Coal Strike Aftermath. Bunker Coal From 30 TO 50 Per Cent. Dearer. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3
The ferry and shipping companies have been notified of a contemplated increase of between 30 and 40 per cent. in the price of bunker coal, while in some cases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. the Aftermath. Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3
According to the reports of 80 organisations of labor, the market for December was slack, and due to the after effects of the coal strike and the cessation of work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Austria and Italy. Mining Operations. London
Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5
An Italian communique says: After a long and difficult mining operation, the enemy exploded a large mine under our positions on the southern slopes of Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain and Norway. Coal Dispute May Be Settled. Copenhagen, Thursday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
A secret session of the Norwegian Worthing considered the British reply to Norway regarding the stoppage of coal supplies. The reply doesn't repeat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Place of Lost Oil Wells. Rich Coal Seams Found. Petrograd, Thursday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
Rich coal seams have been discovered in Roumania, close to the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada. Government and Mine Troubles. Planning to Operate. Ottawa
Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5
The Government is planning to operate the coal mines in Southern British Columbia if the managers and men fail to settle the present wage dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shortage. Difficulties of Transport. Washington
Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3
Official despatches say ocean transportation is a problem becoming so acute that even fixing the maximum rates for coal transportation fails to relieve the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Increased Freights and Fares. Dearer Coal and Higher Wages
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2
Following on the settlement of the coal strike, paragraphs appeared in the press which have led the public to believe that the price of coal was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Making
The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2
Mr. I. Simmons, manufacturing Jeweller, who has periodically travelled the North Coast for over a quarter of a century, is at present in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Your "Bit" and Mine
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2
A young bank clerk, who enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and saw service in Gallipoli and France, returned recently invalided (says Melb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tin Mining. the Ardlethan Field. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 5
The value of the Ardlethan tin field (in the Lachlan mining division) yield for the past year was approximately £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Working Well. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 3
The Newcastle coal mines continue to work well. For the fortnight ended yesterday, 15 pits put in full time, and eleven others had nine days to their credit. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paris Coal Shortage. Canals Begin to Freeze. Paris. Friday Evening
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 3
The coal shortage and its exorbitant price intensify the effect of the severe frost. Coal costs 10- a cwt. The Government is taking steps to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sands of Pactolus. Gold Washed From the Sea. Untold Wealth on Beach
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 4
Along the Waratah Bay Beach. 114 miles from Melbourne, on the southeastern line, the sea sand is so rich in gold that the residents always count…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Laying. Britain Playing German Game London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 5
"The Times" says from Seandinavia Britain is laying a mine field to the coast of Jutland. Shippers agree this will render traffic difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Wires State Coal Mine. Preparatory Work Begun. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3
About 25 men are being employed at the new State coal mine at Lithgow, preparing for the erection of the fans, boilers and a plant suitable for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the North Sea. Tightening the Blockade. Britain's New Mine Fields. New York
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3
The American embassy at London has cabled that Britain has enlarged the area in the North Sea which is notified as being dangerous to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Unrest. Colliery Mechanics' Dissatisfied. President Apprehensive of Trouble. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 3
There is a deal of unrest among sections of the Colliery Mechanics' Association in the northern district, and a tendency to forte matters by calling aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill. Miners Resume Work. Broken Hill
Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 3
The Broken Hill miners have resumed work under what the union regards as "the old time conditions."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World. Germany's Food. General Strike of Miners. Secures Half-pound of Flour More Weekly. London
Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 3
The situation in Germany is acute. The existing rations were reduced, and a general strike of miners in Germany for increased food resulted in the men…
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