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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
314 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 16
The British Admiralty has announced that two German armed raiders were sunk by British warships, one British destroyer was mined and sunk, while one cargo steamer and one trawler had been lost, in addition to the steamer previously reported to have been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W. J. Shean, trainer of Gold Salute, said the horse is to be prepared for the Futurity Stakes and the Newmarket Handicap, to be run next autumn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A seaman, in a dramatic story of the recent sinking of a British destroyer by a German mine in the North Sea, gives an exciting recital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the past few weeks Mr. C. H. Young, of Drake, claims that he has recovered 50 ounces on his lease at Mount Carrington. Rich gold is also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German mines have been responsible for the sinking of five ships in two days. The latest casualty lists reveal that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eleven ships of a total tonnage of 30,000, of which 4000 was British and 26,000 neutral, have been sunk since the week-end, nine of them by German mines secretly laid near the English coast. A British minesweeper has also been blown up by a German mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Due to the war there has been a revival of interest in the deposits of molybdenite and bismuth at Kings gate in the Glen Innes district, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in a statement in the House of Commons regarding German mine fields, declared that the British Government would not allow such methods of war, violating international law, to continue without retaliation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Firm prices were maintained for industrials on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. There was moderate inquiry for leading industrials, but mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is officially announced that the destroyer Gypsy struck a mine on the east coast of England on Tuesday night and was beached. Twenty-one officers and men are reported to be injured, while about 40 ratings are missing out of a crew of 140…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir George Beeby, Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, reserved judgment to-day in the application on behalf of the coal mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's latest method of indiscriminately laying mines is to drop them from aeroplanes by means of parachutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are renewed signs of a German threat to Holland and Belgium, and it is thought likely that Germany may launch a terrific attack in the west at an early date. Hitler's speech to Army, Navy arid Air Force leaders is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although unconfirmed officially, telephone messages from the Continent quote well informed shipping circles as their authority for a report that the German battleship Deutschland has been sunk in the South Atlantic by an Allied squadron…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Coffs Chamber of Commerce meeting on Friday night Cr. P. Burke secured an assurance that the Chamber will support the Shire Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Declaring himself fit, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in his first Empire broadcast since he announced his declaration of war. told his listeners that twelve weeks of war showed that "we are bound to win; it is only a question of how long it will take."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The King at a Privy Council meeting to-day approved of the reprisals order for the seizure of German exports. The order will be gazetted to-morrow. There has been an overwhelming response to the Admiralty's appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A plan to combat magnetic mines has been offered to the Federal Government by a Polish refugee in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A German bomber was shot down near the Northumberland coast today. The machine was seen some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is announced in Adelaide this Week that Mr. Jerome Frewen, B.E., of Dorrigo, secured eight "firsts" cut of nine subjects in the Mining…
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