic tone regarding the commercial development of North Coast coal deposits was adopted by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Abo Prospectors Strike Rich Gold Outcrop
A Cairns report states that sonic of the blacks in Lockhart aboriginal reserve, way up near the top of York Peninsula, the most northerly part of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Court Reserves Judgment On Miners' Claims SYDNEY
After a hearing extending for 72 days. Judge Drake Brockman reserved his judgment in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day in the claim…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Money for Old Gold Goes Into the Pot
New money for old gold is once again bringing hoards of sovereigns, once fashionable ornaments, and, quaint relics of other days to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →World's Gold Yield Worth £300,000,000 Last Year
It is estimated that the world output of gold for 1938 amounted to more than 37,000,000 fine ounces, and was worth nearly £300,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rush to Ship Gold to U.S. LONDON
The Cunard liner Antonia cancelled its passenger trip to Montreal on May 5 and instead will leave for New York…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flight of Gold to United States £100,000,000 Shipped in Recent Weeks
LONDON, Thursday:— The Cunard liner Antonia is cancelling her passenger trip to Montreal on May 5, and will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1500 Gold Tin Hat To M'bah Man SYDNEY
A gold tin hat worth £1500 was won by Mr. A. Horniman. of Murwillumbah, when his ticket, No. 282,316, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gilltown's Gold Cup Injury To Jockey Ruins Chances Of Favourite
A huge clod of turf thrown up by the hoof of a horse in front almost blinded Jockey E. Bartle, and ruined the chance of Cooranga, hot favourite for the City Tattersall's Gold Cup, at Randwick on Saturday. The race was won by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£100,000,000 Worth of Gold Sent to U.s. in Recent Weeks
LONDON, Saturday:—A further £19,500,000 worth of gold was sent to America yesterday, making a total of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Artist Who Wears Gold Ear-rings
As he strides through the streets of London—burly, bearded, in a bright green suit, vivid red neckerchief, gold rings in his ears and…
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