Coal Mines Proclamation Cancelled. Sydney
The Executive Council to-day determined to issue a proclamation cancelling the former proclamation by which the State acquired all the coal mines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1918
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Loyalist Miners. Uneasiness at Kurri Kurri. Sydney
There is considerable uneasiness in the Kurri Kurri district over the loyalist question. Collisions between the men are frequent, and many residents have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enemy Mines. More Found on New Zealand Coast. Sydney
A cable message from Wellington, New Zealand, states that the Naval Advisor reports that five more enemy mines have been discovered and destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Board Dissolved. Sydney
The Coal Board, which came into operation towards the end of 1916, will be dissolved and in all probability will cease operations to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Power Proposals. Miners to Take Ballot. London
The Miners' Conference in London decided to take a ballot of all members on the proposal to comb out fifty thousand miners for the army. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines on New Zealand Coast. German Type and Origin. Auckland
The Naval Adviser to the New Zealand Government, referring to the recent discovery of floating mines on the New Zealand coast, said they were distinctly of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Industry. a Compulsory Conference. Some Heated Arguments. Question of Victimisation. Sydney
A compulsory conference of representatives of the employers and employees in the coal industry commenced this morning with 12 representatives, from each side…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working the Mines. Victorian Minister Explains. Melbourne
Mr. Downward, Victorian Minister for Mines, denied to-day that men were being sent to New South Wales by the Victorian Government to work in the coal mines…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trouble at Port Pirie. Coal Lumpers and Wheat Stackers. Adelaide
Trouble is threatened at Port Pirie regarding the steamer Macedon. Her cargo of coal is being discharged by the crew and workers of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Struck a Mine. Small German Naval Craft. London
Reuter's Hague correspondent reported on Saturday, that a small enemy naval craft struck a mine off the island of Vlieland. During German efforts to save…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wolfe's Cruise. Long Hunt Near Australia, Pluck Japanese Vessel. Laying a Trail of Mines. London
A message from Copenhagen states that further information from the prisoners on the Spanish steamer Igotz Mendi, one of the captures of the raider Wolfe,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Miners. Wonderful Work on West Front. Huns Completely Outclassed. London, Monday Night
Phillip Gibbs ("Daily Chronicle") narrating a visit to the Australian tunnellers, says: "I went beneath No Man's Land recently, walking in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Raider "Wolfe." Her Armament and Mission. Laying Mines Over Seas. Copenhagen, Monday Night
A Norwegian sailor, who was among the Igotz Mendi's captives, states that the Wolfe had four torpedo tubes, seven nine-inch guns and three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Booty. Valuable Copper Mines
Mr. Phillips Price, states that the cession of the Trans-Caucasus means the Germans secure the most valuable copper and manganese ores in Europe. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unrest Among Miners Sydney
The position at Pelaw Main and Richmond Man colleries is now regarded as very serious. Two mines at Broken Hill are now idle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Gold Find. Sydney
After prospecting for three years in the Oberon district, Patrick Walsh has discovered a rich gold-bearing reef…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Engineer's Bankruptcy. Loss on a Diamond Mine. Sydney
The losses incurred in connection with the working of the diamond mine at Oakey Creek, near Inverell, were given by Daniel Grove, consulting engineer, as the reason…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coal Miners to Be Called Up. London
The Press Bureau reports that the Government have decided to recruit fifty thousand fit unmarried coal miners under 25…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Power Proposals. Miners Favorable. London, Friday Night
The Bristol miners took a ballot, which resulted in favor of the Government's proposal to comb out 50,000 miners for the army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold Yield. Sydney
The New South Wales yield for February is valued at £28,336, being a substantial increase on the corresponding period of last year…
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