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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 196

"Gold Rush Maisie."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 3

Those who remember Ann Sothern in "Maisie" will not be disappointed in meeting her again in the same role in "Gold Rush Maisie,"for the actress still…

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Mine Comes Ashore Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 4

Another mine, the second found this month, was washed ashore on a sandy beach near Apollo Bay yesterday…

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24-Year-old Mine Kills Man

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 9

LONDON, January 21.--A 24-year-old British mine, which was being cut up by oxy-acetylene apparatus in a Bournemouth scrap-metal merchants'…

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Mines In Strait Of Singapore LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 1

Britain has laid minefields in the Strait of Singapore. The B.B.C. reveals this in a broadcast announcement to all…

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Mines Near Singapore. London, Feb. 16. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 9

The following announcement has been broadcast:— "The following area is dangerous to navigation: All areas bounded on the north by the…

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Survey of Coal Resources

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 9

At the first meeting of the Commonwealth Coal Board yesterday arrangements were made for a thorough survey of Australia's coal resour[?]es and the functioning of the…

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Second Mine Washed Ashore In Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The second enemy mine to be washed up on the Victorian coast within a fortnight was discovered yesterday…

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Mataki Gold's Interest in New Dredging Co

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 9

Slab Hut Creek Gold Dredging Co., Ltd., has been formed with a capital of £37,000 in 148,000 shares of 5 each. Of the latter, the vendor, Slab Hut…

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Mine Washed Up on Victorian Beach. Taken to Flinders Depot. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 10

An enemy mine, believed by Navy officials to have broken adrift from a minefield laid off the coast some time ago, was washed up on the beach near Apollo Bay to-day…

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Reserve Coal Stocks. Shipping Priority Plan. Building Up Supplies. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 9

The Shipping Control Board and the newly created Coal Control Board will act in unison in requiring all available ships trading in Australian…

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Mount Martin Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 8

Adopting a suggestion by shareholders, the directors of Mount Martin Gold Mines, N.L., have decided to offer forfetted shares for sale to raise funds to enable plant and machinery to be…

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Wattle Gully Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 8

Net profit of £38,400 was earned by Wattle Gully Gold Mines, N.L., for the half-year ended December 31, compared with £30,170 in the previous six months and £35,901 in the…

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Ngahere Gold Dredging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 8

Ngahere Gold Dredging, Ltd., report that, for the first half of Ferbury, the dredge ran 281 hours, and treated 120,000 yards for a recovery of 366oz of hullion…

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Fall Down Mine ... at Own Risk

Construction · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

A complaint that a disused mine constituted a danger was quickly dealt with by the Blue Mountains Shire Council at last meeting. "We'll put a fence around it, and erect a notice…

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A Copper-mining Centre

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 4

Dear Worker,—This is my first letter to your interesting page. I am 14 years of age. Mount Hope is important for its wool. A copper mine is at Mount Hope…

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Sydney Women Seek Gold On Remote Papuan Island

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

Two Sydney women ore leading an expedition which is searching for gold on Misima Island, 150 miles east of Samarai, Papua. They are Mrs. E. Cairns and…

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Lucknow Goldfield. Amalgamation Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 8

At the annual meeting of Wentworth (Lucknow) Goldfields, N.L., yesterday, the chairman, Mr. W.A. Marshall, announced that a working option had been secured…

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Coal Mining Board Meets

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 3

The "streamlined" arbitration system of the Federal Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt), is getting into full gear. To-day the Central Board of…

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Injured at Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--At Aberdare colliery today Martin Hafey 31, miner, was struck by a fall of coal. He was admitted to Cessnock Hospital…

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Central Reference Board. For Coal Mining Industry. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 4

The constitution of the Central Reference Board, under the National Security (Coal Mining Industry) Employment Regulations, is announced in a special…

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