Hun Mines Adrift. Exploded by Ice. London
A Copenhagen message says it is feared that a great number of German mines placed in the Sound (entrance to the Baltic) are adrift owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1917
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Danish Coal Shortage. Public Services Restricted. Copenhagen
It is believed that, even with the utmost economy, Denmark has only two and a half months' coal supply on hand. All street lamps are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Coal Shortage. Buying German Supplies with Food. Amsterdam, Saturday Night
Over 200 factories in Holland are closing down and many others are working only half time owing to the shortage of coal. The street lighting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Mechanics. Accept Result of Conference. Newcastle
A Maitland wire states that the colliery mechanics of the Northern District, by a five to three majority, accepted the agreement arrived at in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunny Corner. Another Gold Find. Bathurst
Another important gold find is reported from the Sunny Corner district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six O'clock. No Preference to Miners. Sydney
No ground for hope was given by the Attorney-General to a Barrier hotelkeepers' deputation, which asked for exemption from six o'clock closing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Controlling the Coal. British Government's Scheme London
The Government scheme for taking over control of the coal mines has been matured and will be announced this week. The scheme is similar to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danish Coal Shortage. Work Curtailed. Copenhagen, Thursday Night
Work in the Danish factories and on the railways has been curtailed owing to the shortage of coal. Two shiploads recently bought 250-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Britain. Coal Mines Nationalised. London
The Press Bureau says that the Board of Trade assumes possession of all coal mines in the United Kingdom during the balance of the period of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Copper Mines Abandoned. Perth
Kyloe Copper Mines, Ltd., which have been closed down for the past four years, are now to be abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welsh Miners' Wages. an Increase Expected. London
The Welsh coal miners are expecting that Mr. Guy Galthrop (Controller of Coal Mines) will grant them an allround increase in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Extra Cost. Wood and Coal Men's Increases. Sydney
The Wood and Coal Employees' Union has reached an agreement for increases, to range from 10 to 12 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold Outcrop
A cable in this morning's paper tells of how sovereigns have been poured into the receiving offices of the Victory War Loan. Australians could not understand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Loan. Extraordinary Gold Hoards. "Poor, But Patriotic." London
A feature of the War Loan subscriptions was the unearthing of extraordinary gold hoards. Three thousand sovereigns were paid into the Sunderland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Difference in Germany. Demand for Gold and Jewellery. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent, Tuesday: The Imperial Bank of Germany publishes a demand on all classes to contribute their gold ornaments and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Schools Closed. Shortage of Coal Alleged. Amsterdam
The Germans have closed all the Belgian schools, alleging as the reason a shortage of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Battered Belgium. Coal Supplies Seized. Lighting Restrictions. Amsterdam
The German Governor of Belgium, besides closing the schools, has seized all the coal supplies, ordered all the shops to close at six, and restricted the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Coal Mines. Judge Edmunds' Opinion. Sydney
Mr. Justice Edmunds, after visiting the State coalfield in Victoria, stated that the arrangements for the comfort of the employees reflected great credit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Gold and Silver War Fund
In view of the special appeal now being made by the War Chest Fund, which is urgently in need of money, the committee of the Old Gold and Silver…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Coal Trouble. Strike at East Greta. Maitland
The employees of the East Greta Junction mine struck work as a protest against their exclusion from the Colliery Mechanics' Compulsory Award. A…
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