Tax on Gold Profit W.A. Members Object CANBERRA
Objection to the Government's, proposal to impose a tax of 75 per cent. on the sum by which the price of gold exceeds £9 a fine ounce was made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Seaham Colliery Idle
Seaham No. 2 Colliery has not worked this week owing to the slackness of trade. The employees of the mine have five…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Northern Extended Mine
The President (Mr. T. Moran) and the General Secretary (Mr. H. C. Morton) of the Federal Mining Mechanies' Association yesterday conferred with the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Price Unchanged Sydney
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank Board to-day for gold lodged at the Mint yesterday was unchanged at £10/11/ per ounce fine. The price of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Claims Workers' Compensation Commission Awards for Incapacity
More compensation claims by miners were heard by Judge Perdriau, who presided at the second day's sitting of the Workers' Compensation Commission at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pure Gold to Meet Older Rivals Melbourne
Pure Gold is likely to run in the Mentone Cup next Saturday and it will be a sound Caulfield Cup test for him against…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Death Due to Suffocation Top-hand at Maitland Extended Cage Caused Fall of Coal
An inquest was held at Branxton Court-house yesterday into the death of Keith Carlton Partridge, 16, a pit-top hand, of High-street, Branxton, who was killed at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Salazar Wins Newcastle Cup Smash Near Post Ripley, Perimond and Gold Pan Down The Ruler Scores Again
The 1939 Newcastle Cup was won to-day by Salazar in an exciting finish from Osculum and Vestal. Only a head separated Salazar from last year's winner of the Great Northern Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Government Defeat in Senate Voting Was Equal on Gold Tax Bill West Australian Members with Labour Canberra
The Government was defeated in the Senate to-day when, on the motion for the second reading of the Gold Tax Bill the voting was equal—16 all—and, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Colliery Accidents
Two miners were injured in accidents at Richmond Main colliery yesterday. Andrew Latham, 39, of Waratah-street, Kurri Kurri, had the first two fingers of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Abermain Mine Idle
Owing to a shortage of coal waggons, No. 3 section of Abermain No. 1 colliery was idle yesterday. The mine will also be idle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Kurri Mines Idle
Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1 Colleries were idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. Pelaw Main was working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nominations Closed Miners' Federation Officers
Nominations for the two chief positions in the Coal and Shale Miners Federation for 1940 closed yesterday with the Returning Officer (Mr. C. A. Willis), who…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Price of Gold Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank to-day fixed the price for gold lodged at the Mint yesterday at £10/11/ per oz. fine. Sovereigns were quoted at £2/8/2 each…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Towns Shaken in Mine Subsidence Kalgoorlie
A severe earth tremor rocked houses in Kalgoorlie and Boulder at 2.35 a.m. to-day Little damage was done and no one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Phoenix Oil From Coal System Sydney
The question of the extraction of oil from coal by means of what is known as the Phoenix system was referred to-day in the Legislative Assembly by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Petrol From Coal Costs Estimated At 1/4 A Gallon SYDNEY
The cost of production of petrol from [?]her black or brown coal would amount to 1s 4d a gallon and the overage price to the consumer would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →May Need Drastic Powers Trouble in Senate on Gold Tax Bill CANBERRA
Unless the Government succeeds in passing the Gold Tax Bill through the Senate, drastic powers may be invoked under the National Security Act…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Northern Miners
The Northern Miners' President (Mr. T. Hoare) will attend a meeting of North Wallarah Lodge on Monday and confer with the management on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kalingo Miners Refusal to Work Dogwatch
Kalingo colliery has been idle for four weeks pending the installation of new machinery, and it was anticipated that it would resume next week…
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