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Mining & the mines, 1940

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King Sees Magnetic Mine

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1940 · page 2

H.M. King George VI inspects the first magnetic mine salvaged in Britain. It bears the date "1938" which proves that even as we talked of peace at Munich, the Nazis were manufacturing this murderous weapon…

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Albury Motor Races Huge Crowd Attends H. James Wins Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1940 · page 4

Engines roared as some of the fastest cars in Australia raced around the Wirlinga circuit of four and three-quarter miles at Albury yesterday. A…

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Stolen Gold War Veteran Sent to Gaol Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1940 · page 5

A one-legged veteran of the last war, Arthur Lack, aged 43 years, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at the Kalgoorlie Court yesterday…

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Gibsonvale Tin Mines Second Largest Yield in Australia

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1940 · page 4

Gibsonvale so called after Mr. J. Gibson, who first discovered payable alluvial tin there, is situated about 17 miles north-east of Weethalle. The…

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Earth Tremors Kalgoorlie Miners Injured Kalgoorlie

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 4

The worst tremor for years occurred this morning and resulted in six walls being cracked and electrical fittings torn from their sockets…

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Gibsonvale Tin Mines Second Largest Yield in Australia

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 3

Gibsonvale, so called lifter Mr. J. Gibson, who first discovered payable alluvial tin there, is situated about 17 miles north-east of Weethalle. The…

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Gold for Red Cross Old Gold Worth £50 an Ounce

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 4

The committee of the Red Cross race meeting art union is appealing for old gold to melt down and provide the major prizes in their…

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Greyhound Racing Harold Park Ht Favorites Beaten Stake to Heart of Gold

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 5

Only wto favorites succeeded in the [?] races decided at Harold Park on Saturday night. The outsider Heart of Gold won the Harold Park Stake,…

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Mining Accident Weethalle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 6

[?]. Alien suffered a fractured pelvis when he was hit by some falling ore in J. Gibson's mine at Gisbonvale. Mr. Aliens family resides at Ardlethan,…

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French Liner Strikes Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: The German radio, quoting the French owners, announces the loss of the French passenger liner Champlain, of 28,124 tons…

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Floating Mines Rewards for Recovery Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

Regulations issued to-day by the Navy Board authorise the payment of £2 "for the recovering of a floating mine within a distance of two miles…

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Big French Liner Strikes Mine Off Coast London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 1

The German radio, quoting the French owners, announces the loss of the French passenger liner Champlain, of 28,124 tons. The vessel struck a…

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Old Gold Appeal Desert Gold Trophy Donated

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 9

One of the many unusual donations received in response to the appeal for old gold now being made by the committee of the Red Cross race meeting…

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Manchukuo's Vast Coal Deposits

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 3

The possibilities of the Manchukuo coal industry may be envisaged from the fact that there are approximately ten thousand million tons of coal…

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Old Gold Is Worth £50 an Oz. to the Red Cross

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 2

The Committee of the Red Cross Race Meeting Art Union is appealing for old gold to melt down and provide the major prizes in their forthcoming…

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Going Down Into "Hell" Earth's "White-hot" Heart Deepest Mines Only A Scratch On The Surface

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 3

In the deepest coal-mines of Lancashire the miners have a grim saying as they go deeper and deeper and it gets hotter and hotter: "We are…

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Mines to Be Laid on Eire Coast London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 1

Mines which have been manufactured ni Eire will be laid on the Eire coast, it was announced to-day…

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Old Gold Appeal Interesting Donations From Lady Gowrie and Lady Wakehurst

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 3

Among the donations already received by the organisers of the Red Cross race meeting art union in their appeal for old gold are many articles of…

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Shortage of Miners Old Men at Work Youths Not Trained

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 4

Coal-mining is threatened in the near future with a serious shortage of skilled miners, according to evidence given before the Royal Commission on…

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