Men Injured in Mine
Shocking injuries to the head were suffered by one man and minor injuries by another as a result of an explosion at the Box Flat colliery, near Ipswich…
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Gold Standard Cause of Our Troubles
Addressing the New South Wales Constitutional Club on Monday, Mr. Edmund Jowett, a former M.H.R., said that the present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Shaft Collapses
While working in a shaft at the Reef Hills, James Kirby had one of his legs broken when part of the shaft fell in Kirby was being assisted by…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Large Colliery Closes Down. Five Hundred Men Idle. SYDNEY, Friday Noon
It was decided yesterday to close down the Hepburn No. 2, which is one of the largest collieries on the Maitland field. Over 500 men will be given…
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LONDON, Sunday. -- "Bank rate six per cent. Britain Off Gold Standard," were the momentous tidings briefly ticked out on the tape machines early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Standard Suspension Bill. Introduced in Commons. the City Taking Things Quietly. London, Later
Most of the European exchanges, to-day, suspended sterling quotations. The city is taking things very quietly. Everything appeared quite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Off Gold Standard" Putting British Finances in Order Important Decision of National Government. Following Consultation with Bank of England. London
"Bank rate 6 per cent, and Britain off the gold standard" were the momentous tidings briefly ticked out on the tape machines early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Standard
"History of the Gold Standard and Its Results" is the title of a booklet written by Mr. F. O. Russell, K.C., formerly lecturer on commercial and…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Gold, Silver—and Poverty
THE primary causes of the economic troubles of the world are currency values and the low prices ruling for primary products.Both are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Abandoned Gold Standard Curtailment of Foreign Purchases. London
The Treasury has issued an order that until further notice, Britain's purchases of foreign exchange, or transfers of funds for acquiring such…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Theodore's Views Silver Currency May Be Linked with Gold
Referring to the British financial situation the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) stated: "The manner in which the abandonment of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain and the Gold Standard an Explanation Why Ministry Acted
In order that the plain citizen, who has no knowledge of high finance, may understand what has happened, he should picture…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Gold Crisis Increased Exchange Activity Industrial Shares Improve. LONDON
A further decline in dollar exchange to-day, to three dollars 95 cents to the £, coupled with an increase in buying orders, caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bill in Commons Distribution of Gold Decision May Hasten Action London, September 21
The Prince of Wales, occupying a seat in the Peers' Gallery listened in tently to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden) introducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain Drops the Gold Standard Financial Crisis Reached Bank Rate Raised to 6 Per Cent. Action to Stem Heavy Withdrawals of Foreign Capital London, Sunday, September 20
GREAT Britain has suspended the gold standard, and the bank rate has been raised to six per cent. These two sensational announcements were made this evening, the action being necessitated by tho continued withdrawal of capital from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stabilisation of Gold
Dr. Busing, Gorman Consul-General in Australia for the past five years, when leaving Sydney last week expressed his conviction that because of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gold Standard. London
Norway and Sweden have abandoned the gold standard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Industry Bill Condemned Wished to Attend Victim's Funeral
SYDNEY, Monday. -- A conference of Miners' Lodges at Weston strongly condemned the Coal Industry Bill, by which the State Government proposes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Without Gold Standard. Commonwealth Statistician's View. MELBOURNE, Monday Night
The Acting Commonwealth Statistician, Professor Giblin, stated to-day, that the abandonment of the gold standard by Britain would relieve a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trouble in Canada Miners Clash with Police Estevan (Haskatch), Wed
With machine guns posted at strategic points the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sentinels are patrolling the single hospital filled with those who…
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