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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Coal Troubles. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 1

It is understood the northern colliery proprietors refused to grant the men a conference with a view to considering certain alleged grievances…

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Floating Mines

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 November 1917 · page 2

A Pambula (South Coast) paper writes:--Reported that over a dozen mines have been picked up in the vicinity of Gabo. One brought up recently got…

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Coal Situation. Pressing Problem in Victoria. Shortage of Shipping. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 November 1917 · page 2

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture and Mr. James, Minister for Education, conferred yesterday over the coal situation. The question of Victoria retaining…

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Soviet Peace Squabbles. Lenin's Denial. State Gold Seized at Moscow. London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 November 1917 · page 3

The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Petrograd says: The Executive Council of the Soviet seriously disagree over the peace…

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The Gabo Mines. Made by Krupps. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 November 1917 · page 2

It has now been ascertained beyond any doubt that the mines which were recently discovered off the New South Wales coast were made by Krupps, of…

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Mining on North Coast. the Discovery of Felspar

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 November 1917 · page 13

Besides being one of the busiest men in Bellingen, Mr. W. J. Hammond's keen commercial instincts, and his extensive study of mineralogy have brought…

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Mining Employees. Facility of Voting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 2

The council of the Federated Mining Employees' Association in Melbourne is considering the advisability of holding a stop-work meeting, in order that no…

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The Hindenburg Tunnel. a Famous Structure. the Mines Which Didn't Explore. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at headquarters in France gives further particulars of the famous Hindenburg tunnel. It is 13 miles long and 40 feet deep, and was…

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Western Offensive the Huns Big Tunnel. Britishers Great Haul. Mine Traps Avoided. Paris. Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

The capture of the Hindenburg tunnel is now practically complete. Investigations show that it was thirteen miles in depth, and forty feet wide,…

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Engineers and Miners Wanted

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 2

There are a number of vacancies at present in the reinforcements for the engineer and mining units at present on Active service. Men desiring to…

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Strikes a Mine. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 9

An Amsterdam message says that a German torpedo boat belonging to the Zeebrugge flotilla struck a mine just outs de Dutch territorial waters and sank…

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A Mining Case. Important Judgment

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 3

In the Warden's Court at Grafton on Wednesday, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, Warden, me matter of the consideration of the conflicting applications for…

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A Union's Registration. Cancellation Refused. Miners' Strike Not an Offence an Invalid Proclamation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 9

Judgment was delivered in the High Court in an application on behalf of the Metropolitan Coal Company, Sydney, and others, for the cancellation of the…

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Registration Granted. Coal Workers' Union. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 December 1917 · page 2

Judge Rolin granted the application for the registration of the Port Jackson Coal Workers' Union. His Honor remarked that the Coal Lumpers' Union had struck,…

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The Coal Industry. Trouble Still Simmering. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 December 1917 · page 3

Mr. Willis, the secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated yesterday that considerable dissatisfaction existed among the miners in the…

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The State Bank's Gold. in Bolshevik Hands. Petrograd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 December 1917 · page 3

The gold reserves of the State Bank and all its branches are now in the hands of the Bolshevik Government…

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Serious Trouble. in the Coal Industry. Another Strike Probable. Miners Very Dissatisfied. Serious Developments Before Christmas. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 3

According to Mr. Willis, general secretary of the Federal Coal Miners' Association, serious trouble has again arisen in the coalmining industry, and there is…

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Coal Miners. the Threatened Trouble. Not Taken Seriously. N Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 9

Slapping firms generally do not view with seriousness the talk of a possible strike of the coal miners at Newcastle unless certain grievances are remedied…

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Telegrams. Securing Stocks of Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 7

Mr. Judd, addressing the Labor Council, said he discovered in Newcastle the companise were storing huge stocks of coal in readiness for another struggle…

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News of Toe World. German Cruiser Sunk. Strikes a Mine. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 8

A Copenhagen correspondent says a German auxiliary cruiser, believed to be the Bothnia, struck a mine in a southern sound, and sank in a few minutes. It is…

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