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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

1,124 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 57

Cullen Bullen. Miners Object to Aliens

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 3

A successful social in aid of the Church of England building fund was held in the Cullen Hall on Friday, 18th inst. A committee of ladies, headed by Mrs. J. W. Teasdale,…

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Patriotic Zig-zag Miners. Twenty-third Presentation to Soldier Comrade

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

At the Zigzag miners' lodge meeting, held on February 17, the committee were instructed to present their late comrade, Ptc. Alfred Osborne with some token of respect on the…

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Australian Mining Corps

National Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

The first representative unit of Australia, comprising men from all the States, is shortly to leave for special trench work at the front. This…

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Lithgow's State Coal Mine. Preparatory Work Being Carried Out

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. Estell (Minister for Mines) is pushing on with his State coal-mining scheme at Lithgow. Officers of the Works Department have been busy making preliminary…

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Miners Wanted. Tunnelling in War Zone. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

Mr. R. Smillie, president of the minor's Federation of Great Britain, announces that the War Office wants ministers, within the next 12 months, to do…

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Miners Accident Relief Fund. Claim for Increased Allowance

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

The Minister is to be deputationised by the Newcastle Colliery Employees' Association in regard to the small allowance of 15s per week paid under the Miners' Accident Relief Fund…

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Mining Warden's Court. at Capertee and Rylstone

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

Much interest was displayed in a mining warden's court held by Mr. A. B. C. Bourke at Capertee recently into labor conditions and work done on the Carlo's Gap lime and…

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Lithgow State Coal Mine

Leader · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 1

Mr. Estell (Minister tor Mines) is pushing on with his State coal mining scheme at Lithgow. Officers of the Works Department have been busy…

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Mount David Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 4

In conversation with a representative of this paper a few days ago, Mr. W. H. Martin, manager of the Mt. David mine, stated that they had been trying for some time to locate…

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Local and District Collieries. a Fair Fortnight

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 2

An average of about 11 shifts each was worked at the local collieries during the past fortnight, although many of the shifts were broken owing to the inadequate supply of…

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Australian Mining Corps Comforts Fund

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 4

The first representative unit of Australia, comprising men from all the States, is shortly to leave for special trench work at the front. This is the Australian Mining Corps, under…

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Moewe's Big Battery, 7-In. Guns and Torpedo Tubes. Many Mines on Board. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 4

Messages from Teneriffe, in the Canary Islands, state that the Moewe sunk the British steamers Flamenco, Horace, Corbridge, and Luxemburg,…

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More Gold From Ophir

Leader · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 1

That the old Ophir field is about to look up seems a foregone conclussion, judging from the gold, that is being won there at present…

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Mining. Bathurst District

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 3

The option holders from different companies on the Mount Tennyson Molybdeite Field ane engaged in a thorough and extensive examination…

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Barrier Miners. Interpretation of a Telegram. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 4

Before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court to-day, the hearing was continued of the plaint in which the Barrier branch of the…

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Coal Export. Position at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 4

A permit has been refused for an Allies' vessel to load coal for San Francisco. Messrs. Baddelly and Lewis, of the…

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Shortage of Coal Alarm in Victoria. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 4

Inquiries made in the city yesterday indicated that a serious view is taken of the threatened shortage of the supply of Newcastle coal in this State…

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The West The British German Mine Causes Damage London

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed a small attack south-east of Albert. During the night the enemy sprung a mine near La Basse…

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Dynamite Outrage Miners' Union Offices Destroyed. Austrians Suspected. Kalgoorlie

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 4

The Miners' Union offices at Fimiston were destroyed with dynamite about 9 o'clock last night. The building: stood on a vacant block,…

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Explosion of a Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 18

The "Paris Journal" describes the butchery of the Germans in the Caures Wood above Beaumont. The engineers heavily mined a large…

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