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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 212

Gold Salute Leased

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When Gold Salute next races it will be in the colors of Steve Murphy, who has taken a 12 months' lease of the…

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Gold Salute Leased

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When Gold Salute next races it will be in the colors of Steve Murphy, who has taken a 12 months' lease of the…

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Sand in Motor at Mine

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

Somebody during the week-end put sand in the bearings of the motor which drives the coal…

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Rumor on Gold Production

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--News from Java and Burma threw a shadow over the stock-markets, and even giltedged securities lost part of their earlier…

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Gold Salute on Lease

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

ALAN COOPER has leased his £10,000 horse, Gold Salute, to to Melbourne trainer, Steve Murphy, for 12 months…

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Fears End Of Coal Board

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 3

"That virtually means the breaking up of the Board," Judge Drake-Brockman told the Central Coal Reference Board today when informed by the Miners' Federation president (Mr. H…

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850 Miners Idle At Three Pits

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

About 850 miners are idle at three N.S.W. mines today. THE Commonwealth Coal Commission has been informed that at…

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850 Miners Idle At Three Pits

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

About 850 miners are idle at three N.S.W. mines today. THE Commonwealth Coal Commission has been informed that at…

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We Can't Afford Coal Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 4

"THE atmosphere in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney has struck me as far too like that in…

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Cooper Leases Gold Salute MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 8

Mr. A. E. Cooper has leased Gold Salute to trainer S. Murphy for a year. Mr. Cooper returns home…

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No Mine Stoppage P.M.'s Plea Succeeds

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 5

A threatened hold-up at 10 New South Wales coalmines was averted yesterday…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, March 9, 1942 the Cry for Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 4

It is almost incredible that now, when a large-scale invasion of Australia grows more likely every day, a major dispute…

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Two Collieries Still Idle

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 4

Corrimal (South Coast) and Invincible (Western District) mines are still idle today, but all others were reported to be…

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Old Miners to Aid Coal Production Compulsory Retirement Scheme Modified

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 4

To provide more men for vital coal production, the Miners' Pension scheme, dealing with the compulsory retirement of employees over 60, is to be modified. The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley)…

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The Miners' Challenge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 4

At the urgent request of Mr. Curtin, the management of the Richmond Main Colliery agreed to refrain from putting into…

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Children Cause Mine Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday.—Damage at the Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen, which at first suggested sahotage, is now believed tos…

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Mining Reports

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 9

SNOWY RIVER.--March 6: Treated 24,400 cubic yards for 247oz. gold. Dredge stopped to relip. YELLOWDINE.--Newfield Central…

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Truce in Coal Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 7

At a meeting yesterday of the Central Coal Reference Board, the chairman, Judge Drake-Brockman, said that the Miners'…

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Want Old Miners Owners' Request

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 5

Application for suspension of the miners' retirement scheme was made to the Mineworkers'…

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Cooper Leases Gold Salute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Mr. Alan Cooper has leased Gold Salute to Mr. Steve Murphy, Werribee trainer, for 12 months…

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