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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

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Second Successive Dead-heat In Tatt's. Gold Cup

Northern Star · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 6

Chatoona and Proud Fox provided a thrilling finish, to the City Tattersall's Gold Cup meeting at Randwick on Saturday, and the judges were unable to separate them. The favourite, Katanga, was third…

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Increased Rates for Miners

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The president of the Northern Miners (Mr. Kellock) announced to-day that Judge Drake Brockman had informed him…

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Moreton Handicap Gold Salute Heads Quotes

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 8

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Gold Salute is favourite for the Moreton Handicap to be run on Saturday. The latest order of betting is:—…

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Fearless Wins Wagga Gold Cup

Northern Star · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 8

WAGGA, Wednesday.—The Wagga Gold Cup, which was run to-day over furlings. resulted:- FEARLESS, 8.13 (F. Hickey), 1; The…

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"May Withdraw Gold Salute"

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday:--Mr. Alan Cooper, owner of Gold Salute, said the horse finished weakly in a six-furlong gallop at Doomben to-day and he was…

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Gold Stamp Wins at Dubbo

Northern Star · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 7

DUBBO, Thursday.—The Dubbo Cup to-day resulted: Gold Stamp (4-1) 1, Sweet Auburn (4-1) 2, Red Terry (2-1) 3…

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Interstate Coal Freight Rates to Be Advanced

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday:--A general increase in interstate coal freight rates was foreshadowed today by the promulgation of…

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Gold Salute to Stay for Newmarket

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday:—Gold Salute will stay for the Doomben Newmarket and will be trained by W. Shean. Alan Cooper, the owner, lost nearly £3000…

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Benzol From Coal Extracts

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 4

A plan to zone the State and establish central treatment works for the production of valuable products for war…

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Miners Secure Damages

Northern Star · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.—Matthew Gardner and Gordon Partis, two miners who were declared "black" by their workmates and who lost their…

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Deadlock in U.s. Coal Disputes

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday: -- Mr. John Lewis has instructed 100,000 miners of hard coal to cease work at midnight as a result of the…

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Improved Conditions for British Miners

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday:—An "Essential Work Order" for the coalmining industry has been signed by the Minister of Labor (Mr. E…

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French Hold Polish and Belgian Gold

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday:--The "Daily Telegraph" says: The Vichy Government is holding Polish gold valued at £50,000,000 at a place 120 miles south…

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Germans Sell Ship to Chilean Navy to Buy Coal

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 5

SANTIAGO, Thursday:—The Chile correspondent of the British United Press states that Germany sold the training ship, Priwall, to the Chilean…

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To Prospect for Gold Applications Granted at Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 8

MULLUMBIMBY, Monday.—Seventeen applications, all from A. W. Anderson, for authority to enter and prospect for gold on land at Byron…

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Gold Prospecting Applications

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 2

Seventeen applications, all from Mr. A. W. Anderson, for authority to enter and prospect for gold on land at Byron Bay were granted at the…

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Coal Reserves for Canberra

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday:—Emergency reserves of coal are to be built up in Canberra. In making this announcement to-night, the Minister for…

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Open Column Lismore Coal To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Saturday 31 May 1941 · page 4

Sir,—In a report to the Provisional Committee of the N.C.C.C. in to-day's "Northern Star." Mr. Kennedy is reported to have said, "That it was…

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Gold Mining Dredge Sinks in Flooded River

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 5

GYMPIE, Sunday:—The Mary River is still in flood and food supplies are being ferried across. Motor traffic to the Mary Valley is suspended…

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Miners Move to Replace Hood

Northern Star · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday.—A little mining camp at Spargoville, about 25 miles south of Coolgardie, has started a drive to…

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