Starter Was Jeered Gold Spark's Position
Lining the fence in hundreds, racegoers at Rosehill yesterday made one of the strangest demonstrations…
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Coal Strike on Monday 25,000 Men, 210 Mines Will Be Thrown Idle Last Hope of Peace Has Vanished No Approach To Court
The coal strike is on, and 210 mines in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria will be idle to-morrow. Late last night, any remaining hope of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steeple To Gold Glare Failure on Flat
FLEMINGTON, Saturday. -- Gold Glare, who began his schooling over jumps only four months…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Pappy Puts Gold Spark in a Cup Setting
GOLD SPARK, having her first race since she defeated the Newmarket winner, Mildura, in the A.J.C. Anniversary Handicap, won yesterday's 11 furlongs Rosehill Handicap, after The Blizzard looked certain to run…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arahura Gold Shows Over 30 p. c. Per Annum
If the Arahura dredge recovers the bore content of the property, then with gold at £N.Z.9126 net, both ordinary and deferred shares show over 30 per cent, per annum from the current market after…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Coal Strike Is on Australia-Wide Tie-Up Has Already Begun
THE great coal mine strike is on throughout Australia. The entire industry is paralysed and if the dispute between the mine masters and the coal-mining unions is permitted to persist there will be a creeping paralysis…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Pure Gold May Come To Sydney For Doncaster Victory Ruined Zonda Plunge. Melbourne
Pure Gold probably earned a start in the A.J.C. Doncaster by winning the Leonard Stakes at Flemington to-day. The colt ruined a plunge on the second horse, Zonda. Pure Gold was started in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Cooper-munro in Verbal Holts Stir in Lounge of Melbourne Hotel Over Gold Salute Melbourne
ALAN COOPER managed to get into the wars again in Melbourne during his visit for the Autumn Carnival. He was told in forcible language by Australia's leading horseman, Darby Munro, that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain HAD To Seize Duce's Coal E.C.S. MARSHALL, Foreign Editor of "The Sunday Sun" Tells Why
Britain, for the first time in the war, is engaged in a major showdown with Italy. She herself chose the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Punters Quick to Follow Stable Lead Kellow-Holt Plunge On Pure Gold Takes £10,000 From Flemington Ring
FLEMINGTON, Saturday. -- Mr. C. B. Kellow (owner) and followers of the Jack Holt stable, collected £10,000 from the betting ring when Pure Gold won the Leonard Stakes today. Pure Gold won handsomely from Zonda, with the fast-finishing…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Coal Mine Horse Which Held Its Own Strike CESSNOCK
Faced with another strike, Cessnock miners are recalling incidents in other stoppages. One story told during the weekend was of a "stay-out" strike…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Stoppage
Responsibility for the closure of the mines in three States must be laid at the door of the Menzies Government. The mineworkers should never have been driven to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Coal Mines Closed; 20,000 Idle Unions Prepare to Assist Strikers Peace Move
THE members of the combined mining unions, numbering more than 20,000, who ceased work at midnight on Friday, will not resume work to-day. All coal produced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closing of Mine Amazes
Action may be taken by the Opposition in Parliament this week to force the Government to reconsider its decision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Home News. Coal Strike
Twenty-five thousand mine workers throughout Australia, including 17,000 in New South Wales, will become idle to-day as the result of the coal strike which officially began at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Stoppage (To the Editor.)
Sir,--Throughout Australia thousands of miners have begun their struggle for a 40-hour week. The strike has been brought on through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Spark's Sydney Cup Prospects
"GOLD SPARK will make them stretch out in the Sydney Cup," said owner-traiher A. G. Papworth at Rosehill on Saturday. "I liked the way she…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →May Call Coal Conference Menzies's Reply To Deputation
Appealed to in Canberra to- day to intervene in the coal dispute and call a conference of the parties, the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, promised to discuss the question with the Federal Cabinet and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands Idle. Coal Strike. Other Workers Involved. Both Sides Adamant
To-day 25,000 mineworkers through-out Australia will become idle. Soon thousands of workers in other industries indirectly involved in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Treble Missed. A. G. Papworth's Winners. Gold Spark and Baveon
The Rosehill trainer A. G. Papworth missed a treble at Rosehill on Saturday when his colt Bonny Loch failed in the Railway Handicap. He won the Autumn Handicap and…
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