Deathroll Now 37 Indian Mine Disaster Calcutta
THE deathroll in the Loyabad colliery disaster on the Jharia field, Bihar, has now reached 37. of which five were members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining & the mines, 1936
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Fijian Gold Slump Shares Crash to Low Level Melbourne
Fijian gold shares continued to slump on the exchange yesterday. Emperor shares, which were sold at the record low level of 98, later…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Simpson Lee and Co. N.S.W. Fresh Food Furniture Co.'s Improvement
In a report to shareholders covering the half-year to December 31, 1935, the directors of Simpson Lee and Co, Ltd., house furnishers, state…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold, Dollar, Franc
The price of gold to-day was £7011 a fine ounce, compared with £71 on Saturday. The dollar was quoted at 50.1 1-16 to the £ sterling, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining the Share Market
A steadier feeling was apparent in the market for gold shares yesterday and most of the good-class concerns which had been marked down last week made up some leeway. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coal Shipments. 27,430 Tons Exported
The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped from Newcastle last week for places beyond the State was 27,430 tons, of which 5890 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Coal. Another Small Net Profit
The Newcastle Coal Mining Company, Ltd., reports a net profit of £150 for the half-year ended December 31, compared with £182 the previous half-year, and £332 the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →N.z. Miners Strike Against Dangerous Machines
AUCKLAND, Jan. 30. — More than 1000 coalminers in the Huntly district, North Island, have ceased work in an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Non-unionism in Minefields Struggle Against Small Mines
NEWCASTLE, Jan. 31.— A conference of lodge representatives and officials of the northern district of the federation was held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 3
Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →NEARLY 8000 Men Out Strikes in Four Industries 500 Miners Join Ironworkers
Just on 8000 workers are now on strike in N.S.W. --4200 seamen, 3200 metal workers, 30 engineers, and 500 miners. The 3200 are involved in the strike of ironworkers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Rod Most Impressive SPEEDY Four Furlongs Fidelity Good Cuddle Too
Early autumn campaigners for Melbourne, monopolised most attention at Randwick this morning in Gold Rod,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2000 Port Kembla Steel Workers On Strike Gallagher’s Maiden Speech in Commons Defends Miners : Slates War-Mongers
LONDON.—The recent maiden speech of William Gallaher, Communist M.P. for West Fife, aroused tremendous interest. Members who packed the House heard a magnificent defence of the miners’ nation-wide effort to win a wage increase of 2, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Non-union Labor in Mines. Action by Miners? Federation
Action is contemplated by the Miners' Federation in connection with the employment of non-Union labor in certain mines in the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News From Mines Austral Malay Exercises N.z. Gold Option
The Sydney secretary of Austral Malay Tin, Ltd., advises that options have been exercised over a large area of auriferous alluvial around on the Clutha River, near…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Miners Buried: One Killed
ARMIDALE, Tuesday. -- Two brothers were buried, and one of them was killed, by a fall of 20 tons of earth to-day in a…
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ONE of the most extraordinary buildings in Asia is the Shway Dagon, in Rangoon. It is 368ft. high—taller than St. Paul's Cathedral—yet it is covered…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sea Heroes Fires, Mines, Bandits
A wanderer of the seven seas is the Loch Lomond, now lying at White Bay. Nearly all her crew are former naval men, with a full record of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Price of Gold
The price of gold in London yesterday was £7/0/6 an ounce fine compared with £7/0/9 an ounce, on January 27…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Australian Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended January 31, is at the rate of approximately £7/19/3…
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