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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 144

Supers Mine Major Jap Ports Saigon Knocked Out by Bombers

The Sun · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 1

GUAM, Saturday.--Every major port in Japan has been mined by Superfortresses, each carrying 10 tons, in the biggest aerial mine-laying operation of the war…

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King Solomon's Mines Have Been Found At Last! British Scientist's Claim

The World's News · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 4

ABOUT 3000 years ago, the Queen of Sheba went travelling to Jerusalem to present King Solomon with royal gifts and treasures. The…

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Air mine menaced Fleet Street

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 40

LONDON, Sat.--During the Nazi blitz on London in 1940, Fleet Street narrowly escaped being completely destroyed. The Nazis dropped a huge parachute mine, but the…

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Star Gold's run probed by stewards

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 1

AJC stewards asked for a veterinary examination before they concluded an inquiry into Star Gold's…

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Star Gold's Leg Numbed by Kick Stewards probe Flying run

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 13

Stipendiary stewards instructed Sydney Turf Club's veterinary surgeon, Mr. L. A. Monk, to examine sprinter Star Gold after his defeat in yesterday's Canterbury Flying…

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Stewards Question Star Gold's Running Not Supported by Stable But Explanation Was Accepted

Truth · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 2

STAR GOLD is again in the news. Stipes at Canterbury yesterday probed his performance in the Flying Handicap. They wanted to know why Star Gold lost ground early in the race and then came home…

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Japs Bombed on Front of 4500 MILES Vast mining of enemy waters

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sat.--Great Allied air fleets have bombed Japanese bases from Paramushiro (Kuriles) to Singapore, 4500 miles south-west…

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Jap Sea Mine Found on Road

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3

R.A.A.F. BOMB DISPOSAL men on Tarakan remove a 1000lb. Japanese sea mine for investigation. The Japs sowed these mines on roads and wired them electrically with the intention of exploding them as land mines.--Australian official photo…

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Star Gold Still Sore; May Run in Fortnight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 6

Star Gold, whose run in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury on Saturday was inquired into by the stipendiary stewards, was…

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Gift To Charity Stops Colliery

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 5

An argument by two miners over a donation to charity, which was set on them as a penalty, laid idle today 900 men at…

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Three Mines Not Working

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 7

Three N.S.W. mines are idle today, and it is estimated that about 4000 tons of coal will be lost to stocks…

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Belgian Coal Strike Serious

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 7

BRUSSELS. Tuesday. -- So serious has the coal strike in Belgium become that, from today, all main essential…

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Union's Appeal For More Coal

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

Shortage of coal must not be allowed to blunt the weapons of the Allied forces, in defeating the Japanese,…

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Long Job To Clear Sea Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- It will take 18 months to clear mines from round the coast of Europe…

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Rich Hitler Hoard Found in Salt Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Hitler's library, 20 cases of his personal correspondence, and looted art treasures worth £2,400,000 have been found intact in a salt mine in southern Germany…

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Coal to Beat Japan Appeal To Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

An appeal to miners to produce more coal for the war effort against Japan was issued yesterday by the Central Council of…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 5
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G.M. OF KALGOORLIE: Four [?] ended A[?]ril 17, treated 8,022 tons for 1,[?] GOLDEN PLATEA[?] N.L., Four weeks ended May 12, treated 1,650 tons for 297[?]…

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Mining Hamlet

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 8

Dear Worker.—This is my second letter to your most interesting Pace, which I enjoy reading every week. My father has been taking The…

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Mining Centre

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 8

Dear Worker.—I am writing for the first time to your most interesting Corner, of which I am a constant roader. I have two brothers and…

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