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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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The Mines Agreements. Action by Unions

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 2

The following is reprinted from the A.M.A. official newspaper, but for the accuracy of the report "The Miner" is not responsible:-…

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Northern Colliery Employees. Application for Compulsory Conference Expected. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 2

The northern colliery proprietors have refused to accede to the demand of the employees for increased wages. It is now expected that 14 days' notice…

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The Miners' Dispute. the Crux of the Trouble. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 1

It is understood that the coalowners have agreed to include in any rise of wages all workers excluded by Mr. W. Runciman in his award…

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Export of Gold. Over £4,000,000 Worth This Year

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 3

An official return laid on the table of the Senate on Monday shows that from the beginning of the present year up to August 21, over £4,000,000 worth of…

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Spoiling a German Mine. a Feat of the Engineers. Officers and Privates Decorated. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 2

Lieutenant W. Cooper, of the Royal Engineers, driving a mine 102 yards long under a German position, when within a few yards of his…

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Forty-two Tons of Gold Britain's Pay for Munitions. to the United States. Washington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 1

Forty-two tons of gold have arrived in the United States from Britain to pay for war munitions. The United States now leads the world in…

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Mining Agreements. The Compulsory Conference. Next Monday Morning. Sitting to be in Private Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 4

Mr. Stewart, registrar of the Federal Arbitration Court, announced this afternoon that the compulsory conference of all parties to the wages dispute…

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On the Western Front. Sir John French's Report. Mining, Artillery, and Air Work. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 1

Field-Marshal Sir John French reports that since his communique of August 18 "there has been no serious fighting on the British front. There…

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Late Mining. (Reuters Messages.) Zinc Corporation and a German Contract. Declaration of Abrogation Asked For. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 4

Before the King's Bench to-day, the Zinc Corporation appeared asking for a declaration that its contract dated April, 1914, to sell between 300,000 and…

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The Coal Miners' Dispute. the Voting Among the Men. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 1

The voting in connection with the Cardiff conference was continued in groups of 50. The actual figures were 62,220 in favor of the continuance of…

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The Mines Agreements. the Conference and the Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 2

In yesterday's Third Edition of "The Miner" the news was published that the compulsory conference relating to the Barrier and Port Pirie dispute is…

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The North Mine Accident. Condition of Mr. Charles Brown

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 4

The Hospital authorities reported this afternoon that Mr. Charles Brown, who was injured at the North mine last night through a fall of stone, is…

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The Money Market. America's Surplus of Gold. Effect on Trade. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 2

American bankers fear that any further decline in the rate of exchange between Britain and the United States will result in America's loss of Birtish…

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Cobar Mining Co. Proposed Government Assistance. Rejected by Labor Caucus. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 4

A proposal that the Government should assist the Great Cobar Mining Company by taking up £40,000 worth of debentures in the company was…

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The Coal Miners' Trouble. the Cardiff Conference. Endorses the Settlement. London, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 2

The Cardiff coal miners' conference almost unanimously accepted the terms of settlement agreed on in London, and passed a resolution…

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The Great Cobar Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 2

The decision of the Labor caucus that the Government is not to assist the Great Co[?] mine is viewed with much concern at Cobar. The mine…

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Prejudicing Recruiting. Mine Manager's Remarks. Fine of £100

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. J. Helm. P.M., James Lalor, a mine manager, on remand, was charged with having made…

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The North Mine Accide[?]t. Condition of Mr. Charles Brown

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 September 1915 · page 1

The Hospital authorities reported this afternoon that Mr. Charles Brown, who was injured as the North mine last night throught a fall of stone, is…

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The South Wales Miners. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 4

All the South Wales miners who went out on strike have resumed work…

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Friction at the Lithgow Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 4

Friction occurred at a couple of the mines at Lithgow during the week as a result of the decision that contract wheelers should go on shift work. At…

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