Great Colliery Disaster. Hundreds of Men Entombed. Ten Bodies Recovered. London, Tuesday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 3
Several hundred miners have been entombed at Exhall Colliery, Nuneaton, as the result of a fire. The cage employed to bring the workmen to the…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 2
There is a quantity of interesting and instructive matter for all of us to be gleaned from the 1914 issues of the annual report of the Department of Mines, some of it too of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Strike. Little Anxiety Experienced
Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 5
SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The fourteen days' notice to cease work in the Newcastle and Maitland mining districts expires on Monday. There is little anxiety on the part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pee Dee Mining Syndicate
Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 2
The half-yearly meeting of the Pee Dee Copper Mining Syndicate was held on Friday. It was stated that the output of ore since August had materially increased. The ore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining for Molybdenite
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2
Some interest is being manifested in the discovery of rich ore containing a big percentage of the above metal, at Warrell Creek, about 24 miles from Macksville. A syndicate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Export Duty on Tin. a Protest From Mine Owners
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday. -- The Minister for Customs received a deputation from representatives of tin mine owners in Australia. A protest was entered against the proposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alluvial Gold
Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 4
We were yesterday shown some fine samples of coarse gold obtained in Corindi Creek, in the direction of Woolgoolga, by Mr. W. Boyle, of Harwood. One was a nice sized nugget, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the North Sea. Struck a Mine. German Patrol Boat Beached. Amsterdam
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 3
A German patrol boat struck a mine at the mouth of the Ems and was beached at Borkum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Gold for Turkey
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.--A German goods wagon, carrying 10,000lb of gold marks and a large quantity of bank notes passed through Roumania for Constantinople…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Formation of Miners' Unit. For Special Employment
Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Active preparations are made for the formation of a miners' unit, which the Federal Government has offered to send to the front. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Utility of Monitors. Defy Mines and Torpedoes
Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 3
LONDON, Friday.--Mr. A. H. Pollen, a naval writer in "Land and Water," hints that since the Admiralty proved the usefulness of monitors in August, 1914, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Strike Averted. Compromise Agreed Upon
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.--The threatened stoppage of work on the northern collieries has been definitely averted. The application made by the miners for a 20 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disorderly Mining Meeting
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 5
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--There was trouble at the meeting of the Carpathia Tin Mining Company to-day. The shareholders rapidly voted for a dividend of sixpence per share…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Use of Australian Coal
Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1915 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Hughes stated at a meeting in connection with the metal exchange that in spite of the whole-souled patriotism of the Australians as a whole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Colliery Trouble. Wages and Coal Prices Advanced
Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 5
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The agreement between the Northern Colliery proprietors and employees provides for an increase to all classes of labour, the average being about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engagements at Anafarta. Exploding a Mine
Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.--A Constantinople communique states our artillery at Anafarta, on the 10th inst, hit an enemy torpedo boat, and then a cruiser. Another torpedo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Dissatisfied
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 5
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--All the, Greta mines were idle yesterday, owing to dissatisfaction regarding the agreements The position is now regarded as acute on the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Difficulty
Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Colliery Employees' Federation, while insisting on what are considered fair terms seems desirous to avoid a conflict. While the position is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forcing the Dardanelles. Mining at Gallipoli. Turks Blow Themselves Up. Britishers Buried Alive. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 5
It is officially stated by General Birdwood that operations in mining have been considerable by both sides at Gallipoli. At Hill 60 the Turks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Wages Increased
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 October 1915 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.--Negotiations in connection with the Miners Compulsory Conference in Melbourne have practically concluded, and offers of increases in wages have…
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