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Mining & the mines, 1941

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Tin and Gold at Ardlethan

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

Tin valued at £22,957 was won in the Ardiethan mining division during 1940. This was only £471 less than that produced is 1939. when production was…

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Drifting Mines Eire Villages Evacuated Dublin, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 4

Entire villages on the south-east coast of Eire have been evacuated owing to the danger from drifting mines…

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Greyhound Racing Green and Gold Downs Two Flats Minstrel King Takes Sprint the Principal Event

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 5

Age does not appear to have dimmed the brilliance of bookmaker owner-trainer Albert Smith's great galloper, Green and Gold…

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COAL Railways Huge Consumption

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

The New South Wales Railways, spend annually on materials about 16,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent, of the this amount is spent locally on…

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Sydney Gallops Gold Salute and All Love Show Speed on Track Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 4

Gold Salute galloped brilliantly again at Randwick this mornng and is in splendid condition for his Melbourne trip. All Love, in her final gallop at…

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Cricket Third Round for Hogan Gold Cup ? Rain [?] Two Sundays’ Play Association Calls Meeting for Thursday Night

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 3

Rain having washed out all matches in the Hogan Gold Cup competition yesterday and the previous Sunday, the District…

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Coal Mining the Men and Their Conditions Address to Rotary Club

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

Interesting insights into miners and their conditions of working were given in the course of an interesting address to the Wagga Rotary Club yesterday by the…

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Mine Caught in Line Victorian Fisherman's Discovery Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

A mine floating 10 feet from the boat shocked a fisherman at Apollo Bay to-day. The man, Roy Fish, was with four other boatmen when the…

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Fifty Miles of Coal Cut in One Year by Scottish Robot

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 4

Four coalcutters, built By a Scottish firm, have just been shipped to Chile to join the 17 already at work there. These machines, the most powerful of…

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Belgian Gold Effort to Recover From France New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

The exiled Belgian Government is to obtain an attachment writ for 260,000,000 dollars from Bank of Prance funds in the United States…

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Lucrative—gold Salute Establish Track Records Fit for the Valley Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 6

The C. F. Orr Stakes, to be run at Moonee Valley on Saturday, should provide a thrilling race if the exhibitions given this morning by Lucrative and Gold Salute can be…

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High Caste Orr Stakes Selection Gold Salute His Danger Interesting Juvenile Clash To-morrow's Prospects

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 6

The autumn campaign begins with the C. F. Orr Stakes to-morrow at Moonee Valley. The Williamstown Racing Club was forced to race at the Valley because of…

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Coal Strike Threat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 4

It is possible that a general coal strike may occur this week on the South Coast. The matter will be considered at a meeting of the Miners'…

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No Confirmation in London "German Attempt to Under Mine French Confidence" London, Sunday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 1

There is no confirmation in London of the German reports that Marshal Petain and Admiral Darlan have left for Africa. The Germans…

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Hogan Gold Cup Competition Interesting Battle For Positions All Teams Have Two Matches to Play

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 3

The Hogan Gild Cup competition has reached a most interesting and vital stage, with four of the five competing teams…

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Gold Production Increases Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 2

The Department of Mines to-day announced that N.S. Wales gold production figures for 1940 were 100,254 ounces, the highest since 1916, when…

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Coal Mining Disputes

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

Special administrative machinery has been set up under the National Security regulations to deal, with disputes in the coal mining industry in…

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Hogan Gold Cup Two Centuries

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 6

Playing at Jugiong on Sunday in the Gundagai district league competition match, Gundagai V. Jugiong, which was marked by exceptionally high…

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Wagga Gold Cup £450 and Gold Trophy for Big Race an Attractive Programme

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 6

Ardent racegoers who have been watching the growing attendances at southern district race meetings in recent months seem to be most optimistic as to the future…

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Control of Coal Output Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

Although only in its initial stages, it is believed that the suggestion that a board should be established to control the Commonwealth coal output…

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