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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 218

Astonishing Revelations Wonthaggi Inquest What Is Governments Attitude to Mines?

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

Evidence by the general manager, assistant general manager, and the under manager at Wonthaggi provided some of the highlights at the…

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Mine Disaster Charges Union's' Serious Attitude Management Is Attacked MELBOURNE. Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 7

SIX charges of negligence against the mine management were levelled by Mr. W. H. Tredinnick. for the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/2/1 an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/2½ yesterday. MILK BARS IN ENGLAND. An indirect tribute to Mr. Hugh D…

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Coal Strike Ordered. Twelve States Affected. New York, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 11

The chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organisation (Mr. John L. Lewis) ordered a stoppage of 400,000 soft-coal miners in 12 States. Operators rejected a tentative wage…

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Coal -Oil Attitude Criticised "Stevens Humbug" Spoken Of At Conference

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 8

"WE on the northern coalfields don't know who we can trust. We don't know whether Mr. Stevens is sincere or is just telling us a lot…

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Thrills and Excitement in "The Land's" New Serial of Station Life Boom-time Gold Chapter Viii

The Land · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 18

It was broad daylight when Jimmie awoke again, and the bright morning sunlight was pouring into his room. He found that he was in…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Strong Commodity Prices Keep Market Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 18

INFLUENCED by the strong markets for primary products and the retention of recent advances in metals, the share market re-opened yesterday on a very firm note, although business was on moderate lines…

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Wongawilli Colliery Dispute. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 14

A conference between representatives of the men and the Wongawilli colliery management was held yesterday, but proved abortive. The miners did not present themselves for work…

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Two Miners Win £9000

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

PERTH, Friday.--After three months' work on a rich leader; at Dunnsville, near Coolgardie, two prospectors, Messrs. E. T. Norton and H…

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Oc[?]ental Mine Idle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 7

The Brman of the Commonwealth Council the Amalgamated Engineering union. J A. Cranwell, said yesterday that as had been received that the…

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Decline in Gold Production Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

A DECLINE In Australia's gold production was reported to-day by the Commonwealth Statistician, who states that 92,580 fine ounces…

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Miners Demand Inquiry Wonthaggi Verdict Sequel MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 3

Declaring that the rider to yesterday's verdict on the Wonthaggi disaster and part of the verdict itself constituted a direct vote of censure…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance And Commerce Markets And Mining Metal Stocks Fall: Interest in Coal Shares B.H. Proprieary Weaker

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 18

ALTHOUGH gilt-edged securities revealed a reasonably firm tone yesterday, industrials lost a good deal of the previous day's strength. Metal stocks sagged. The downward trend in Broken Hill…

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Rand Miners Strike. Racial Issue. Extension Feared. Capetown, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 18

As a result of an attempt to in[?]duce the racial issue into trades, unionism, a strike has occurred among miners on the Rand. A year ago Dr. Albert Hertzog, son of the…

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Gold Production Valued at £8,098,996 Stg. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

Between the years 1929 and 1936 gold production in Australia nearly trebled. Revised estimates of gold produced in Australia last year made available by the…

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Skeleton Mystery Revived Descriptions Of Three Men Circulated Mine Shaft Case Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

EFFORTS to solve the mystery of the skeleton found in a disused mine shaft at Wedderburn were revived to-day when police were furnished with descriptions of three men who disappeared from towns near Wedderburn without announcing…

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New Iron Industry For South Australia Bessemer Mine May Get New Lease Of Life

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 11

A NEW chance to help satisfy the world's hunger for iron is opening up in South Australia. Within 30 miles of Adelaide is a…

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Mine Explosion Verdict. Death of 13 MEN. "Negligence on Part of Management." MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

The coroner's jury found to-day that the 13 men who died in an explosion at the State coal mine on February 15 were accidentally killed, and that there…

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Some More Coal-oil Facts for Mr. Lyons Staggering Profits In English Venture

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

£600 capital becomes £120,000, and pays 17 per cent. on the latter figure. 360 Royal Air Force planes fly on Low Temperature Carbonisation petrol in Britain!…

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Gold Found by Farmers £9000 Worth In 12 Tons Of Ore KALGOORLIE

The Sun · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 3

About two years ago, William Wisbery and Eric Norton came to the goldfields prospecting under a Government scheme to help…

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