Exporting Gold. Chinese Fined £25 Each. Sydney
Two Chinese passengers from the steamer Empire, which left Sydney for Hong Kong last week were charged with attempting to export[?]gold and specie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1916
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Coal From Newcastle. Fleet of Colliers Loading. Sydney
The fleet of coal ships have obtained the necessary permits to load at Newcastle. The general opinion is that it is better to allow neutral ships to take away surplus coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lithgow. the State Coal Mine. Sydney
It is estimated the coal at the State mine Lithgow, will be reached within four months after the erection of the machinery. An area of forty thousand acres of Crown lands has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Coast Collieries. General Stoppage of Work. Sydney
A general stoppage occurred at all South Coast collieries this morning. The reason so far is unknown…
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The State Minister for Mines is pushing on with the preliminary work in connection with the opening of the State coal mine at Lithgow, in order to supply coal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huns Explode Mines. French Occupy Craters. London, Sunday Night
A French communique says:-- We occupied the southern lips of three craters caused the explosion of German mines at Haut Chevauchee, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the North Sea. Mines on Swedish Coast. 1100 Destroyed. London. Sunday Night
Since 1914 six hundred mines have been washed up on the Swedish coast while Swedish marines have destroyed five hundred more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines. Six Hundred Washed Up. London
Since 1914, about 600 mines have been washed up on the Swedish coast, while Swedish marines have destroyed 500 in the same period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whitsun Week. a Northern National Holiday. Miners' Sacrifice. London
Mr. Lloyd George's appeal to the workers to sacrifice Whitsun week met with a mixed reception. The armament and munition masters of Sheffield were not in favor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barrier Miners' Award. Sydney
Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Barrier mines case, said the award would come into force at midnight on June 4th. He would consider making it apply until 12 months after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunk by Mines. Not by Gunfire. London
The Danish newspaper "Politiken" believes that the retreating German fleet threw out an extraordinary number of mines, to which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kitchener. Drowned at Sea. a Mission to Russia. the Hampshire Mines or Torpedoed. a Nation's Grief. London
The City of London is in great excitement. A report is current that Earl Kitchener has been drowned in the North Sea. Later information reveals the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Arbitration Court. Barrier Miners. Sydney
During the hearing of the Barrier miners case in the Federal Arbitration Court, a telegram was read to the effect that unless handymen installed as fitters in the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kitchener. How the Hampshire Was Lost. Vessel Sunk by Mine. Terrific Storm. All Hope Abandoned. London
The Admiralty reports: Admiral Jellicoe says it is now an established fact that the Hampshire struck a mine about 8 in the evening. Two destroyers accompanied the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Want English Gold
Mr. J. F. Dodd, Honorary Minister in the Seaddan Government (W.A.), who has returned from a visit to Britain, states that Germany's agents in neutral and even…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Blue and the Gold
"A Dorrigo Cocky" sinus his praises of the Jersey:—The Shorthorn came with her under full…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General News. Antimony Mining
Messrs. Alex Devine and G. Post are doing well with their antimony show at Taylor's Arm, Nambueca River and up to the present have made £9 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Mining. Sydney
Phenomenally rich ore is being won from the North Lyell mine, Tasmania. The ground face is about 12ft wide, with some ore worth 50 per cent of copper. The average value…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Antimony Mining
Messrs. Alex. Devine and G. Post are doing well with their antimony show at Taylor's Arm, Nambucca River, and up to the present have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Blue and the Gold
"A Cocky" sings his praises of the Jersey:— The Shorthorn came with her udder full…
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