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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 196

A.W.U. Federal Mining Award This report of the Federal Award is continued from last week

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 13

Hours. 10. (a) The ordinary hours of bracemen and men employed underground shall not exceed 40 per week, to be…

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Killed in Mine

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--David Speed, of Coledale, was killed in Excelsior Colliery to-day by a fall of stone…

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To Seize French Ships Coal for Victoria Expensive

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 13

If the Victorian Railways cannot obtain coal by sea transport from New South Wales, substantial cuts in…

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Gold Salute Runs Good Trial for Sprint Event

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 40

Gold Salute showed that he is in good trim for his Challenge Stakes engagement next Saturday week by setting the galloping standard at Randwick this morning. Carrying a fair weight, he ran five…

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Occidental Mine Dispute Settled

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 5

The dispute at the Occidental Mine, Cobar, had been settled, and a strike of engineers averted, the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Gollan)…

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Wallsend Coal Raises Dividend

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 12

Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co. has declared a final dividend of 6 a share, equal to 3 per cent, for the year ended December 31 last…

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Another Big Move For Gold Salute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 16

Gold Salute was again solidly supported in Challenge and Anniversary doubles yesterday…

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Settlement Of Beer Strike,Miners Resume

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.--The secretary of the Northern Coalfields Beer Strike Committee (Mr. C. Evans) announced tonight that, following a conference…

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Hope to Settle Mine Dispute Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

The conference between the Railway Commissioners and representatives of the Miners' Union to-day on the Wonthaggi coal mine dispute was…

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N.g. Goldfields' Conservatism

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 9

ANY shareholder in New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. who is disappointed that no dividend is to be paid--and they are many--…

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New Guinea Goldfields. May Pay Interim Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 11

If present conditions continued directors of New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., would consider the payment of an interim dividend, said the chairman, Mr…

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Challenge Review 9.12 Won't Stop Gold Salute

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 26

The favorite, Gold Salute, should win the £1000 Challenge Stakes (6 furlongs) at Randwick next Saturday…

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Choice For Challenge Gold Salute an 18-Carat Wager

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 5

ANTICIPATING that Alan Cooper's 10,000 guineas Zealander as being able to concede 4lb.&and a horse, GOLD SALUTE, is as well now as he was in the Spring, "Truth" considers the former New…

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Gold Salute And The Challenge Class Should Tell Galloping Well On Track

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 14

Although burdened with 9.12, Gold Salute is all class, and with ordinary luck in running is expected to win the Challenge Stakes, £1000 sprint,…

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Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 1

The quantity, of coal hauled by N.S.W. Government railways was 5,844,614 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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New Claims by Contract Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Claims for increased contract rates for coalminers will be submitted to the Central Reference Board immediately, the president…

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Coal Strike "Mr. Mussolini, I Presume"

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 5

The war drums of Haile Selassie, the dispossessed Emperor of Abyssinia, are beating out a call to arms…

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Threat All Mines in North May Stop

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 5

The threat of a general strike again hangs over the northern N.S.W. coal industry…

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Challenge a Match Race: Gold Salute To Grab Prize

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 1

SATURDAY NEXT WILL SETTLE A VERY MUCH-DEBATED RACING QUESTION—WHICH IS THE MORE BRILLIANT HORSE OVER SIX FURLONGS—GOLD SALUTE OR TRIMMER?…

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Wallsend Coal Co. Dividend Raised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 7

The Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co. reports a net profit of £12,500 for 1940, an increase of £1,250. In accordance with the…

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