One Man Coal Mine Nationalised LONDON
A one-man colliery near Abertillery is among Britain’s mines which will be nationalised as from today. The National Coal Board will take…
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Gold Price Fixed On Lucky Numbers Former Treasury Head’s Revelations New York
The late President Roosevelt, in 1933, during a gold-buying move, decided at one stage to raise the price of gold 21 cents an ounce, saying,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owners Paid £165 Million for 1500 Coal Mines LONDON
While the Royal Blue [?] of the National Coal Board fluttered at the pit heads for the first time and Ken[?] miners entered the pits singing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Miraculous Change Following Nationalisation of Mines London
Nationalisation of the [?] will not mean [?] change in the [?]. which will long continue and [?] again be [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Oboes Worth Their Weight in Gold” SYDNEY
An oboe player from the BBC symphony orchestra, who arrived in Sydney to play with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and teach at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 Coal Looters Arrested HAMBURG
Police aver the past week have arrested 1000 coal looters, says Reuter’s correspondent. Police swooped on railway points and junctions where trains…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →16 Dead; Skip Hits Mine HELSINKI
A Russian warship has brought in 28 survivors of the Great Northern Telegraph Company’s cableship Karla which struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Mines Idle Sydney
Three mines were idle when the N.S.W. coalfields resumed work today after the Christmas holidays. Two of the idle mines. Ellington and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Kills 25 Miners LONDON
The Baden-Baden radio has reported that 25 miners, including six German prisoners of war, were killed in a fire in a [?] mine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Give Their President Second Chance Sydney
Australian miners by a narrow majority have decided to allow their general president (Mr H. Wells) to stand for re-election when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Nationalises Her Coal Mines
On January 1 every one of the 1700 coal mines in Britain employing more than 20,000 workers, passed out of the hands of private owners and became the property of the whole nation. Photo shows: Mr Shinwell (centre) presenting the copy of the Nationalisation Act to Lord Hyndley, as Mr Attlee smilingly looks on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners’ President to Quit Decision Causes Surprise SYDNEY
General president of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. W[?]) decided today not to stand for re-election in the N.S.W. ballot to be held late next month. Mr. Wells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Nationalisation in Britain Differing Views Here SYDNEY
The nationalisation of the British coal industry is regarded with very different points of view by Australian mineworkers and coal-owners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Cup Mid Week? Suggestion by Albury Race Club Committee
Suggestion that the 1941 Albury Gold Cup meeting be held [?]d-week was made at last night’s meeting of the Albury Race Club committee, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NZ Coal Mines to be Nationalised Auckland (Nz)
Coal mines and coal deposits in NZ would be nationalised, said the Minister for Mines (Mr. McLagan) to-day. He said electors had endorsed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Position Better, Says Supply Minister MELBOURNE
Australia’s coal position was better at the start of 1947 than at the start of 1946, chiefly because of the great effort made by the coal miners who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Coal Shortage London
Reuter states that submarines are to be used in the principal British naval dockyards [?] generate power in order to save coal. It is planned for a start…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Find at Illabo Claimed by Two Miners
Two miners claim they have discovered a rich oil deposit in the [?]llabo district near Ju[?]e. They stated that the pool they have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Argentina Bringing Home Its Gold New York
The Buenos Aires correspondent of United Press says that Central Bank sources disclosed today that the Argentine is rapidly repatriating its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strikers Leave Melbourne Without Gas Judge Calls Parties Into Compulsory Conference Women Will Unload Coal; Demands That Parliament be Summoned MELBOURNE
Tonight, Melbourne, a city of over a million souls, did not have enough gas to boil a cup full of water. And until the strike of gas workers ends, this state of affairs will persist. Today and tonight efforts were made to end the strike…
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