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Mining & the mines, 1939

631 stories in Riverina's papers · page 19 of 32

Miners Stop Work Dust Blown by Wind Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 6

A strong westerly wind caused a stoppage of work at Aberdare Extended Colliery to-day. The mine had already completed 100 days of work without,…

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Not for Epsom Decision About Gold Rod Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 10

Cold Rod will not start in the Epsom Handicap, to be run at Randwick on September 30, His owner, Mr. E.J. Watt, who is at present in…

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Motoring on Coal Gas New Engines Which Does Away with Petrol

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 8

British members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by high-compression coal gas which, it is…

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Motoring on Coal Gas New Engine Which Does Away with Petrol

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 3

British Members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by high-compression coal gas, which, its is claimed,…

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Aussie History— "The Discovery of Gold"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

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Broken Hill Mine to Close Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 4

The employees of the Central Mine have been advised, by notices posted at the mine to-day, that the company's operations will cease and the mine will…

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New Zealand Mines Government Action Threatened Wellington (Nz.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

An important announcement, possibly involving the holding up of the new mines, was made by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Webb) to-day…

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Gold in South Africa Government Adheres to Sterling Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 5

It is officially announced that the Government intends next season to take power to appropriate, apart from the present mining taxation, the whole…

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Motoring on Coal Gas New Engine Which Does Away With Petrol

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

British Members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by high-compression coal gas which, it is…

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Gallops Gold Rod Again Star Worker Tel Asur Easily Beaten Hybol Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 8

Gallops at Randwick this morning were done principally on the tan track and some of the spring stars provided most interesting trials. Hybol a…

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Pure Gold a Chance to Atone Hilton After Hat Trick Another for Ajax

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 8

With the exception of the Memsie Stakes, good fields will contest events at Caulfield to-morrow, when they should have the driest track that…

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At Canterbury Beau Vite Downs Gold Rod Guineas to Bonny Loch Vergure Unbeaten SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1939 · page 8

Beau Vite, one of the New Zealand visitors to Sydney for the spring racing, won the Canterbury Stakes at Canterbury Park this afternoon when he came with a strong run in the straight to beat last year's winner, Gold…

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Britain Sells More Coal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 2

The last few months has been a stirling improvement in British coal exports. During the quarter ended 30th June last a total of 10,236,000…

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Caulfield Reviewed Ajax Has Easy Win Pure Gold and Pibroch

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1939 · page 6

Backers of favorites have had a run of luck in Melbourne, and on Saturday at Caulfield five first favorites in eight races were the victors, and two of the…

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Saving Our Gold

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 3

Favorable trade balances due to exports hardly differ from debit trading accounts paid for by cash. For some time Australia has had…

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Price of Gold Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 7

Because of the closing of the London Exchange market, the Commonwealth Bank has not yet determined the price for gold lodged at Melbourne…

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Neutral Vessels Sunk Mines in Baltic Sea Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 1

An unidentified ship radioed that she was arriving at Malmo (Sweden) this afternoon with the crew of the Greek steamer, Kosti, which was bound from…

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Liner Queen Mary Races to Safety £10,000,000 Worth of Gold on Board New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 1

The Queen Mary ran blacked out from Southampton to New York. Passengers were forbidden on the upper decks after sunset and were urged…

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Gundagai Police Court Traffic Matters— Mining Applications

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 7

Only an hour was needed to dispose of the small list of cases set down for hearing at the Gundagai Police Court, over which…

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Runs on Coal Gas New Engines" Does Away with Petrol

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 9

British Members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new type of motor car engines drifen by high compression coal gas which, it is claimed…

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