Miners’ Official to Oppose Mr. Chifley at Elections Lithgow
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 September 1949 · page 1
SECRETARY of the Western Miners’ Federation (Mr. John H. King) announced to-day that he will oppose the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) for the Macquarie electorate at the next Federal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Money Fund Heads ‘Unbend’ on Gold Price Request Washington
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 September 1949 · page 11
BY unanimous decision, the international Monetary Fund’s Special Gold Committee has recommended the study by its executive board of South Africa’s “tiding over” proposal on gold, together with “all…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mine Detector Used on Cow!
Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1949 · page 11
LONDON, Fri.: A cow became ill at Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire. A local army officer ran a mine detector over the animal and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Effect of Gold Price Rise
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 2
CANBERRA, Mon.: Although [?] Australia from today will [?] a new price of [?] per fine ounce of gold from [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Down Mine Shaft Inquiry Into Death at Walwa
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 5
The inquiry into the death of Mr Ted Murphy, who was killed at Pine Mount Mine, near Walwa, by the collapse of earth which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →480,000 Miners on Strike
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 14
NEW YORK, Tues.: A report from Pittsburgh states that all 480,000 members of the United Mineworkers Union went on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Another Big Turn-over in Gold Shares
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 12
SYDNEY, Tues.: Despite tremendous business done in gold issues on the Sydney Stock Exchange today, few variations…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Devaluation Caused Holiday in Little Mining Town
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 1
DARWIN, Tuesday: When news of the £1 devaluation was heard the small mining town of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gold Mining Industry
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1
With the increased price of gold to £159- per ounce. It is anticipated that a great [?] will be given to the gold mining industry through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dollar Credit for Gold Sold to U.k
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 12
CANBERRA, Thurs: Australia received credit in dollars for the current gold production sold to Britain, Mr Chifley told…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners’ Strike Condemned After Uproar
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Fri.: By 221 votes to 122, the ACTU congress today adopted a motion condemning the recent coal strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Wants to Develop Oaklands Coal
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 5
SPREADING out from Oaklands, less than 70 miles west of Albury, is a vast field of coal, estimated by some authorities to cover an area Of 1200 square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Board to Purchase Marx House for £50,000
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 18
SYDNEY, Fri.: The joint Coal Board is negotiating for the purchase from the Communist Party of Marx Rouse…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Coal Production 4 Million Tons Below Needs Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 3
PRODUCTION of coal in N.S.W. this year would be about 4,000,000 tons below essential requirements, the chief executive officer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Stuart) said to-day. Mr. [?] who was giving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Mining Boom Expected in Queensland
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 8
BRISBANE, Sun.: The biggest gold mining boom since the 90’s is expected In Queensland. Immediate revival of fields at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Urges Gold Price Rise
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 8
Mr Havenga, South Africa’s Finance Minister, at the annual conference of the International Monetary Fond,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oaklands Coal and Kaolin Field. (To the Editor)
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1
Sir,--I Was particularly Interested in the report in the corowa Fres Praia of September 31 of Mr. E. T. Kendall a address to members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swallowed Gold
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 3
BOMBAY, Tuesday: Seventy-five Arab -passengers who- rioted, when Customs officers tried to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Oaklands Coal Field. [?] Government Action Contemplated
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 2
At the Warden’s Court, Urana about forty applications for Authority to Enter and [?] for [?] on private lands near Oaklands were listed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixty Aboard Missing Mine Sweeper
Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 6
BUENOS AIRES, Thurs.: The Argentine minesweeper Fournier, with 60 men aboard, was yesterday reported missing since…
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