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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 144

Mining Shares Prominent Mt. Lyell Weak

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 6

Mining shares contributed much of the trading on yesterday's Stock Exchange market. Mr. Lyell fell a further 8 from…

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Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 17

"BLINK" a small red Irishman was a great-drinker of tea-- hot, black and strong. One night the QM sighted…

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Ascot Gold Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 12

LONDON, May 4 (A.A.P.).—The Gold Cup will be run at Ascot on July 7. Throughout the war. the race has…

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Coal Strike Loss Record

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 6

Strikes at 15 New South Wales mines yesterday resulted in the loss of 14,840 tons of coal, the highest loss m any one day this…

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Land Mines and Booby Traps Plentiful

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 3

More and a greater variety of mines and booby traps than have been laid by Japanese in any previous campaign are being met…

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Jap Land-mine System Failed to Blow Up A.i.f

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 3

TARAKAN (Borneo), Friday.--Bulk of the main A.I.F. force was nearly blown up when they Banded on Tarakan Island on Tuesday. Quick work by a bomb…

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American has eight goblets gold-plated to toast peace

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 May 1945 · page 5

A U.S. serviceman has had eight metal goblets plated with 10-carat gold so that he and seven friends can celebrate…

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Western Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 5

Shareholders of Western Gold Mines, N.L., will be asked at a general meeting to deal with a resolution for the voluntary winding up of the…

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A.I.F. Tankmen Battle In Mine Maze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 3

WITH THE A.I.F., May 5 (delayed).—A tank supporting the Australian infantry closing in on the Tarakan airstrip on Thursday night became so involved in a maze of mines that the crew decided not…

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Minesweeper Skipper's "Hard Life." Ticklish Job With New Mine

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 2

When only three years old, Skipper Lieut. J. K. Robertson, R.D., R.N.R., of Aberdeen, made his first sea trip. To-day at 60…

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Holiday Decided for Coal Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 5

All coalmines throughout Australia would close for the VE-Day holiday the president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said this morning…

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Gold Yields

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 19

BLACK JACK: Two weeks ended April 21, treated 65 tons for 9 tons concentrates. Nth. Kalgurli: Four weeks ended…

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Coal Face Alight

Tribune · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 5

COMMON CAUSE, organ of the Miners’ Federation, reports that recently at a Queensland mine (at Injune) a mine reported that after…

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Victorian Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 19

VICTORIA'S gold yield for March 1945 totalled 6140oz. fine, valued at £A65.088. an increase of 1573oz. fine over output for March, 1944…

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Gold Issue Subscribed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 19

THE new issue of 27.000 shares of £ 1 each in Maude and Yellow Girl Goldmining Co. N.L.. has been fully subscribed…

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Mining Reports

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 19

OWING to the continued dry weather restricted output and the low values in the area now being dredged, Victoria Gold Dredging Co., N.L., advises that the…

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5000 Miners Take Day Off

The Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 5

More than 5000 mine- workers at 18 NSW collieries anticipated VE-Day celebrations by taking…

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“ Prosecution Not Way To Win Coal”

Tribune · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 5

Combined Mining unions' proposals for increasing produce were directed toward improving relations between owners and men, without which there could be no increased production, Miners Federation President, H. Wells, told the Coal Inquiry…

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Tragedy Of A Welsh Miners’ Soccer Team

Tribune · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 8

Latest number of Picture Post to reach Australia contains a story that everyone should read—an account of a Welsh Soccer team of 1929-30, and of what happened to them…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Post-war Trade Basis U.S. View on Credit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 6

"There will be a strong temptation to use credit as it was used after the last war, as a means of stimulating…

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