Oil From Coal Action Urged by Senator Dunn Duty on Petrol Canberra
The statement that if a duty of 2d a gallon were imposed on imports of crude oil into Australia, 3000 unemployed New South…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1935
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Mining Shares Sydney Stock Exchange Chairman Attacked Stir in Federal Parliament CANBERRA
A stir was caused in the House of Representatives to-day when the member for Northern Territory (Mr. Macalister. Blain), on a question of privilege, moved…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N. G. Goldfields Ltd. Sydney
The capital of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. was reduced from £5,250,000 to £1,895,751 at an extraordinary general meeting of the company to-day. This represents a reduction of each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abermain No. 2 Colliery
Abermain No. 2 Colliery, which has been idle for a week, will resume work on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 22 is at the rate of approximately £8/4/9 per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold and Minerals Gold Coinage Debasement Reports From Fields (Contributed.)
As an accompaniment with the economic depression came the alarming announcement of a world shortage of gold for monetary purposes, which further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-miners' Payments to Medical Men
Collecting their first pay for over five months, when the C. Pit Colliery closed down. Wallsend miners, who are employed on the Emergency Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ayrfield Colliery Deputation to Minister Independent Report Suggested SYDNEY
A deputation consisting of representatives of the Miners' Federation and the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association waited on the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Leadville Dispute Case for Miners' Federation Letter to A.W.U. Members Sydney
Following previous discussions with the Australian Workers' Union as to whether members of that body or the Miners' Federation were to have preference at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coal Exports Up This Year 200,000 Tons Increase First Quarter of This Year Brighter Trade
Coal exports from Newcastle for the first quarter of 1935 show an increase of almost 200,000 tons over the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold for Paris Bank of England Ships £18,000,000 for Francs London, March 28
The Financial Editor of the "Daily Herald" writes that the Bank of England secretly and unexpectedly shipped £18,000,000 in gold to Paris in two days from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Queensland Miners Brisbane
An application made by the Miners' Federation for the restoration of the 10 per cent. wage reduction made in 1931 was rejected by the Full Bench of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dust Laying in Mines
It will be regarded as axiomatic that dust, of whatever nature, is undesirable in the air, either of the mine or elsewhere. On the other hand, the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Mines Question of Safety "Too Many Inquiries"
The announcement that the Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) intended to place before Cabinet the question of having an independent report secured on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Disputes at Burwood Colliery
The President of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. Hoare) conferred with the management of Burwood colliery to-day on a dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri Mines
Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1 collieries were idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. Pelaw Main was working…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Antarctic Coal
The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that important deposits of coal have been discovered within 200 miles of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rubber From Coal
Moscow scientists claim to have perfected a method of obtaining synthetic rubber from limestone and coal at a very low cost. The product, which is called…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Miners Unity Committee
Inaugural officers of the Cessnock District Miners' Unity Committee were elected as follow: President. Mr. T. Burke (Pelton);…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ayrfield Mine Complaints Report on Deputation to Minister
"After treating the Ayrfield Mine position sympathetically, the Minister for Mines had promised to report the matter to Cabinet." the Northern…
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