Coal Mining Attitude of Proprietors Counsel Too Expensive
The Royal Commission inquiring into the coal mining industry and the coal trade in New South Wales resumed its sittings this morning at Parliament…
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Coal Commission
The Commissioner (Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C.) will sit in the Public Works Committee room, Parliament House, at 10 am…
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Business in Mining Scrip was not so lively on 'Change on Saturday last. Tin issues were again prominent. Asam Kumbang rose 3d, and…
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Mr. Willis, general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has received word from West Australia that there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Price of Gold
With gold at £6/7/4 per ounce fine the sovereign is worth in paper currency 29/11½. If the sterling exchange rate were dependent on the price of gold the dollar would be worth…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Advancing. London, Feb. 5
Gold advanced to-day to £6//7/4 per ounce fine, South Africa, South America, and India are buying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining. the Share Market
Business in mining scrip assumed more restricted proportions at the week-end, and with the exception of tin issues, the market was very quiet. A sale of Hills at the late…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Northern Mines. Effect of Shipping Strike. Enforced Idleness. Newcastle
The position of the collieries in the Newcastle and South Maitland districts is rapidly growing worse. Out of over forty collieries not more than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nationalising Coal. Conference in Great, Britain. Reconsideration Possible. London, February 5
The demand for the nationalisation of mines was discussed to-night between Mr. Lloyd George, the Parliamentary Committee, the Trades- Union Congress, and the executive of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vote for Strike South African Miners More Wages, Shorter Hours CAPETOWN, Sunday Night
Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg states that a ballot of all trade unionists concerned in the mining industry resulted in the declaration of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Council Coal Mine. Aldermen to Inspect. Four Mines to Be Visited
The Electric Lighting Committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon, further considered the advisableness of the acquisition of a coal mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Commission. Inquiry, Re-opens. Miners' Living Conditions
The third and last stage of the inquiry into the coal-mining Industry of New South Wales was entered upon yesterday. The questions to be decided are, whether any alteration is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Valuable Find. a Coal Seam at Styx River Mine
The Queensland Government Geologist (Mr. E. Saint Smith) has reported to the Minister for Mines that during boring operations at the government…
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The Aberdeen liner Miltiades, which visited Newcastle during the week-end, loaded 2273 tons of coal into the bunkers in 19 hours…
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Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., Royal Commissioner appointed last year to inquire into the coal-mining Industry, sat yesterday morning to continue his inquiry into two questions…
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Opening operation in mining scrip on Change yesterday were of a quiet character, but a considerable expansion in business was noted as the day progressed, and the closing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Danish Coal Famine. London, Feb. 6
A message from Copenhagen says that owing to the stoppage of coal supplies from Britain, industrial firms only possess six weeks' supplies. Drastic rationing for domestic fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Miners Nationalisation Question Great Struggle Looming LONDON, February 7
A great political struggle is looming on the question of the nationalisation of the mines. The miners' executive is dissatisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Newmarket Gambler's Gold Backed Bracken May Ride Colt
There was a pretty solid commission in the betting market this afternoon for Gambler's Gold in the Newmarket Handicap. The Powhatan (imp)—Evelyn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Shares. Advance in Tin Issues. Copper Scrip Firm
Business in Mining Scrip was again lively both on and after 'Change yesterday. Tin issues were again prominent,…
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