"Useful Goods, Useless Gold" Washington
Debate has ended on the bill to extend for three years President Roosevelt's power to make trade treaties without reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining & the mines, 1940
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Metal Shares. Sharp Falls In Gold Section
The mining share market had a weakening tone yesterday. Lessened support was given to base metal shares. Marked falls were shown by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wattle Gully Gold. Half-yearly Profit Almost Doubled
A sharp rise in profit to £35,901 is shown in the accounts of Wattle Gully Gold Mines, N.L., for the half-year ended December 31. This compares with £18,157 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shortage in Britain. Sea Transport Needed. LONDON, Feb. 21
Pressed by insistent questioners in the House of Commons this afternoon the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, admitted that the only way in which the coal shortage would…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Strike Threat. Opposition Is Growing. Fears of Intervention. NEWCASTLE
If the proposal for a general coal strike is submitted to aggregate meetings of mine workers, it is likely to be defeated, unless union leaders can…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →All Coal-Workers To Consider Action Engine Men Assured Newcastle
No action will be taken at the end of this month in the coal dispute unless approved by mass meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unions' New Plea for Coal Conference Seek To Avoid Hold-up
A fresh appeal for a conference on the coal dispute was made to the colliery proprietors to-day by the Combined Mining Unions' Central Committee. In a letter to the owners, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firm Tone on Stock Exchange Rise in Leading Industrials Little Interest Given Mining Section
Influenced by the improved position in London, a firm tendency developed on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. Leading industrials were stronger, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Most Mines Resume
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-- The majority of the coal mines resumed work to-day. John Darling was Idle following the death of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Request to Mine Owners
THE combined mining unions' central committee yesterday made a fresh request to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Request. Another Conference
A meeting of the council of the Miners' Federation decided yesterday to send a letter to the colliery proprietors asking for another conference…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch. (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Mne ounce, £10/13/3, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5¾, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Offered His Gold Medal
PROF. ALBERT S. GYORGYI, Hungarian scientist, who won the Nobel prize for his discovery of Vitamin C, offered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Court Move in Coal Dispute
The Commonwealth Arbitration Court will deal with some of the matters now in dispute between mine workers and colliery proprietors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pledge by Unions to Aid Miners
EXECUTIVES of all N.S.W. trade unions, in conjunction with delegates to the Labor Council, at a combined meeting last night pledged their organisations to take immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Crisis Near SYDNEY, Feb. 22
“The Miners’ Federation and the combined mining unions can afford to meet the coal owners at their own game…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Swedish Canal Avoiding German Mines
A canal is to be constructed across the Falsterbo Peninsula, thus avoiding the shallow territorial waters round the peninsula,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Unions Await Reply
The reply of the colliery owners to the request of the mining unions for a conference is expected to-day. The miners' central council is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Mines Idle To-day Cessnock
Disputes were responsible for stoppages at three more collieries on the Cessnock field to-day, bringing the total number of idle mines to seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Profits of Wattle Gully Gold Increase
On operations for the half-year to December 31 last, Wattle Gully Gold Mines. N.L., earned net profit of £35,901, compared with £18,157 for the…
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