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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 196

Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 1

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Gold Salute For Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 14

Gold Salute will run at the Queensland Cup carnival which will be held on May 3, 5, and 10…

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Australian Gold Price. Sovereigns: £2/9/3. unch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 7

The price for gold lodged last Saturday and yesterday will be announced by the Commonwealth Bank to-day…

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Sulphide Corporation. Mine Value £168,640 to be Written Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 7

Since operations at the Central mine. Broken Hill, ceased on March 21, 1940, Sulphide Corporation, Ltd., has been realising on the plant and machinery…

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Durham Miners' Dispute. London, April 22. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 12

Four collieries at Durham, employing 3,000 men and boys, are idle following a dispute which originated in a disagreement over the wages of eleven workers…

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Miners' Big War Loan

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

A cheque for £10,000 was signed by the president and secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation at Newcastle to-day and handed in at the…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

GOLD! F[?] ounce, £10/14/ (unch.); standard ounce (22 carais), £9/16/2 (unch.) (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/3 (unch.)…

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Gold Stealing "Ring" Alleged

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

William Oswald Williams, 31, motor driver, was charged at the Central Court to-day with that, on April 24, he knowingly had in the…

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Letters "This is your War and mine" Lesson

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 6

SIR,--From leader to laborer, this is our war--yours and mine. Without mutual cooperation we will not win. We must be united, each…

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Big Haul Burglars' Success Jewellery, Gold, Etc

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 1

BURGLARS entered "Ravenspur," Nepean River, the home of Mrs. Jones, on the night of 15th inst. and got away with…

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Turf Notes. From Stable and Course. Wagga Gold Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 10

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Wagga Gold Cup meeting will be held on May 7 and 8. Entries will close to-day with the club's secretary, Mr. J. F. De Groot,…

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Gold Salute's Fast Time Dashing Trial By Flying Knight

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 12

Gold Salute showed fitness for his Brisbane trip by running a sparkling five furlongs in 1.2 in his final gallop at Randwick this morning. Flying Knight ran an extraordinary half-mile at…

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Bellambi Coal Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 12

Mr. S. T. Edwards, managing director of McIlwraith, McEacharn. Ltd., has been appointed a director of Bellambi Coal Co. Ltd., in place of the late Mr. James Kelso…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

GOLD Fine ounce, £10/14/ (unch.); standard ounce (22 carats). £9/16/2 (unch.) (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS; £2/9/3 (unch.)…

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Racing Owner's Gift. Trophies Smelted. Gold Worth £1,000. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 11

Six gold cups won by good horses raced by the chairman of the W.A.T.C., Mr. Ernest Lee Steere, were smelted at the Royal Mint to-day and gold worth…

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Mediation Ordered in U.S. Mines Dispute. New York, April 24. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 8

The Secretary of Labour, Miss Frances Perkins, has referred the dispute in the bituminous coal industry to the National Reference Mediation Board. This action followed an…

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Miners' Award Brings Chaos to Coal Industry

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 8

AGAIN last week there was chaos on the northern coalfields. Reason was legalistic and obscure…

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Pensions for Miners. Bill Being Prepared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 14

The State Government has appointed [?] committee of State experts to draft legislation to give effect to the scheme for miners' pensions…

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Stop Press Phone: M2406. Newcastle: B2772 Mines in Mediterranean

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--Extensive new British minefields have been laid in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean and Adriatic Seas…

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Coal Strike Blow To U.S. Aid WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1941 · page 4

Defence officials disclose that continuation of the coal strike in the Harlan belt, Kentucky, will force 19 major arms plants to go on part-time…

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