Hill End Goldfield. Labor Conditions Inquiry
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 1
At the last meeting of the Mining Warden's Court, Mr. A. B. C. Burke inquired as to whether the various companies on the field were complying with the labor conditions of their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Keeping Gold in Australia
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 26
A young Chinese, Low Pon. was charged at the Melbourne District Court with having in time of war, attempted to export gold specie to…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The State Coal Mine. Operations Temporarily at a Standstill
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 4
The various matters in connection, with the State coal mine proposed to be established in Mort's Gully,Lithgow, are at present, fat a standstill, not because the Government is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. J. Harris. Sudden Death in Coal Mine
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 4
The death took place with startling suddenness this morning of Mr. J. J. Harris, a well known local resident. It appears that the deceased, who was 52 years of, age, went to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warden's Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr. Malone, Mining Warden.)
Molong Argus · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 2
Leslie Joseph Lewis applied for permission to enter certain lands (10 acres) part of portion 99, parish Bell, the property of Geo. Caldwell, senr., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Miners 44-Hours Week and Minimum Wages. Melbourne
National Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 4
Mr. Justice Higgins, in his award to the Broken Hill miners and the Proprietary Co. and others, granted a claim for 44 hours per week, made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Mine Examinations
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 3
An examination of candidates for certificates of competency as manager, under-manager, and deputy under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1912, was held at the Technical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tunnelling Miners Wanted. London
The Bathurst Times · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 2
The War Office asks for 10,000 skilled miners to do tunnelling work on the various fronts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Miners. 44-Hour Week Granted. Melbourne
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 4
Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court to-day announced the award for the Broken Hill minors against the Proprietary Company and others. He granted the claim…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zeebrugge Attack Sixty British Vessels. Trawlers Strew Mines. Amsterdam
The Bathurst Times · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 4
"De Telegraaf" states: "Sixty British vessels participated in Monday's attack upon Zeebrugge. "They included 50 trawlers, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zeebrugge At tack Sixty British Vessels. Trawlers Strew Mines. Amsterdam
National Advocate · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 3
"De Telegraaf" states: "Sixty British vessels participated in Monday's attack upon Zeebrugge. "They included 50 trawlers, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Coast Mines Idle. Miners' Gala Day. Sydney
The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 3
The whole of the South Coast colleries were idle to-day. It was the annual gala day, but there were no celebrations on account of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unemployed Miners Finding Relief Work. Navy Minister Busy. Newcastle
The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2
Mr. Jensen, the Minister for the Navy, will visit Newcastle on Thursday to confer with the representatives of the mines which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rich Gold Rush at Orange. Prospector's Confidence. 11Oz. to Three Dishes. Orange
The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2
Every available foot of ground has been taken up at Wellwood station, where gold wan recently discovered and some large sums have been paid for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOMEN V. Miners a Lively Affair. Wood Cart Attacked. Dirt in Carters' Eyes. Hill End
The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2
The strike of unionists at the various mines at Hill End has been in progress several weeks, but up [?]ill the latter part of last week the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Coal Supplies
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 2
The Mayor states that the gas manager (Mr. Campbell) is at present carting coal from the Vale of Clwydd colliery to the gasworks by means of carters. This is not an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Applications
The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 2
The following applications were received at the office of the local Mining Warden for the week ended the 1st inst.:—For authority to enter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burraga Copper Mine. Attempts to Secure Resumption. Minister to Be Approached
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 1
Mining in this district is still at a very low ebb. It was fully expected that ere this the Lloyd copper mines, which have been idle during the past two years, would have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of the Russell Enemy Says She Was Submarined. No Mines in the Mediterranean. London
The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 2
A Copenhagen message states that the Germans officially claim that the destruction of the British battleship Russel was not caused by mines, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Coal Mine
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 May 1916 · page 12
Various matters in connection with the State coal mine, proposed to be established in Mort's Gully, Lithgow are at present at a…
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