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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 212

Half-day Peace in Mines Dispute Over 1/6 Stops Pit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—For half a day to-day, all the coal mines on the northern field were at work…

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Moonee Valley Gold Salute Fails After Vet's. Test Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 6

Starting a joint second favorite in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley to-day, Mr. Alan Cooper's £10,000 horse, Gold Salute, finished second last…

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Chatasan's Brilliant Run at the Valley High Title and Gold Salute Prove Costly

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Gold Salute disgraced himself, and High Title added another to his fast-mounting list of costly failures, when both were downed in this afternoon's principal event at Moonee Valley, the William Reid Stakes…

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Chatasan's Brilliant Run at the Valley High Title and Gold Salute Prove Costly

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Gold Salute disgraced himself, and High Title added another to his fast-mounting list of costly failures, when both were downed in this afternoon's principal event at Moonee Valley, the William Reid Stakes…

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Miners Attend Conference Moulders Out, Miners on the Job

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 20

MOULDERS, key men of war industries, may not turn up to work tomorrow notwithstanding the appeal of the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to all unionists to keep the war wheels turning…

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Money, Mines and Markets

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 31

THE slightly improved tone of Stock Exchange trading, which accompanied last week-end's temporarily more heartening news from…

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Couldn't Get Gold Salute Money Back

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 11

MOONEE VALLEY, Saturday. -- Gold Salute is costing his owner, Mr. Alan Cooper, a fortune…

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Miners Claim Owners Caused Many Strikes Want Safety In Raids

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 6

Many stoppages on the coal fields in New South Wales during the past week or so were due to…

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20,000 miners give up holiday to aid war effort

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 7

Twenty thousand, coal miners will give up their holiday tomorrow (Anniversary Day) and work for the war effort. The miners' decision was reached after a…

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Alan Had A Lick And Got Licked Gold Salute Not a Riot in Stakes

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Alan Cooper has not been the dasher in Melbourne that he once was, but he had a serving of his champion Gold Salute in today's William…

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Cool Miners Forgo Holiday

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

Coal miners throughout the State have responded to the appeal of the Prime Minister not to interrupt the production…

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Miners Fear Race Riots

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Sunday. -- Unless aliens are conscripted into labor battalions race riots are likely on the goldfields. Kalgoorlie miners declare…

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"Mine" Scare At Maroubra

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

Police and military authorities were told yesterday that a mine was floating off the coast near Maroubra…

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Only One Mine Not Producing

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

THE General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said today that all mines with the exception of the Excelsior…

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Only One Mine Not Producing

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

THE General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said today that all mines with the exception of the Excelsior Colliery on the South Coast were…

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Only One Mine Not Producing

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

THE General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said today that all mines with the exception of the Excelsior…

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Only One Mine Not Producing

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

THE General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said today that all mines with the exception of the Excelsior…

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Only One Mine Not Producing

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

THE General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said today that all mines with the exception of the Excelsior…

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Timber Replaces Coal As Fuel

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON.--In normal times Britain and Poland, covered nearly 70 per cent, of Sweden's coal requirements. Today,…

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Timber Replaces Coal As Fuel

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON.--In normal times Britain and Poland covered nearly 70 per cent. of Sweden's coal requirements. Today,…

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