Rising Prices. Gold and Currency Devaluation
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 19
The announcement of the intention of Great Britain to borrow £400,000,000 to provide part of the cost of rearmament had the effect of forcing up prices of raw mateilals whose…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Liner Holed By Mine Off Spain MARSEILLES
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 3
A HOLE, blown in her hull by the explosion of a mine struck, off the Spanish coast, the 10,609-ton British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Panic When Ship Hit Mine MARSEILLES
The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 7
THE Liandovery Castle, 10,609 tons, a Union Castle mail steamer, with 300 passengers aboard, which struck a floating mine and severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Gold Yield. Sharp Increase in January
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 19
Gold production of Mew South Wales for January was 5460oz fine, valued at £448,124. compared with 3777oz fine, valued at £A32,873 for January last year…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Either Mine or Torpedo Damage To British Liner LONDON
The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 2
The commander of the Llandovery Castle (Captain Aylen) says it was either a mine or a torpedo which struck his shin and badly holed it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Mining Matters Wongawilli Dismissals Wollongong
The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 5
The president of the southern miners, Mr. F. Louden, stated to-day that the management of Wongawill mine had issued notices of dismissal to 14 employees on the grounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining the Share Market. Quiet, But Firmer
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 19
After the flurry of dealings early in the week, the market for base-metal shares was in a more settled condition yesterday Business was on a reduced level, but a renewed…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 26
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 18
Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/3 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/2½ yesterday. BOY SCOUTS' SONG BOOK. The Boy Scouts Association announces that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Going Back to Coal Relieve Strain On Oil LONDON
The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 2
Examination of the question whether more coal should be used by merchant shipping is being speeded up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Play Havoc in Spain. Fighting in Madrid. London, Feb. 25
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 18
Loyalist mines played havoc with the insurgent positions in University City and Carabanchel. Bodies of men and horses were flung into…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Two Centuries in Fifth Test Match: Bradman and McCABE Share Honours—miners' Stayin" Strike
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 20
K. Farnes brilliantly slops a hard, drive by D. G. Bradman. G. O. Allen, one of England's express battery, on "which reliance is placed in the fifth test, bowling at top speed to K. E. Rigg, who played a…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Liner Hits Mine. Holed Forward. Bows Sink, But Port Reached. Passengers Dance On. LONDON, Feb. 26
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 17
The liner Llandovery Castle (10,609 tons), bound from Gibraltar to Marseilles, with 300 passengers, struck a floating mine yesterday off Cape de…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Men Barricade Mine in First Stay-in Strike No Food Allowed Down Pit: Threat to Starve Newcastle
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 1
THIRTY miners of North Wallarah Colliery, entrenched behind heavy barricades and high voltage wires, and with 60lb. of gelignite in their hands, are staging Australia's first stay-in strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Stay Below in Grim Fight for Rights First Stay-in Strike Wire Is Electrified Round Retreat Food for Week Newcastle
The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 7
THE first stay-in strike in New South Wales was begun at Wallarah North Colliery, about two miles from Swansea, to-day, when 30 members of the Northern Miners' Federation, on day shift, securely entrenched themselves in the bowels of the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Bank Shares Advance on Keen Buying
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 18
INCREASED support for bank shares in the past few weeks developed into keen general inquiry yesterday, and prices moved higher. Indicative of the improvement in…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Loyalist Death Blast Mines Exploded Under Rebels Theatre Dynamiting Kills Scores Madrid
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 3
SCORES of rebel troops who had barricaded themselves in a motion picture theatre in Carabanchel, a few miles south-west of Madrid, were killed when Government engineers exploded a mine beneath the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lucknow Goldfield to Be Drilled New Lucknow Sets Good Example
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 11
AFTER a long period in the doldrums of uncertainty shareholders in New Lucknow Gold are to be given a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining
Truth · Sunday 28 February 1937 · page 27
RECORDS were probably achieved in the mining market. Base metal stocks were responsible. The turn-over in gold shares was insignificant,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wallarah Miners' Stay-in Strike Over
The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1937 · page 3
Pictures rushed from Newcastle last night of the Wallarah North miners, after they emerged from the mine, ending their 38 hours' stay-in strike. Top, some of the men as they left the pit. Middle, greeted by relatives. And, at bottom, a m[?]ner reaches home, and baby. See story, Page One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Ship Hit By Mine LONDON
Truth · Sunday 28 February 1937 · page 17
CAPTAIN AYLEN, commanding the liner Llandovery Castle, which was seriously disabled on a voyage from Gibraltar to Marseilles, believes that the ship struck either a mine or a torpedo…
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