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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Enemy Submarines. U 22 Strikes a Mine. Towed to Ostend. Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 2

The German submarine U22 collided with a mine at sea and was heavily damaged aft. She has been towed to Ostend…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 2

Last night Mr. Charles Anderson, who was injured in the Central mine on Wednesday, was removed from his residence to the Hospital suffering…

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British Officer Sentenced. Preaching Sedition to Miners. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Captain James White, son of the late Field-marshal White, of Ladysmith fame, charged at Aberdare with being concerned in an alleged plot to…

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West Australian Mine Accident. Two Men Killed. at the Great Boulder. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 2

Yesterday, at the Great Boulden mine, N. Nicklcss and F. Jenkins were killed by a fall of rock. Both men were single and were…

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Early Closing of Liquor Bars. Referendum on the Goldfields. [?]Jority in Favor of 11 O'CLOCK. Kalgoorlie

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 2

The counting of the referendum taken on the Goldfields electorates on Wednesday to decide the hour at which liquor bars shall be closed is not yet…

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South Coast Miners Resume. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 5

All the coalmines on the South Coast, with one exception, resumed work yesterday upon a vote of the employees…

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Fatal Accident at Wallaroo Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 May 1916 · page 4

On Wednesday morning (reports "The Plain Dealer") an accident which proved fatal happened to Williams Rowse, of Wallaroo Mines (S.A.). It appears…

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A Creep in a Colliery. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 3

A fail in the surface of the Stanford Merthyr colliery occurred on Saturday. The subsidence covers between one and two acres of ground, somewhat…

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Fatal Accident at Wallaroo Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 1

On Wednesday morning (reports "The Plain Dealer") an accident which proved fatal happened to Williams Rowse, of Wallaroc Mines (S.A.). It appears…

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Mining. Junction North

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 1

The Junction North plant ran 109 hours during the five days for (the week ended May 27, and treated 1380 tons of dump material, producing 135 to [?]…

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In New Zealand. Miners and Compulsory Service

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 2

A Wellington (N.Z.) message in "The Register" says:—The miners at the Point Elizabeth and State collieries have passed a resolution to oppose to…

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Paper Notes Instead of Gold. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 4

Professor H. Foxwell, in a lecture in London, said that he hoped that now the public had taken kindly to paper bank notes there would be no sudden…

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Mines on the Swedish Coast. Washed Up and Destroyed. Rome

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 4

Since 1914, it is reported, 600 mines have been washed up on the Swedish coast, while Swedish marines have destroyed another 500…

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Mining. Block 14 Company. Half-yearly Meeting. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Block 14 Mining Company wes held in Melbourne yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. L. Wharton presiding…

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Mining. the South

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

Following is the official report of the South mine for the week ended May 27- Development…

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Reduced Freights on Coal. Paris

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 2

Britain and France have agreed to a maximum freight on coal, thus reducing prices 35 per cent. This, in addition to a reduction of 45 per cent…

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Miners' Complaint in Broken Hill. Statement by Mr. Deed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 2

The A.M.A. check inspector (Mr. S. Deed) has says the A.M.A. official newspaper) sent the following statement to the Premier (Mr. W. A. Holman)…

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Wallaroo and Moonta Mines. Men Repaid Back Money. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 1

The directors of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mines have decided, owing to the high price of copper, to refund the employees' wages held back during 1914,…

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Mining. Block 14 Company. Articles of Association Amended. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. Justice Cussen, in the Practice Court to-day, gave the court's sanction to a petition for an alteration of the articles of association of the Broken…

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A Ballarat Discovery. Bars of Smelts Gold. Found in an Old Building. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1916 · page 3

While dismantling an old building in Skipton-street, Ballarat South, formerly occupied by Adolf Peters, a gold buyer, a workman named K[?]thy…

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