Coal strike may affect building of playground Experiment in Education
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 33
THE Lady Gowrie Child Centre, Erskineville Park, will be ready for occupation in three months -- coal strike permitting. Lady Gowrie laid the foundation stone…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Moonee Valley Prospects Pure Gold Should Dazzle 'Em Melbourne
Truth · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 4
SOME of the smartest milers in training will sport silk in the Alister Clark Stakes, the chief event at Moonee Valley on Monday. Included in the field are the flying Manrico, crack three-year-old Pure Gold, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We Recommend: N.S.W. Mont De Piete shares, round 27/-. COAL
Truth · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 16
COAL, shares are receiving man speculative bids, but sellers have become shy. Apparently, most lines are so low that holders are quit…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gold Rod's Last Run a Riot! But It's Stud Now Clissold Cash: Curtains
Truth · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 2
OLD ROD has run his last race. And he wound up one of the most meritorious careers associated with the Australasian Turf in a blaze of glory — he ran down the speedy Trimmer towards the close of yesterday's six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →G.P.S. Crews Outrowed Gallant Tussles Against Strong Clubs Haberfield's Stirring Gold Cup Win
The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 21
Club crews had the measure of G.P.S. combinations at St. Ignatius' College's 54th Annual Regatta on the Lane Cove yesterday. Haberfield's stirring Gold Cup win was the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Plea for Strike Intervention Cabinet Will Consider To-morrow Coal Supplies From N.Z. for Troop Ships
The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 2
Federal Cabinet will consider in Canberra tomorrow a request by a deputation from the northern coalfields to the Minister for Industry (Mr. Hughes) in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Rod Goes Out in Glory Found Old Dash in Final Race Tributes For Our Ajax
The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 15
Gold Rod, one of the greatest milers to have raced in recent years, bade a smashing farewell to the Australian turf when he won the Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Andrea's Page Two Laurels For a Local Lass ... He Bearded The Bearded ... Lotta Letters Needed ... No More Music Maestro--Please! . . . All Is Not Gold
The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 2
EUNICE GARDINER has returned to Australia; an event which should make us all very proud,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Rod Goes Out In Blaze Of Glory Retires To Stud After C'bury Win Mows Trimmer Down With Amazing Run; Has Now Won £18,000 Penthides and Delmestor Prove Disappointing
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 22
Six lengths behind the speedy Trimmer at the home turn in yesterday's Frederick Clissold Handicap at Canterbury, and seemingly not in the hunt, Gold Rod came with an amazing burst to gather in the leader…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Miners Not Cowards
Daily News · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 4
Sir,--Capitalist representatives admit that they are cowardly and stupid when they say that if a secret ballot was held the miners' dispute would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caledonian Collieries Net Profit of £20,000
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 2
Caledonian Collieries, after providing for taxation, and £47,597 for depreciation and amortisation, made a net profit for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 8
CUMBERLAND CALEDONIA.—Two weeks ended March 29: Milled 64 tons for 30cwt concentrates, value about 73 per cent. tin. MACQUARIE ALLUVIALS, N.L., reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Gold Price
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 8
GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/13/3, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5¾, unch. (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery At Work, Despite Union BRISBANE
The Sun · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 5
Contrary to the commands of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union and the Miners' Federation, the Roughrigg colliery, between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining. Strong Tone
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 8
The mining share market retained a strong tone on Saturday. Attention was chiefly directed to gold and tin shares…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Rod Caps Great Career
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 13
Gold Rod's win in the Frederick Clissold Handicap at Canterbury on Saturday was a triumph for class…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bushrangers had some gold to hide
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 6
THAT Martin Burke, who left £40,000 and no will in 1923, founded his fortune on bushrangers' hidden hordes is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold Rod Goes Out in Glory
Sydney Sportsman · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 24
THE last has been seen as a racehorse of Gold Rod. This illustrious chestnut went out in a blaze of glory at Canterbury on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Premier Is Seeing Menzies Strike Effect on Finance Queensland Colliery Defies Union
The Sun · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 5
The effect of the coal strike upon State Government finances and transport services will be discussed by the Premier, Mr. Mair, with the Federal Government in Canberra to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal From New Zealand Auckland (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 12
The New Zealand Minister for Mines, Mr. Webb, said to-day that the Government was releasing coal for Australia because it felt that everything possible should be done to help the…
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