Big Coal Loss Through Strikes LONDON
Five out of 59 collieries in the South Yorkshire coal field were working normally on Thursday night. Thirty eight pits were idle and 16 were…
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Bevin’s Gold Plan Amazes U.S. New York
Mr Henry Morgenthau, junior, former Secretary to the Treasury, has branded as “cookeyed and ridiculous” the proposal by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Selling Her Gold To Britain: New Crisis Move CANBERRA
New points emerging today from the comprehensive Assist Britain Plan Australia is shaping in the present dollar crisis are :— (1).Announcement by the Prime Minister that Australia has sold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Thanked For Sale Of Gold To Britain LONDON
Chancellor of the Exchequer Dalton) has sent warmest thanks be Australian Government for the to Britain of 150,000 ounces of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike May Extend LONDON
Although miners at six pits in South Yorkshire have decided to return to work, the Grimethorpe men —the original strikers—are still on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →May Wreck Government British Coal Crisis; Strikes Spreading London
Mr Horner (secretary of the Nations) Union of Mine Workers), speaking at a Press conference today declared : “If there is another coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12 Miners May Be Dead London
Four miners were killed and one was badly injured, while eight others are missing in an underground explosion at the Thornhill p[?]t,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Tax to Be Eased Canberra
The Commonwealth Government intends to ease the gold tax in order to encourage greater gold production, the Prime Minister (Mr Chifley)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thanked For Selling Gold To U.K. CANBERRA
The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) today revealed that the British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Dr Dal[?]on) had expressed his warm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Miners to Resume LONDON
Miners at Grimethorpe today unanimously agreed to return to work on next, Monday having temporarily won their point…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Cost £300,000 Miners’ Back Saturday Work SYDNEY ,Thursday
Coal owners said that working of NSW mines on back Saturdays will cost the Federal Government more than £300,000 by Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Claims to Be Big Gold Strike at Wagga
Mr. William Palmer, 65, of 56 Murray street, Wagga, and three other men claim to have discovered gold on “Moorong,” a property owned by Mr J. Roach, five miles south of Wagga. The other men Mr Palmer’s son, Ernest, and Mr James Hanrahan, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ruhr Coal Output U.s.-british Plan to Increase Washington
Britain and the United States tonight announced a programme for increasing coal production in the German [?] in which the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threatened Tie-up of Mines Sydney
A compulsory conference has been called in Wollongong on Monday to discuss the dispute between the Miners’ Federation and the management of the Mount Kembla…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Famine at Christmas? Sydney
Australia faces a coal famine at Christmas unless northern New South Wales miners work all “back Saturday” shifts between now and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Sinks Minesweeper : 3 Dead : 26 Injured Tragedy Off the Queensland Coast Canberra
The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Riordan) to-night announced that minesweeper H.M.A.S. Warrnambool struck a mine north of Cairns Saturday with a known loss of two lives. Another member of the crew is missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners End Long Strike London
Grimethorpe miner[?] who had been on strike for five weeks against having to work an extra two-foot [?] returned to work today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Items of News Rich Gold Bearing Quartz
Quartz found near Wagga on September 4 has been found to contain a rich proportion of gold. The quartz was located on Mr Reg Roach’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegedly Sold Gold at £30 per oz. SYDNEY
In a special Federal Court today, Thomas Henry Arrowsmith, aged 52, businessman, of King’s Cross, was charged with conspiring with other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Many Mines Still Adrift” Sydney
Because many mines laid along the Queensland coast during the war had broken adrift, it would be years before they were all cleared up, it was stated…
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