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Mining & the mines, 1951

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Flash of Gold Equals Race Record

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 10

Flash of Gold (121) perfectly ridden by apprentice F. Hudson, beat Antinos (121) by…

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U.k. Coal Crisis to Cut Trains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 5.(A.A.P.).— The British railways are planning to cut services because of an acute coal shortage…

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Flash of Gold Sparkled in Allawah Poor Run Handed Out by Lord Swynford

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 12

Bookmakers "got the lot" when short-priced favorite Lord Swynford finished out of a place in the First Allawah Mixed Stakes at Moorefield, which went to Flash of Gold, who started at double figures…

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Gold Mine's Rich Yield

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— A small goldmine at Smith Gully, only 25 miles from Melbourne, has yielded £15,000…

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Desperate Coal Need Soon

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 4

Stocks of the special coal needed at the Bunnerong power station would be used up before…

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Gold Racket Is Smashed

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.) —Durban Customs detectives said to-day they believed they had smashed a…

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Bandage Helps Flash of Gold

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 18

RACING in a special cotton wool bandage, Flash of Gold equalled a six furlongs race record at Moorefield yesterday when she won the First Allawah Mixed Stakes…

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Trainer's Thought Was Really a Flash of Gold

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 19

A smart spot of figuring by Rosebery trainer Fred Hood led to Flash of Gold winning her third race from four starts when she took the First Allawah Mixed at Moorefield yesterday. The country-bred mare, who…

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Flash Of Gold Gives Owner First Sydney Winner For Thirty Years

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 15

Flash Of Gold gave Cootamundra grazier, Mr. H. C. Davidson, his first Sydney win for 30 years when she won the first division of the…

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Poor Quality Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Sir,—The effect of poor quality coal now produced is revedled in loss of production of goods, lost plant capacity and consequential…

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Coal Pirates Operating in Canal Areas

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- Fuel shortages have brought back piracy in the canals of Britain's…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 12

Cent. Norseman, 12,068 tons, 3022oz. G.M. of Kalgoorlie, 12,202 tons, 3267oz. Morning Star, 186 tons, 207oz.,…

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Miners "Will Go on Strike"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

Western district miners would strike on Saturday in protest against the Government's decision to close Glen Davis, Mr. J. H. King said last night. Mr. King is secretary of…

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Bad Coal Claim Commission Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 3

A Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into coal supplies to Bunnerong power…

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Gold Hoard Drops Washington

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

The US gold hoard shrank more during 1950 than in any previous year because of aid to other nations--and stocks…

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World Gold Output Tends Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 6

The tendency towards further contraction in world output of gold will be accentuated now that, with rearmament, a…

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Stop Press Mining Conference Called

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 24

Because of the thretened strike by western district miners in protest against the Glen Davis closure, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…

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Glen Davis to Close Miners To Discuss Protest Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

The Minister for Fuel, Senator G. McLeay, announced in Adelaide last night that the Federal Government had decided to cease the production of petrol from shale at Glen Davis…

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Coal, Steel Pool in June Schuman's Scheme Virtually Ready

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 9

PARIS, Tuesdays. -- Best estimates among informed French officials today set June this year as the earliest possible date for real operation of the Schuman Plan to pool the coal and steel industries of six European nations…

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Coal, Steel Pool in June Schuman's Scheme Virtually Ready

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 9

PARIS Tuesday. -- Best estimates among informed French officials today set June this year as the earliest possible, date for real operation of the Schuman Plan to pool the coal and steel industries of six European notions…

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