Gold Sells at Record Price London
Gold advanced sharply to-day to a new record price of £8 8s oz. Thus the Bank of England buying price is 7s above the market price record of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Australian Gold Price Not Fixed Sydney
Owing to the London foreign exchange market being closed, the Commonwealth Bank has not yet fixed a price for gold lodged at the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Power in Coal Dust Experiments Made By Belgian LONDON, August 20
The Belgian physicist, Max Morand, demonstrated recently a two-story tower, in which a handful of coal dust produces 2,000,000 volts of electrical energy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil From Coal Newcastle Firm Renews Proposal Wire to Mr. Menzies
On the ground that the outbreak or war has completely altered Australia's position with respect to oil fuel supplies, Coal Petrol Proprietary Ltd., a Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bloomfield Main Mine Idle
Mr. J. Kellock, of the Northern Miners' Federation, attended a meeting of Bloomfield Main Lodge to-day. The colliery is idle over a report that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trawlers to Sweep Mines London, August 20
The Admiralty, it is said in Hull and Grimsby, have bought 86 modern steam trawlers, which will be converted into minesweepers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Did Not Miss a Point" Judges Praised Miners' Advocate SYDNEY
On his return to Sydney to-day, after the hearing of the mine workers' case, in the Arbitration Court, at Melbourne, the Acting General Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wallarah Mine Idle
Wallarah Colliery was idle yesterday. Miners said a claim for double water money was refused by the management…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miners' Hours and New Award
The Northern Miners' President (Mr. T. Hoare) returned to Newcastle to-day after having been occupied for some days on the Court hearing in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial News Northern Mines John Darling Resumes
Work was resumed at the John Darling Colliery yesterday. The mine had been idle since the beginning of the week as a result of a dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gold Price Australian Record SYDNEY
For gold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints during the week ended September 5, the Commonwealth Bank paid £10/12/1½, Australian currency, a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Germany's Regret Greek Ship Struck Mine ATHENS, September 7
The Government has received a telegram from the Greek Military Attache in Berlin advising that the German Government has expressed regret for the sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Kurri Three in Hospital Injured by Props in Mines
Three miners wore admitted to the Kurri Kurri Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries caused by props. Two of the men were injured on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Gold Reserve Abroad Britain Strengthens' Her Resources (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 7
The first measure taken to strengthen financies of Great Britain—the transfer abroad of gold—entailed the automatic increase in the fiduciary note issue from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Industrial News Miners' Board Special Meeting Convened
"The Board of Management will assemble in Newcastle on Monday," said the District President' (Mr. T. Hoare). who has been in attendance at the Full…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War of Paper and Gold
ONE OF THE consequences of the last great war was the utter routing of the gold sovereign by the pound note, a victory which, so far I can trace, has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Cup Found in Bathroom Melbourne
For having stolen the gold Melbourne Cup trophy won in 1919 by Artilleryman, Edward Francis Parker, laborer, of Clifton Hill, was sentenced to one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Flows Into United States WASHINGTON
Gold imports into the U.S.A. during the week ended September 1 were worth 106,911,000 dollars. Of the total 95,460,000 dollars (£23,865,000 sterling)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Mining Shares LONDON, Sept. 9
Sales of mining shares on the Stock Exchange to-day included: Northern Broken Hill, 38s 1½d: Zinc Corp., ord., 68s 9d: Great Boulder, 7s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rothbury Mines Company to Meet Officials of Federation SYDNEY
The Assistant Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. Grant) a said to-day that he had contacted representatives of R. W. Miller and Company, of the…
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