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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
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The management of the Central mine has arranged to continue full operations for another month. It has completed negotiations for the dispatch of [?] to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An official communique says:— "We easily repulsed attacks at numerous points on Thursday night. The artillery duels in the Arras, Albert, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Work was restarted on most of the mines this morning withont trouble, and generally with a full complement of men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following notice was posted on the Central mine yesterday:— Notice to employees generally.— In view of the present war crisis and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fatal accident occurred at the Wallaroo Mines, when Victor Barnes lost his life. He was the contractor for sinking Taylor's shaft,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Mines has given instructions for the coal testing bore in the National Park to be put down another 500ft. in order to test three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With regard to the proposal to hold a mass meeting of unionists to further discuss the question of working with alien enemies on the mines, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cyclone passed over Cue and Daydawn, on the Murchison fields, an Monday afternoon. Many buildings were blown down and others damaged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While working at the 650ft. level of the Proprietary mine this afternoon a miner named James Lord received a fractured toe as the result of a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A ballot taken at Kalgoorlie (says a telegram in "The Argus") to decide whether the mine workers' relief fund scheme should be accepted or rejected,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has been ascertained that the request of the Northern Collieries Employees' Federation for a conference with the employers to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Allies are reported to have repulsed the Germans northward of Soissons, and also in the vicinity of Perthes. Eight German generals and noblemen are reported to have permitted massacres and vandalism in France…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In reference to a par that appeared in your issue of January 7, in which it is stated that the Central mine checkweighers decided to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Representatives of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, met representatives of the men in conference yesterday. Extra payment was offered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The cruiser Bremen has arrived at Wilhelmshafen, badly damaged by a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of unemployed single men was held in the Trades Hall supperroom this morning, Mr. E. V. Cogan presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coal export trade of Newcastle for the year 1914 showed a falling off of nearly 500,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strahan Marine Board has received intimations that the Tasmanian Mines Department has refused to grant a leasehold on the Gordon River to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Golden Horseshoe mine Joseph Tuya was working with another Italian named James Tolanga in the winze at the 1000ft. level. They had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire lodges concerned in the afternoon shift dispute have, it is said, unanimously rejected the proposals of the Northern colliery proprietors. This…
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