Job for Shackleton. Spitzbergen Mines Seized. London. Wednesday Night
A British expedition has seized, the German mines in the Spitzbergen group and is exploiting them in the Allies' interests. Sir Ernest…
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Mining & the mines, 1918
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A.J.C. Races. Gloaming Wins the Derby Rebus the Epsom. Desert Gold Beaten. Some Record Times. Sydney
This morning opened warm and fine, but about 11 o'clock a strong wind rose from the south, bringing heavy clouds and having every appearance of rain. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evacuation of Lens. Mines and Buildings Destroyed. London
The Lens coal mines and all the important buildings and monuments have been completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Coal Shortage. Miner-soldiers Cannot Be Brought Home. London, Monday Night
The President of the Board of Trade, Sir Albert Stanley, warned the coal-owners at a colliers' meeting at Newcastle that it was impossible to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loss of the Wimmera Finding of the Court. Sunk by a Mine. Captain Kell's Negligence. Auckland
The finding of the Court of Inquiry at Auckland, New Zealand, into the sinking of the Wimmera, was delivered to-day. The decision states that the facts are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Arsenic Mine
A plant of the Edwards type for the treatment of ore is being erected on the site of the State arsenic mine at Jibbenbar, about 20 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vessel Strikes Mine. Over a Hundred Soldiers Drowned. London
Renter's Stockholm correspondent states it is reported from Helsingfors that the Hamburg-America liner Habsburg. struck a mine off Riga, in the Gulf of Danzig,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners and Arbitration. Result of the Ballot. Statement by Mr. Beeby. Sydney
The New South Wales miners decided against the acceptance of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act passed this year a majority of 3408…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Discovery. Sydney
A Bathurst message states that a well known prospector has made another apparently rich gold discovery near Trunkey. A distinctive feature is that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Wires. No More Ships Can Be Spared. Unless Railways Use Less Coal. Sydney
Mr. W. G. Ashford, N.S.W. Minister for Lands, having interviewed Mr Watt and other Federal Ministers in Melbourne, is convinced that there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SPORTING. V.R.C. Races Magpie Beats Desert Gold. Derby Favorite Defeated, Cup Candidates Run Well. Melbourne
There was a great crowd at Flemington to-day. The weather was fine, but cold. Visitors were present from all the States of the Commonwealth and New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bolsheviks' Stolen Gold. Seized by Pro-allies. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
It is announced at New York that the pro-Ally Russian Provisional Government at Omsk (Siberia) has seized 800,000,000 roubles in gold from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supposed Floating Mine. Sighted Off South Coast. Sydney
An object, supposed to be a floating mine, has been sighted off Moruya…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Mine Sighted
A telegram has been received from the pilot at Moruya to the effect that an object, supposed to be a floating mine, was sighted a few miles off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Capture of Gold. London
In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil confirmed that the Czecho-Slovaks had captured £25,000,000 in gold at Kazan, which is now in the possession of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Floating Mine on South Coast. Sydney
A telegram has been received from the pilot at Moruya, to the effect that an object supposed to be a floating mine was sighted a few miles off the coast. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Steamer Sunk. Strikes a Mine. 37 Persons Missing. Vancouver
A message from Ocean City, New Jersey, states that the American steamer Saetti struck a mine 25 miles off this shore and sank in twenty minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World Turkey. Allied Fleets Delayed. by Mine-sweeping Operations. London
Reuter's Paris correspondent states that owing to the necessity for careful minesweeping, the Allied fleets will not reach Constantinople for several days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening Up the Baltic. Clearing Away the Mines. Copenhagen
The removal of the mines m the Kattegat (Baltic entrance) has begun. It is expected that the waters will be navigable in a couple of days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Concealed Mines. Revealed by Huns. Paris, Saturday Night
According to "Le Journal," the Germans, in compliance with the armistice terms, have supplied information concerning the delayed action mines and…
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