Wagga Gold Cup
Nominations for all events at the Wagga Gold Cup meeting on April 10 and 11 close on Thursday, March 28. The cup carries £450 in prizemoney…
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Coal Strike Tempo Up
Continuation of the coal strike last week increased anxiety in the various coal fields and added to the fears of those industries and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Surprise move in coal strike
CESSNOCK, Saturday. -- The Rothbury miners' union has been registered as the Coal and Shale Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Medal for Shark Rescuer
Sydney Owen, 48, has been awarded the Royal Humane Society's gold medal for bravery. He went to the rescue of Max…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rothbury Miners To Hold Meeting CESSNOCK
A meeting of men working in collieries on the Rothbury Estate has been called for Tuesday. The Northern Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alan Waxes Hot: Gold Salute Out
A LAN COOPER was highly indignant as he left Randwick yesterday. He expressed the opinion that the treatment that Gold Salute had received at the hands of the A.J.C. handicapper, Mr. Fred Wilson, was such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Old Mine Shaft
INPATIENTLY Rob Pearce looked out of the train window at the landscape flashing by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Each Way Trimmer on the Tote Gold Spark
ST. CONSTANT (8.6). -- Coming back to long distances, and, as a Caulfield Cup runner-up, he is nicely weighted with 8.6. Finished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Million tons of coal used each month of strike
Stocks of coal in New South Wales are being absorbed at the rate of 1,000,000 tons a month. At the beginning of the strike…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stayer with Handy Weight: Yours Truly -- Cup Selection Gold Spark's Courage Main Danger
Proved stamina and a handy weight are advantages which should help the New Zealand horse Yours Truly to success in the Sydney Cup to-morrow. Winner of the New Zealand Cup last year, Yours Truly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Feminist Our Cup Gold Spark, Maikai for Minor Places in To-morrow's Marathon
DESPITE the fact that many aver that Feminist has not been trained to run two miles for to-morrow's £7200 Sydney Cup, her trainer, Bayly Payten, waives that contention aside, and "Truth" shares the opinion of the trainer, and the mare's owner, Mr. Herbert Thompson, that this great daughter of Pantheon—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yours Truly to Win Sydney Cup Gold Spark May Prove Hard To Run Down; Maikai For Minor Place
I think Yours Truly measures up as a fair bet in the Sydney Cup tomorrow. For a four-year-old of his class, he is nicely handicapped with 7.12. For the minor places my selections are:…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →5000 Men May Be Put Off Steelworks Short Of Coal Owing To Strike Scheme To Save Supplies For War Needs
More than 5000 men may be thrown out of work in the Newcastle steel and allied industries this week as a result of the coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →F. E. Baume's International News Budget Coal Shares Rise: Beaverbrook Speaks On Rural Pay: U.S. Help In the Settlement LONDON, By Air Mail (March 1)
WITH coal an essential factor in the export drive, mining shares are rising. In two months the value of ordinary shares of Welsh coal firms have risen by nearly £2,000,000, says one authority…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mining Notes
CURNOWS TOEINGTON (N.S.W.).—March 19: No. 6 level, stopings over back lode 6 inches. A little tin. Now over length of 65 feel. Nice tin in short shoots, which appear to lengthen. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motion at Conference by Miners
On the motion of the representatives of the Northern Miners, the Easier Conference of the A.L.P. on Saturday night decided to recommit Rule 6 and to refer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Spoil Holiday Copenhagen
Floating mines in the waterway between the Danish islands of Fyen and Zealand have marooned hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Salute to Be Given Spell
Mr. Alan Cooper (owner) said yesterday that Gold Salute would be treated to a spell of a couple of months at Segenhoe before again racing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Polish Trawlers Join British Mine-Sweepers LONDON
Six Polish trawlers will join the British mine-sweeping fleet in the next few days. When the Germans took the Polish port of Gdynia the Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spill for Shean Gold Salute Plays Up
Ajax and Gold Salute provided the highlights at Victoria Park this morning. Ajax ran a useful six…
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