Sound Stocks Neglected. Gambling in Gold. New Zealand Loans. London, May 28
While practically no interest is being taken in sound investment stocks, plenty of money is available for feverish gambling in gold shares…
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Colliery Bricklayers
LITHGOW.—Rates of pay for bricklayers employed at the Steel Works colliery were the subject of a conference held with the management of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Mines Idle
NEWCASTLE, May 27.— John Darling mine was idle yesterday. The miners, after discussing the check inspactors’ conference in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W.a. Mine Dispute
KALGOORLIE. May 29—A conference was held at Beria yesterday concerning the miners’ dispute in that area. Justice Wolff presided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdare Miners Discuss Safety
NEWCASTLE.— The fear of the men regarding the safety of the coal-cutting machines at Aberdare Central colliery was the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Seek Big Reforms
THE Miners' Federation District Conference yesterday decided to "mobilise all the resources of the union" for a campaign for shorter hours, greater safety in mines, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Gold Yield
The Queensland gold yield for the four months ended April 30 was 44,902 ounces fine, an increase of 11,017 ounces fine compared with the corresponding period of 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Occupational Sickness. Corrimal
The South Coast Miners' delegale board, at a week-end meeting, dealt with the question of dust in the mines. Delegates expressed the opinion that failing satisfactory remedial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Work At Three Mines
CESSNOCK, Monday.--Aberdare Extended miners were idle to-day in protest against the refusal of the management to pay full shift rates…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Leaders Plan for Safer Mines
MINERS' LEADERS from every part of the State are meeting in Sydney to plan a nation-wide campaign for shorter hours and for safety in mines. Left to right: Messrs. T. Schroder, secretary of the Western miners; A. Fritsch, vice- president, Barrier District; E. R. Browne, vice-president, Southern; W. Penrose, secretary, Southern; H. Scanlon, vice-president, Northern; C. Vinall, secretary, Barrier; J. Simpson, assistant secretarty, Northern; T. Hoare, president, Northern; W. Orr, national general secretary of the Miners' Federation, and C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aust. Price of Gold
Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints during the week ended May 27 are £8 0s 0½d a standard ounce, and £8 14s…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Setback to Gold Boom London
THERE was a scramble to sell gold shares on the London exchange this afternoon. Western Holdings gold shores are rocking on their Stock Exchange…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Insist Safety Measures Must Be Carried Out
SYDNEY.—In face of the Miners’ Federation exposure of the lack of safety conditions in the pits, the Minister for Mines in the Stevens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Shale Field. Mine Manager Appointed. LITHGOW
Mr. Henry Dalziel, under-manager of the State Coal Mine, at Lithgow, has been appointed mine manager of the Newnes oil shale works. The position carries a salary of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Power From Coal. Greater Efficiency. Industrial Uses
The striking growth of economies in the use of coal is emphasized in a report on the world coal industry prepared by the International Labour…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Are Up in Arms Regulations Flouted, Is Claimed Bad Ventilation
Managers of miners were disregarding the spirit of the Coal Mines Regulations Act in connection with matters affecting the safety of the men employed in the mines, using loopholes in the wording of the Act for this purpose, declared delegates at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demands by Miners. Shorter Hours. Pensions Paid by The Industry. Sydney Conference
A conference of delegates from branches of the Miners' Federation throughout the State, held in Sydney yesterday, considered plans "for the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Barriers Uncertain. Relax After Rally. Gold Shares Quiet But Firm
Barriers opened on a better note in yesterday's market, but the recovery was not sustained. Norths receded steadily to end with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hoard of Gold Coins. Many Claimants Likely. PARIS, May 30
The hope cherished by the workmen who found the long-hidden hoard of gold coins in the Latin quarter is diminishing. Three hundred descendants of Louis Nivelle, who hid…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pensions And Shorter Hours Wanted By Miners Measures for Greater Safety Leaders Drawing Up Demands
A CAMPAIGN for shorter hours and additional safety is being organised by the Miners'…
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