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THERE was a half-hearted attempt to give "the bird" to GOLD DIGGER when he easily won the Welter Handicap at Victoria Park on Wednesday. A FEW irate punters clustered round the paddock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SPURRED on by another remarkable rise in metals, dependent stocks made the strongest advance of the week yesterday, despite the big inducement offered holders to take profits by recent gains…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Rescue gangs to-day failed to find the body of the thirteenth victim of the Wonthaggi mine explosion. It is believed he was blown to bits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE mining market was active, metal and tin stocks providing the spectacular spots. London buying was apparent…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →In the early part of the depression period, I accompanied my parents to various diggings in the Mudgee district. Being only eight years of age I was the youngest in this district to work on any claim and sell my own gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Robert Rae, aged 73, a colliery engineer and former chairman of Hetton Miners' lodge, died at Fairley, near West Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In seven mining disasters in Australia the loss of life has been greater than that at Wonthaggi last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sudden tropical rainstorm and the humidity of the day probably cost the unlucky Pamelus the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield to-day. HIS RIDER, W. ELLIOT, EXPLAINED AFTER THE RACE…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GOLD ROD is back on the high pedestal he occupied at the end of his two-year-old career when he was hailed as a champion. In this afternoon's Futurity Stakes he was responsible for an amazing performance to win…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AS the result of what they call the most unpopular dispute in their experience, more than 200 miners at Stanford Main, No. 2, are idle to-day. Every miner will lose, whatever is the outcome of the strike. The fight is not with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FINISH OF THE Caulfield Futurity Stakes, showing Gold Rod winning from Pamelus, the favorite, and Young Idea…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Although excuses may be made for Pamelus, there can be no denying the merit of Gold Rod's win. Gold Rod gave an amazing performance, which puts him right back in his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →After a conference on Saturday between the Acting Premier (Mr. Old), the Minister for Mines (Mr. Hogan), and the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bussau), it is expected that an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →INSTEAD of going to Melbourne to see Gold Rod win the Futurity Stakes, his owner (Mr. E. J. Watt) stayed in Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →WITH the acceptance of the proposal put forward by the general manager of the Mine, Mr. J. McLeish, Wonthaggi miners at a mass meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. B. E. Minns, the eminent painter and illustrator, dropped dead while taking photographs at the Taronga Park Zoo yesterday. His camera,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/2/1½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/1 on Friday. TREASURY BILLS…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With metal prices leaping upward, basemetal shares met with an excited market on Saturday. Lead, zine and copper had reached record prices for recent years…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE Gold Rod who won the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield was a different, and greater, Gold Rod than the one racegoers have seen in action in the past. Hitherto he has scored many…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Robert Reid and Co., Ltd., soft-goods warehousemen, after a lapse of seven years, has returned to the ordinary dividend list…
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