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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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In Broken Hill. the Miners' Corps. Details Agreed To. to Reach Broken Hill To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 4

Mr. R. de S. Magnussen, organiser of the Miners' Corps in Broken Hill, received a telegram this afternoon from Captain Hardie, D.A.A.G., Adelaide…

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'The Miners' Corps. Official Details

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 2

The following details regarding the formation of a mining corps for service with the Expeditionary Forces have been issued:—…

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The Colliery Dispute. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

The Colliery Employees' Federation has decided to ask the proprietors of the northern mines to grant another conference in respect of the coal mines'…

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Accident at the Proprietary Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 4

Mr. P. Butler, a married man, aged 35 years, employed on the Proprietary mine, sustained a broken collarbone as the result of falling down a chute this…

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In Broken Hill. the Miners' Corps

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

Active enlistment and medical examination for the Miners' Corps will start at the Barrier Boys' Brigade rooms, Oxide-street, this afternoon at…

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Mine Accidents. Four Calls in a Few Hours

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

The Victoria ambulance had been called out but few times to the line of lode buring the present month until last night. Then within a period of…

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In Broken Hill. the Miners Corps. Under Medical Examination

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 4

Enlistment for the Miners' Corps for active service was carried on briskly at the B.B.B. Rooms this afternoon. Many of the men who…

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The Mining Agreements. Conference Summoned in Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

Yesterday Mr. W. D. Barnett (secretary of the A.M. A.) received the following telegram from Mr. A. M. Stewart (Registrar of the Federal…

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MINING. (Reuter's Message.) Refining of Australian Concentrates Statement From England. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 1

In reference to Mr. W. M. Hughes' (Federal Attorney-General) statement that a British group is to refine Australian concentrates in Britain, the…

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In Broken Hill. the Miners' Corps

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

Farther enlistments for the Miners' Corps, and the attendant medical examination, will he carried on at the B.B.B, rooms this evening, between…

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Gold for America. New York

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 1

A farther shipment of £5,000,000 in gold has arrived here under warship escort consigned to Morgan and Company…

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In Broken Hill. the Miners Corps. Under Medical Examination

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 1

Enlistment for the Miners' Corps for active service was carried on briskly at the B.B.B. Rooms this afternoon. Many of the mom who…

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Adelaide School of Mines. Government Taking Over. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly sat until midnight hist night. A long discussion took place on clause 32 of the Education Bill, providing for the taking over…

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The Mining Agreements. Meeting of Underground Workers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 3

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

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Mining Activity on Gallipoli. Turks Blow Themselves Up. Experience of Five Miners. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau states:- General Birdwood reports from the Dardanelles:—"I have little to say regarding operations above ground on…

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The Mining Agreements. the Central Mine. Meeting of Afternoon Shift Men. Decision to Work To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 4

An employee of the Central mine stated this afternoon that a meeting had been held at the shaft mouth when it was decided that those attending the…

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In Broken Hill. the Miners Corps. the Enlistment

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 2

The enlistment for the Broken Hill quote of the Miners' Corps to leave Australia for the front was continued at the B.B.B. rooms last night. There…

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Mine Manager Injured. Accident to Mr. O. B. Ward

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 2

News has reached Broken Hill to the effect that Mr. 0. B. Ward, manager of the Block 10 mine, has met with an accident while at Mi[?]ma Island, one of…

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Mining. the Share Market. Adelaide Quotations

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 2

Ward and Co. (per White and Hosier) supply the following quotations of the Adelaide Stock Exchange:- Hampden, b. 28/6…

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The Mining Acreemehts. the Compulsory Conference

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 2

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

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