The Coal Scandal
MR. JUSTICE DAVIDSON'S report on the coal industry could hardly have painted a blacker picture of the scandalous record of Governments and miners alike in connection with this matter…
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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Hidden Gold Reserve Disclosure by Treasurer by the Financial Editor
The fact that Australia is building up large gold reserves, which was revealed in this column on February 8, has now been…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—There was a great deal of gold held in Australia which was not owned by the Commonwealth Bank, but by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Loss In Coal Output
Coal loss from strikes and breakdowns in NSW this month is 133,290 tons, which is almost 30,000 tons more than in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Staff Men May Strike Soon
Coal production in New South Wales will cease next week if members of the Colliery Staff Association go on strike. A ballot of members on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coalfields Upheaval Likely Threat By Colliery Staff Matter Raised in Parliament
"UNLESS something is done to compose a gathering industrial storm on the northern coalfields there will be another upheaval in the mining industry soon," Mr. Geo. Booth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Reserves of Gold Treasurer's Slip Of Tongue
CANBERRA, Friday.—A slip of the tongue by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, in answering a question in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Yields
CENTRAL NORSEMAN: Four weeks ended March 19. [?]ested 7.272 tons for 1,898 [?]. fine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Move in Coal Dispute
The State Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) has urged the Federal Government to take action to avert a threatened general coal strike in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Radar Helps Noted Historian To Find Long-Lost Gold From now on treasure hunting is likely to be revolutionised by radar, says our New York correspondent. In a message just received he reveals how a noted Boston writer and historian co-opted radar to find a treasure with a strange past
FOR umpty-ump years a man who was looking for buried treasure equipped himself with a mysterious chart, a secret code, a pick and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Staff Award
The Miners' Central Reference Board, under the chairmanship of Judge Drake-Brockman, will hear an application to-day for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Mines Idle
Eight coal mines in New South Wales are not working today, the total loss of coal being about 6300 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ammunition Craft Hits Floating Mine
SINGAPORE, Monday.--A landing craft carrying ammunition struck a floating mine yesterday near Penang Island…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →400,000 Miners to Strike
WASHINGTON, Monday. -- More than 400,000 soft-coal miners will cease work at midnight. Mineowners say they have six weeks' coal stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →400,000 Miners to Strike
WASHINGTON, Monday. -- More than 400,000 soft-coal miners will cease work at midnight. Mineowners say they have six weeks' coal stocks…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gold and White Terrier Missing
A gold and white bull terrier, believed to be the only terrier of his coloring in Sydney, has been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Members Fear General Coal Strike Threat
CANBERRA, Monday. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will be warned this afternoon by Miners' Federation officials,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Mines Closing Major Strike Certain
WASHINGTON, March 31 (A.A.P.).âA nation-wide strike beginning to-morrow by soft-coal miners could not be averted, said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Regulations Are Valid Arbitration Judge's Ruling Proceeds with Colliery Award
THE war has not ended of facially and war regulations are still valid, according to a decision of the Coal Reference Board announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →War Regulations Are Valid Arbitration Judge's Ruling Proceeds with Colliery Award
THE war has not ended officially and war regulations are still valid, according to a decision of the Coal Reference Board, announced by the chairman (Judge…
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