Full Control of Coal Sale and Consumption Melbourne
The Commonwealth Coal Board, which will have complete control over the distribution, consumption and sale of coal, was appointed to-day. In…
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Gold Salute Oakleigh Plate Selection Phoines the Danger High Caste
This is the eve of historic events in Melbourne! The 1941 autumn campaign is about to be ushered in at Flemington, and the second wartime Oakleigh Plate will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine-laying by R.A.F. Pilots' Experiences London
The hazards and thrills of air pilots who lay mines in the enemy's coastal shipping routes are described in the Air Ministry's news service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Hogan Gold Cup Competition Jugiong Defeat Tumblong
At Tumblong yesterday, Jugiong defeated Tumblong by 103 runs to 38. A feature of the match was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Arrested Allegedly Smuggling Gold From Canada Seattle (U.s.a.)
Leo Morland, aged 30 years, described as an Australian, allegedly attempted to smuggle his life savings, amounting to 65,000 dollars worth of gold bars,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Mines Approaches to Singapore
Britain has mined the northern approaches to Singapore, and has advised her nationals to leave unoccupied China unless they have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck Gold with Plough
While ploughing near Southern Cross, Kalgoorlic, J. Symes struck a rich gold reef, from which he has already taken stone containing £1500…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Washed Up in Victoria Sydney
A mine which te believed to have broken away from an enemy minefield laid along a section of the Victorian coast was found yesterday washed up on the beach near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hogan Gold Cup
In the Gundagai District Association competition on Sunday Gundagai defeated Nangus by 30 runs, and Jugiong defeated Tumblong at Tumblong by 65 runs, each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Judge Drake-Brockman Appointed Chairman of Coal Board Canberra
It was formally announced to-night that Judge Drake-Brockman, of the Arbitration Court Bench, had been appointed chairman of the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress on African Fronts Enemy Now Cleared From Egypt Kenya, and Sudan Great Work by Gold Coast Regiment London
While the R.A.F., Australian and African Air Forces, and the British Fleet Air Arm ranged the battlefront from the Indian Ocean to the Adriatic Sea, and from the Red Sea to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Relish to Be Spelled Wagga Gold Cup Winner Sydney
Mr. Jack Curtis, of Ganmain, owner of Red Relish, who has been in training in Sydney since shortly after winning the 1900 Wagga Gold Cup, said at Kensington to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dullah Tin Mines
Messrs. Allen Bros, and D. Kost, who are working the Dullah tin mines, have recently struck a pocket of rich ore, which should average about Go…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Wagga Soldier Caused by Land-mine Was Leading Convoy Into Tobruk
The late Lieutenant Jack Eldershaw, formerly of "Glenisla," The Rock, and Rockview Station. Marra, whose death was officially reported to have occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hogan Gold Cup Gundagai Competition
At Jugiong on Sunday the home side with 7 down for 243 defeated Back Creek by one run in the Gundagai district competition. The winning hit was made off…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Funeral— for Nine Derelict Mines Not Always Kind to the Curious
The story of the Thames (N.Z.) woman who found a large object covered with weeds, mussels, and slime on a lonely beach…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Gundagai to Meet Jugiong In Final of Hogan Gold Cup Competition Nangus Are Minor Premiers
The title of “Minor Premiere” for the Hogan Gold Cap competition 1940/41 goes to Nangus, On Sunday next Gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Shirt Cloth for Smart Women Britain's Wool Fashions This Spring
Portugal is buying three times as many woollen goods from Great Britain as before the war. Woollen tops used to come from France and Belgium…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Pledge Commended by Mr. Fadden Full Coal Production During Emergency SYDNEY
The acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) and the Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) today commended the pledge by the miners' leaders to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Pledge Right to Strike Not Sacrificed Official Statement Sydney
An emphatic denial of a report that the miners had sacrificed the right to strike was made tonight by three union officials. They were Messrs. I…
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