Britain Unloads Gold Reserves London. Friday
A Treasury announcement reveals that gross sales of gold by Britain during December totalled £25,000,000 sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1948
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British Miners Near Coal Target LONDON
British miners in the 53 weeks period which ended on Saturday, produced 199.7 million tons of coal, compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Steel Behind the Coal
Second only to the miners' call for men is the miners' call for steel to build the equipment which will make the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.w.a. Younger Set Arrange Blue and Gold Ball
At a combined meeting of the C.W.A. and Younger Set held in the Rest Room on Thursday night arrangements were made for the annual Blue and Gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Stoppage Jeopardises Industry. SYDNEY
Drastic repercussions in industry and transport throughout the State will follow the failure to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Uranium Detector to Be Used in Mine Canberra, Thursday
Government experts will be sent on Monday next to a disused copper and silver mine in a remote part of Southern N.S.W., to test reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike
A prominent Sydney legal authority last night expressed the opinion that it was doubtful whether the Federal Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →International Racketeers Plan Currency, Gold Smuggling London
Scotland Yard detective Customs investigators seized large quantities of gold and foreign currency which international currency racketeers planned to smuggle to France, to take advantage of the free market in gold and dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →France to Get Coal From Saar Mines
The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, reports the French Foreign Ministry announcement that France, by April l 1949, will receive coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stormy Meeting On Free Gold Market Bill PARIS, Thursday
Prime Minister Schuman may yet force his free gold market Bill through the National Assembly. After a stormy four-hour meeting yesterday, Socialists by 46 votes to 36, decided to abstain from voting on the Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Chairman Slates Pit Enginemen
Mr F. Gallagher, chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board, who has refused to rescind his order…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Shortage Delays Railway Picnic
"Owing to the acute coal position the date for the annual picnic will be postponed from March 15 until a date to be fixed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Hyndley, C.b.e. Chairman of the National Coal Board
John Scott Ilyndley was born in 1883, and was educated at Timsbury School, Eastbourne, and Weymouth College. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Revival at Lucknow
If present plans materialise, a now gold mining company capitalised at £50,000 will re-commence operations in 15 mines on the Lucknow fields. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£50 Gold Cup Added to [?] Race Programme
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →State of Emergency in Gold Coast Accra
As a result of recent rioting on the Gold Coast, the Gold Coast Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy, has proclaimed a State of emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Reminder of Gold Mining Days
People wound the Peak Hill district are not allowed to forget that parts of the district were first pioneered because of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat Of Shut Down Of U.S. Coal Mines New York
With over one third of the Nation's 400,000 soft coal miners already involved in mass walkouts, the United States faces the threat of a complete shutdown within a day or two, of all soft coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland State Coal Control
Brisbane. — Despite opposition criticism that the proposal "reeked with dictatorship" and would break down conditions, the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams Miners Central Council Decl in Support of Queensland Des Against Direct Action Strikers. No Mining Strike
Newcastle. — He was prepared to appear at any time before the Minister Central Council or the Miners northern Management Board to…
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