Daylight Saving. Lithgow Miners Object. Sydney
Miners throughout the Lithgrow district are opposed to the Daylight Saving Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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British Mine Fields. German Admiral's Boast. London
German Admiral Kalauvomhofe says the new gigantic British mine field in the North Sea won't change the situation of the German fleet, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Mine Fields. Disliked by Germans. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent, Thursday: A telegram from Berlin says authoritative circles characterise the new British mine fields as an "aggressive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tales of the Yarrowdale. Prisoners Nearly Suffocated. Three Days in Coal Rooms. Copenhagen, Thursday Night
The neutrals who were aboard the Yarrowdale state that when the ship, was approaching Iceland (on the return to Germany), five hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Your Bit and Mine
A YOUNG bank clerk, who enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and saw service in Gallipoli and France, returned recently invalided (says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Mechanics. Mr. Beeby Summons Conference. Sydney
Mr. Beeby has summoned a conference of colliery mechanics and proprietors for Wednesday in Sydney, to consider matters in dispute. The position is critical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Germany. the Coal Scarcity. London
The German coal crisis is intensified, and the most rigid economy is ordered in all provincial cities, and the widespread closing of theatres,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scandinavian Service to England. Denmark's Coal Shortage. Copenhagen, Tuesday Night
The shortage of coal in Copenhagen is acute. The Swedish Government proposes to run a joint Scandinavian mail and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I. W. W. Cobar Miners Beat Them Out. Broken Hill Wants Them Released. Sydney
A thousand men sat upon I.W.W agitators and their followers in Cobar on Saturday night, and beat them from the street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Troubles. Compulsory Conference. Sydney
The differences between the colliery proprietors and the Colliery Mechanics' Union was the subject of a compulsory conference, which opened to-day at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mount Boppy. Mine Closed Down. Sydney
The Mount Boppy gold mine at Canbelego has been closed. The mine was the sole support of a town of 2000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Unrest. Collieries Idle. Dismissing of One Man. Funeral of Another. Sydney
Scarborough colliery was idle to-day owing to the dismissal of an employee, with whom the management found fault. South Bulli mine was also id'e…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mines Department. Interstate Conference Mooted. Sydney
For some months past the Mines Department has been making representations to the Prime Minister in regard to matters affecting the welfare of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Unemployment. Mr. Justice Edmunds to Inquire. Sydney
Mr. Justice Edmunds has decided to hold an enquiry at Newcastle into the cause of miners' unemployment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Yield. New South Wales Shortage. Sydney
The gold yield of South Wales for January shows a decrease of 2434 ounces, valued at [?]10,340…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Finances. Note Issue and Gold Reserve. Melbourne
The Commonwealth note issue amounts to £46,652,000, and the gold reserve is £15,148,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Restrictions in Britain. Saving Coal. London
Sports, pastry cooks and tea rooms will be compelled to close on Tuesdays and Wednesdays theatres and cinemas will close four days weekly; the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Gold. Being Sneaked to South America. New York
Since the crisis arose large balances in the German banks have been transferred quietly, mostly to South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
Messrs. M. Samuels (director of the North Coast Gold and Platinum Company, Little River), accompanied by Mr. Goldstein, platinum smelter and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Coal Supplies. Delivery Difficulties. London
Owing principally to labor shortage, and the difficulty of delivering coal in London, there have been further increases in price. It is stated that there…
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