French Mine Layer Blown Up
CEUTA (Spanish Morocco), Saturday: -- An unconfirmed report from Casablanca (French Morocco) sets out that 1000 were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1939
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Gold Rod's Victory In Hill Stakes Incident in Guineas
As High Caste and Reading were fighting out the finish of the Rosehill Guineas on Saturday the latter attempted to savage his opponent, but High Caste fought on and gained the decision by half a head…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Taxes Companies And Gold Meeting War Cost
CANBERRA: Further taxation proposals to enable the Federal Government to reach its war commitments were announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Found in Main Street Excitement At Tennant Creek
TENNANT CREEK, Monday:--A gold find in the main street of Tennant Creek caused excitement. An ironstone outcrop extending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polish Mines Flooded German Secret Radio--
LONDON, Tuesday:--According to an Amsterdam message, a remarkable broadcast throughout Germany was made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold Tax Debate in Parlt
CANBERRA, Tuesday:--During discussion on the bills for the imposition of the gold tax in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Curtin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italy Getting Coal From Wales London
Three cargoes of coal are to be shipped to Italy from Welsh ports. Italy needs 12,000,000 tons of coal a year, most of which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Gold Tax Fairer Than Sales Tax Increase"— —Mr. Anthony 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 was made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italy's Shortage of Coal
LONDON, Tuesday:--"The Times" states that there are indications that Italy is extremely short of coal owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Defeated in Senate on Gold Tax Bill Canberra
The Government was defeated in the Senate to-day on a motion for the second reading of the Gold Tox Bill Voting was equal at 16-all and, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold Tax Bill Not Accepted by Senate Re-submission To-day
CANBERRA, Wednesday:--With one U.A.P. and one C.P. Senator voting with the Opposition, the Government was defeated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finance and Commerce Industrial Summer and the Latest Market Reports. Growing Value of Gold In Australian Economy
Gold is valued at the present. time in Australian currency at approximately £10 10s an ounce, and at that price last year's output would be worth nearly £16¾ million. The industry is reacting favourably to the stimulus provided by higher returns, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Tax Bill Senate Debate To-day CANBERRA
Unless the Government succeeds in passing the Gold Tax Bill through the Senate, drastic powers may be invoked under the National Security…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Advise Mine Area
LONDON, Friday:--The Admiralty announces that mines have been laid in the North Sea extending roughly from the Humber to the Tyne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excise on Gold
CANERRA Friday:-- Excise duty has been imposed on gold. This action was taken by the Government to-night following the Senate's failure…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Duty on Gold Reduced From 75 Per Cent. To 50 Per Cent. CANBERRA
Shortly before the House of Representatives adjourned to-night the assistant-Treasurer (Mr. Spender) brought down the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold Rush in China
NEW YORK, Saturday:--"The New York Times" Chungking correspondent states: Mr. R. Alley, of New Zealand, technical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →11 Killed in Mine in N.z
AUCKLAND, Sunday:--Eleven men were killed by an explosion caused by a fire in Glen Agton coal mine, near Huntley, this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →11 Dead in N.Z. Mine Tragedy Wellington, N.Z.
Eleven married men were killed in the worst tragedy in the Huntly coal mining district since 1914, when noxious fumes were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion in German Coal Mine
LONDON, Monday: -- A Berlin message says: Eight are dead and 40 seriously injured as the result of a coal mine explosion at…
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