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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 16

Typhoid in Turkey. Shortage of Coal. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 2

Athens reports that typhoid is raging in the Turkish army and among the civilians of Asia. Minor. Severity-five doctors have already succumbed. There…

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Shortage of Coal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Travellers from Constantinople report a serious shortage of coal. Mills are restricting their output, and waterworks may be compelled to discontinue…

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A Mining Transaction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Duncan Carson has brought an action before Justice Sly and jury of four against Herbert Rose, Sydney, to recover one thousand pounds in…

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Balmain Colliery Idle. Dispute Between Masters and Men. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 2

Trouble has occurred between the Balmain Colliery owners and the miners over wages and working conditions, with the result that the colliery is idle with little…

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Imperial Parliament. Shortage of Coal Supplies, Purchase of Beef

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The President of the Board of Trade, referring in the House of Commons to the increased price of coal, said it was largely due to the heavy…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1915 · page 8

The gold mining lease of A. Bancreft and another 6 acres, parish Churchill, has been approved. Herbert Rose and two others have applied…

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Mines and Torpedoes. Decorated for Murder

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The British steamer Strathnairn, 4336 tons, bound from Cardiff to Archangel with coal, was torpedoed without warning off South Bishofs. The second…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 2

The following has been exempted from alienation and reserved for mining purposes: County of Fitzroy, parish of Coff, area about 20 acres; commencing on the right bank of…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1915 · page 8

We are informed that Mr. Spencer Nolan, of Sydney, has procured three tanks containing gas from the Grafton bore, and three bottles of volatile oil from the same source. These…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1915 · page 4

We are informed that tests made of the gas from the racecourse bore have proved satisfactory, and the only question in the minds of those immediately concerned is whether…

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Insufficient Coal Yield

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The British Government is convening a mass meeting of representatives of the coal industry to consider the insufficient yield…

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Increased Coal Output

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--At Sir John Simon's instance two thousand miner delegates meet at London on Wednesday to bring about voluntarily increased output…

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Business on the Exchange. Firmness in Mining Scrip

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Business negotiated in investments on the Exchange to-day was small. Practically the whole of the trading was in industrial stocks. Mining…

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Chasing a German Mine Layer. Torpedo Boat and Cruiser Sunk

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--It is reported that four Russian cruisers chased the German mine-layer Albatross off the coast of Sweden. Gunfire killed 21 and wounded 27 of…

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Further Details. German Mine-layer Beached. a Russian Victory. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 3

Further particulars of the naval battle in the Baltic show that four Russian cruisers chased the German minelayer Albatross east of Gothland,…

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Fall in a Colliery. the Mine Flooded. Subsidences Feared. Wellington

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 3

A serious earthfall has occurred in Taupiri Extended Colliery, five chains from the shaft, covering an area of a chain and a half square and thirty…

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Paris' Winter Needs. Huge Purchase of Coal London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 5

The city of Paris is expending £1,600,000 for the purchase of coal to provide the needs of the population during the next winter…

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Export of Gold. Forbidden by France. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 5

France has forbidden the export of gold…

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Scottish Mining Dispute. 90,000 Men Affected London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 3

The Scottish miners are claiming an increase in wages of 25 per cent. on the 1888 basis. Ninety thousand men are affected…

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The World Wants Oil. Richer Than Gold and Silver. Australia Can Supply the Demand

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mr. G. Meudell, of Melbourne, in the course of an interview concerning oil in Australia, says: "At the present time the world wants oil badly, and…

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