Mine Menace In Cairns Harbor
CAIRNS, Wednesday.-- Bombs depth charges and mines reported to be on the sea floor of Cairns Harbor are causing the…
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Miners May Do Holiday Work
The coal situation has become so critical that after a conference with the Minister for Supply and Shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Looted Gold. Government Declaration
According to news received from Canberra, Australia has joined the other Allied nations in declaring illegal the disposal of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Price of Gold
The Commonwealth Bank's announcement of the increase in the price of gold is in line with the new London price announced by the Bank of England. The increase of 1/9 an ounce makes a total increase of 6/3 in the Australian price during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Boom Peters Out
LONDON, Wednesday.--Largely because of the announcement by the Transvaal Chamber of Mines Gold Producers' Committee that increased…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storms Stop Shipments Of Gas Coal
With barely enough coal for three days, the Australian Gas Light Co. cannot get supplies from Newcastle, because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Living From Hand to Mouth with Coal
Because a gale rages along the coast a main source of Sydney's gas supply is threatened with interruption. Stocks of coal are so low that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Coal' Position. Rationing may be Enforced
Severe rationing of coal will be enforced in the next three months unless there was maximum production and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gas Supply Threatened Coal Shipments Stopped By Storm
Supply of gas to many ports of Sydney may cease on Friday unless colliers are able to bring cool from Newcastle today and tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Colliers (Moving Again) Expected Soon With Coal For Gasworks
Coal for Sydney gasworks will soon be arriving in Sydney from Newcastle, it is expected. A collier that left Newcastle with a full cargo two days ago, is probably sheltering in Broken Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Load of Gold." A.C.F. Art Union Prize
The first-prize winner of the Australian Comforts Fund "Salute to Valor" Art Union will be invited to the Commonwealth Bank,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Jap Home Islands Hit Again Allied Planes Place Mines Around Coast
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--Kyushu airfields have Been raided again by Superfortresses and Liberators, escorted by fighters, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excited Market For Gold Shares In London Our Staff Correspondent
LONDON, June 12.—The market for gold shares was excited by the announcement of the increase in the gold price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Reserve "A Sham" Note Issue Limit Easily Overcome, Declares Chifley
CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The requirement of a 25 per cent, backing in gold or sterling for the note issue was a complete shorn, said the Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trade, Finance, Produce, and Overseas Markets Price Rise Lifts Empire Gold Shares
LONDON, Tuesday.--Big prices were paid for gold mine shares yesterday, following the Treassury announcement of the rise…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A.W.U. Activities Victoria-riverina Branch. P.O. Address: Box 4, Trades HalL Melbourne. Phone: F 6005. Construction and Forestry Jobs and Mines
Since last reporting, writes Victoria-Riverina Branch Organiser H. O. Davis, from Benalla, I have visited the following jobs:…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Deputies' Strike Stops 23 Collieries
Strike of mine deputies today stopped production at 23 collieries in the South Maitland field. These mines have a normal aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Workers Share Coal Control
PARIS. — The French Government has given workers an[?] consumers large shares in the administration of nationalise[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →23 Mines Idle in North
The whole of the mines on the South Maitland coalfields and also those at Muswellbrook and Gunnedah will be idle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deputies On Strike, 23 Mines Idle
CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Twenty-three mines will be idle tomorrow, following a strike of…
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