Production of Coal Petrol Page In Reply To N.S.W. Premier
The chairman of directors of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Lord McGowan), who recently visited Australia, has…
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Oil From Coal. N.S.W. Ministry Concerned. Federal Decision. Mr. Stevens's Views
The likelihood that the Federal Government will indefinitely postpone proposals for the production of oil from coal in Australia because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Entombed by Fall of Coal But Victim Was Able To Get Air Is Critical Newcastle
DONALD ANTHONY, 60, of Speer's Street, Speer's Pt., a miner employed at Stockton Borehole Colliery, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Gold! New Fields Bigger Than Klondyke Industry Completes Five-year Plan in Four Years
THE Soviet gold and platinum industry by the middle of last December not only completed its 1936 production plan—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Commodity Stocks Retain Firm Tone
IN face of a quiet and somewhat easier tendency in general industrials, commodity stocks retained a firm appearance yesterday, Victoria Nyanza Sugar being outstanding, with a further rise of 9d, to 186…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Wonthaggi Mine Disaster
AT the Coroner's inquiry last Thursday into the deaths of 13 men who were killed in an explosion at the Victorian State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Oil From Coal
The decision of the Federal Government not to proceed with its proposals for the erection of a hydrogenation plant in Australia, has caused the State Government considerable concern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Greater Mine Security
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- For greater security, it was suggested today at the inquest into the Wonthaggi mine disaster at the State coal mine, by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Broker To His Client Tyldesley Colliery
CLIENT: As far as I can make out, the best we can hope from Tyldesley Colliery is that a prospective scheme for stabilising prices will enable…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Price of Gold
At London, yesterday the price of gold was £7/2/41 an ounce fine as against £7/2/4 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…
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 March 19, is at the rate of a[?]proximately £3/2/[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Effect on Coal. Only Small Consumption
Inquiries made yesterday show that there is fairly general agreement amongst experts holding otherwise opposed views that oil from coal projects will not be able to do all that was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Feared Another Explosion. Miners Cease Work at Wonthaggi
FEARING another disastrous explosion such as that on February 13, when thirteen men were killed, miners working in all the Wonthaggi (V.) pits were called…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oil From Coal. Project May Be Dropped
THE report on the hydrogenation of coal, prepared for the Commonwealth Government by Sir David Rivet, chief executive officer of the Council for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Underpayment in Sewers and Mines. Organiser Keogh's Report
Since my last report I have visited the following places: Castlemaine sewerage job, where 55 men are employed. I found that the contractor of this job was up…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Caledonian Coal Puts Through Greater Volume Of Trade
"Shareholders of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., were told at the annual meeting yesterday that the volume of trade increased over that for the previous year, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Newcastle Coal Shipments 35,625 Tons For Last Week
The coal trade at Newcastle last week slackened considerably. Shipments, including bunkers, for places beyond the State totalled only 35,625…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 23
Gold was quoted t0-day at7/2/4½, still unchanged. COLONEL A. D. ACLAND DEAD. The death has occurred of Colonel Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, March 24, 1937. Oil From Coal
The vexed, difficult, but important question of producing oil from coal in Australia is now getting to a stage where a decision will have to be made…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Oil From Coal. Huge Cost. Outlay £11,Ooo,ooo., Statement by Dr. Page
The Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page), replying to the statement by the Premier (Mr. Stevens), published, in the "Herald" yesterday, in which he…
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