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Mining & the mines, 1940

628 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 32

Reilly Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 4

Ariah Park won their seventh match in succession yesterday when they successfully defended the Reilly Gold Cup against Tallimba. Ariah Park won by…

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Coal Reserve Plans for Bunnerong Power House Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 2

Plans for a £300,000 coal reserve, sufficient to last Bunnerong power station six months, are being pushed ahead on the instructions of the…

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Desert Gold Trophy Donated

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 2

One of the many unusual donations received In response to the appeal for old gold now being mode by the committee of the Red Cross Race Meeting…

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Miners Behind Government London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 1

The Mineworkers' Federation conference to-day defeated by 430 votes to 161 a motion that Mr. chamberlain and others who were responsible for…

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Future of Gold

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 2

The German gibe at the immense gold holding of the United States, and a prediction of its dethronement, probably have their origin in the…

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Amusements "Navy Blue and Gold"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 6

The bargain night programme at the Capitol Theatre to-night will include two pictures which have been proved high-class productions. The first,…

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Gypsum Mine Worker Crushed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 July 1940 · page 1

While directing a truck into position at the gypsum mines near Griffith, Harold Kershaw, a labourer, was jammed against a heap of gypsum…

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Coal Production Mr. Menzies to Confer with Miners Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) will discuss coal production with the central executive of the Miners' Federation in Melbourne on Friday. It is…

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Coal Production

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mr. Menzies will discuss coal production with the central executive of the Miners' Federation in Melbourne on Friday. It…

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The End of a Mine

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 4

Steel-helmeted members of a British minesweeper crew line the rails and sink with rifle fire the mine their sweeping has brought to the surface. (Dept of Information Photo)…

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N.S.W. MINES The New Award

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: While there will be no change in the working hours of the coal mining industry, the wages of engine drivers in…

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N.S.W. Mines No Change in Working Hours New Award Provides for Higher Pay MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 2

While there Will be no change in the working hours of the coal mining industry: the wages of engine-drivers in New South Wales mines will be…

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Reilly Gold Cup Retained by Ariah Park

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1940 · page 6

Tallimba visited Ariah Park on Sunday in quest of the Reilly Gold Cup, but were unsuccessful, the full-time scores being 2 nil in favor of Ariah Park. H. Murdoch kicked…

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Defamation Alleged Miners Sue "Common Cause" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1940 · page 2

The president of the Miners Federation (Mr. Nelson) said to-night that certain members of the Queensland district branch had issued a writ for…

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Sesame Gold Disappointin Results

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 August 1940 · page 3

In a circular to shareholders of Sesame Gold, N. L, The managing director, Mr. J. Atkinson, after referring to the fact that the mine has not…

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Australianalities the Tambaroora Gold Rush

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1940 · page 6

Tambarooral Rather a pretty roll in that old name, isn't there? I wonder whence it was derived. Where is Tambaroora and what is it, or rather…

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Synthetic Stockings From Coal Air and Water

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 4

A year and a half ago E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. revealed that a new silk-like texture known until than as "Yarn 66" was a synthetic…

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Greek Fleet Mines Gulf

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 2

ATHENS, Monday: It is officially announced that as from noon yesterday the Greek Fleet has mined the entrance of the Gulf or Arta (south…

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Greek Fleet Mines Gulf Athens

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 1

It is officially announced that as from noon yesterday the Greek Fleet has mined the entrance of the Gulf of Arta (south of Albania), which…

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Coal Hulk Tragedy

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1940 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: While working on the coal hulk Swallow, in Shall's Bay this morning, John Graham, 52, coal trimmer, fell 25 feet into…

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