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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 196

Raub Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 16

For the four weeks ended January 4, the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., produced 1560oz. gold…

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Bulolo gold shows 10p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 16

At £5 the market for Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. shows a redemption yield of 19.6 p.c. per annum over a life of ten years…

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Easy Win For Gold Strand

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 26

Backers of the hot favorite, Gold Strand, in the Nursery Handicap (colts and geldings) at…

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Gold Token Was in Winning Vein

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—After she had "won" the start and had led into the straight, Limerick Lace had less fight left in her than a fleeing Dago when she was tackled by Gold Token in the last furlong of to-day's…

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Pot Pourri Of Racing Gold Strand Blew—and Blew in

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 2

Though Gold Strand won the colts and gelding's' division of the Nursery at Randwick yesterday, he went for a decent sort of a betting bath, especially in…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

ABERFOYLE TIN.—January 10: 335 tons for 5½ tons of tin and 9cwt of wolfram: estimated value, £1,112. ROMA BLOCKS OIL, KALIMNA OIL,…

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Family Bracelet of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 8

Her great-grandmother's bracelet of white gold, studded with rubies and diamonds, was the "something old" worn…

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Gold Strand. Win for Leased Colt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 10

Gold Strand, who started favourite and won the Colts and Geldings' division of the Nursery Handicap at Saturday's Warwick Farm meeting at Randwick, is…

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Mine Dangers. New Sweepers in Service. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 9

The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, said yesterday that all efforts were being made to counter the everpresent danger of enemy mines in…

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Holidays Free of Penalties Are Sought by Miners

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

Penalty clauses governing annual leave, which had been placed in the miners' award to prevent strikes, were having the effect of causing strikes, declared the general secretary of the Miners'…

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Troop Train Strikes Mine. Hong Kong, Jan. 12. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 8

Three hundred Japanese soldiers were killed when a troop train hit a mine in the northern part of Hupeh Province, China…

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Anti-mine Belts for U.S. Ships. Washington, Jan. 12. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 8

Officials of the U.S. Maritime Commission said yesterday that all new vessels being built in the United States, as well as some existing ships, would be equipped with…

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Miners' Appeal On Penalties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 5

An appeal was made to Judge Drake-Brockman yesterday in the Federal Arbitration Court in Sydney by the general…

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Girl Killed From Fall Down Mine Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 5

Thelma Fay Oliver, 10½, who leaned over the edge of a mine shaft at Fernbank, 20 miles out, yesterday to call out to her father, who was…

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Miners in Army. Effect on Pay for Holidays. Judge Sympathetic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 10

Judge Drake-Brockman yesterday expressed his sympathy with the desire of miners to have included in their award a clause that time spent…

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Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 1

The quantity of coal hauled by N.S.W. Government railways was 5,814,614 tons in the ten months ended 31st October, 1940, compared with?7,213,550 tons in the corresponding months of 1939…

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Declare Coal Black

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Wonthaggi miners on strike decided today to urge all workers to refuse to handle any coal Imported to Victoria. Most…

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Gold Salute In Demand Challenge Move Surprises

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 14

Surprise support for Gold Salute for the Challenge Stakes caught anti-post bookmakers…

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Waireka Shows Pace. Randwick Gallop. Sprint by Gold Salute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 14

Waireka revealed a glimpse of her best form at Randwick yesterday morning, when she ran four furlongs on the "A" grass…

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N.S.W. Mining Department. Inquest at Captain's Flat

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 14

On Wednesday last the coroner held an inquest into the death of James Berryman Ambrose, who was killed in an ore bin at the Captain's Flat mine…

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