Poor Coal Slows Victorian Trains
MELBOURNE, Monday: Poor quality coal is the reason for Victorian trains running behind schedule, according to the…
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New Guinea Gold Field Found
PORT MORESBY, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Messages from Lae, Madang, and other centres states that gold is reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Production Improves On Eye of Vital Conference
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Federation today instructed the miners to continue working until a decision is reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Coal Strike Over But Lewis to Stand Trial
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Despite the settlement yesterday of the pensions dispute, which precipitated the strike of 600,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Talks Today
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Miners' leaders will decide in Sydney tomorrow whether to recommend strike action to miners on the…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Gold worth 31,000,000 dollars looted by the Germans will be returned to Italy soon by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moore to Ride Staunch in Wagga Gold Cup Race
SYDNEY, Tuesday: George Moore has accepted mounts at the Wagga Cap meeting on April 21 and is expected to ride Staunch in the main event. Trainer A. Morrisby said today that Thrums would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Host is Special Bet at Canterbury
Mine Host is selected as a special bet in whichever race he starts at Canterbury tomorrow afternoon. Mine Host has accepted in both the Flying Handicap and the second division of the Asbbury Handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Batlow C.w.a. Blue-and-gold Ball
The Batlow branch of the C.W.A. held yet another successful ball at the Literary Institute last Friday night. Although there was not the large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Host Short-priced Favorite for Canterbury
SYDNEY, Friday: Mine Host, who will contest the Second Ashbury Mixed Stakes in preference to the Flying Handicap tomorrow has been backed down to shortest priced favorite of the day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Miners' Leader Wants Move by Govt
WASHINGTON, Sun. (A.A.P.): The miners' leader, John L. Lewis, today called on the Government to move for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drop in Gold Output
CANBERRA, Monday: Gold production fell 17 per cent. in February last, compared with February, 1947, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Poor Coal Slows Victorian Trains
Poor quality coal is the reason for Victorian trains running behind schedule, according to the Victorian Railways Commissioners. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Explosion in French Mine 24 Killed and 100 Injured
PARIS, Tuesday: Twenty miners are dead, and about 100 injured, 30 of them gravely, in a violent explosion which has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga "Invaded" for Gold Cup Meeting Horses' Names Now Household Words
Wagga appears to be completely booked out for the Wagga Gold Cup meeting. Hotels, residentials and many private homes are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night Fighter Favored in Gold Cup Race Twelve Horses Likely To Run; Boomanulla And Trumps Placed
Night Fighter, winner of the Albury Cup a fortnight ago, is selected to win the 1948 Wagga Cup at Wagga tomorrow. Boomanulla and Trumps are selected to run the places…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Twenty Dead in Mine Explosion
PARIS, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Twenty miners are dead and about 100 injured. 30 of them gravely, in a violent explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Union and Lewis Heavily Fined
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Federal Judge Alan Goldsborough yesterday fined the United Mineworkers' Union of America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Found—one Gold Cup
THE 1948 Wagga Gold Cup, valued at 100 guineas, spent last night in the strongroom at the office of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Gold Cup Presented
LEFT TO RIGHT: The owner-trainer of Collisun, winner of the Wagga Gold Cup (Mr. F. J. Burt, of Borambola); the successful…
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