Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 218

Victoria-riverina Branch. Around the Mines. Organiser Keogh's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 18

Since my last report I have visited the following places: At Maldon I called on some men working on a sand treatment plant, and they…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Free Labour. Dudley Colliery Prepares. Work Next Week. Anxiety in Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 15

The Dudley Colliery, where work has been suspended by a strike of members of the Miners' Federation, will, it is claimed, be manned fully…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Miners Willing to Work New Situation At Dudley NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 13

While miners' leaders believe that the dispute at Dudley Colliery is on the way to a settlement, the representative of the owners declares that…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Newcastle Coal Shipments 64,717 Tons Exported Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 5

Newcastle coal shipments recovered last week after a big reduction in the previous week. A total of 64,717 tons, including ; interstate and oversea…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 16

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/2½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/3½ yesterday. NEW CAPITAL ISSUES. New capital Issues in February amounted…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Gold Clause. Private Contracts. U.S. Court's Decision. Washington, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 16

The Supreme Court, by a five to four decision, ruled that clauses in private contracts calling for payment in gold bullion are invalid, thus extending the…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Mohammedans' Gut. Aga Khan's Weight in Gold. Nairobi (Kenya), March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 15

Fifteen thousand of the Aga Khan's religious followers witnessed the elaborate ceremony of weighing the Aga Khan with the object of contributing the value of his weight…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

1936 Gold Yield. Record Since 1918. High December Production. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 15

The quantity of gold produced in the Commonwealth in 1936 is a record since 1913. Production is mounting steadily as a result of the increase in the price…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Mining Ore to Send to Japan Developing Iron Deposits Yampi Sound Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 18

BETWEEN 500 and 600 Australians will be employed in mining and development work on the iron…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Metal Stocks React to Lower Overseas Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1937 · page 15

WITH speculative interest showing a marked decline, metal stocks proved sensitive yesterday to a relapse in overseas prices. Barriers were marked down…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Coal Fall Kills Miners Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 14

Two miners, Peter Johnstone and Thomas Thomson, were killed by a heavy fall of coal at the Linton mine in Southland…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Miners Offer for Work Enough To Resume At Colliery NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 10

Mr. R. Cant, manager of Dudley Colliery, which is idle through a strike by members of the Miners' Federation, said to-day that…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Dudley Colliery Dispute Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 5

THE threat of the manager of the Dudley Colliery to operate the mine with "free-labor" is not viewed seriously at the Trades Hall. Such a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Shovelled Coal While House Blazed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 14

CLEVELAND (Ohio), February 2.-- Nero may have fiddled while Rome burned, but Cleveland has a truck drivel who shovelled coal while the…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Scientists May Try to Make Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 14

LONDON, February 8.--British scientists may soon attempt to make gold and to produce the elixir of life by following the semi-magical…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Free Labour. Warning From Colliery. "Once in, Will Slay." NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 10

"Once non-federation, labour goes into the pit it will not come out," Mr. Roy Cant said to-night on behalf of the management of Dudley colliery,…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

'Gold Diggers of 1937' Next for Regent

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 8

FOR fun, gaiety and sheer enjoyment, the Regent's current attraction, "That Girl Prom Pa[?]," cofeaturing Lily Pons, Gene Raymond…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Gold Clause. Upheld by an English Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 11

The United Stales Supreme Court has ruled that clauses in private contracts calling for payment in gold bullion are invalid, and has thus extended its decision given in a test…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Two Killed in Fall in Mine Wellingtin (N.z.), Wednes

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 1

When a [?]all of coal occurred in a mine at Ohal, Southland, to-day, Peter Johnstone. 50, married., with 10 children, and Thomas Thomson…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Queen Chooses Court Gowns Gold And Silver Lame Favored LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 37

QUEEN ELIZABETH to-day had her first fitting for her Coronation gowns, from Norman Hartnell, the Australian designer…

Continued on Trove, page 37 →