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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Dismissals From the Mines. Broken Hill Delegation in Sydney. Statements by Union Secretary. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 5

Messrs. G. Da[?]e and G. Kerr, delegates from the A.M.A., Broken Hill, accompanied by Mr. P. S. Brookfield, M.L.A., waited upon Mr. Bodkin,…

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A Colliery Idle. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 2

The metropolitan colliery at Helensburgh was idle on Tuesday owing to a dispute regarding two employees…

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Internal Germany. Export of Gold. Plea for Parliamentary Government. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 4

The Frankfurter Zeitung" states that there has been a considerable export of gold recently from Germany with the object of arresting the fall of…

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 4

R. Hobbs, while working on the 600ft. level at the South Blocks mine to-day, fell into a hole and ricked his knee. The Victoria ambulance was…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 p.m. the War. German Gold. Received by a Dutch Bank. (Reuter's Message.) Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 4

The "Handelsbad" states that 12 million florins in gold (nearly £200,000,000) have been received at the Dutch Bank in Amsterdam, it is…

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The Laying of the Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 4

The theory advanced by an "Advertiser" correspondent is that the mines which sank the Mongolia were dropped by a raider, as the incident is like…

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German Gold Decrease. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 4

Reuters Amsterdam correspondant reports that the German Reichsbank has issued a statement in which it explains that the great decrease in its…

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Mines in the Arabian Sea. Another Vessel Sunk. Shippers' Theory, ("The Times" Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 4

Besides the P. and O.liner Mongolia, another vessel was recently mined and sunk in the Arabian Sea. In shipping circles the theory is…

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South Mine Christmas Boxes

Barrier Miner · Sunday 1 July 1917 · page 2

In each of the Christmas boxes sent to the boys at the front by the South Mine Christmas Box Committee a card was inserted conveying greetings, with…

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St. John Ambulance. South Mine Class Passes

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 4

The series of lectures in connection with the South Mine ambulance class having been completed, an examination was held on Wednesday, June 20…

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French Warship Sunk. Strikes a Mine Near French Coast. Thirty-eight of the Crew Missing. (Reuter's Message.) Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 2

The French armored cruiser, Kleber. while voyaging from Dakar (Senegal, West Africa), struck a mine and sank near Brest…

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Stoppage at Helensburgh Mine. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

A stoppage of work occurred at the Helensburg mine over a dispute between the employees and a medical man who has been attending them…

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Port Pirie Smelters. the Coal Supplies. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 4

Senator Russell has telegraphed to the Commisioner of Public Works statine that he will let him know something definite about the coal supply to…

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Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 2

At the South mine at about 11.50 o'clock last night M. N. C[?]ereff was struck on the foot by a stone which fell from the back. His toes were…

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Coal for the Railways. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 2

The Federal Government has given the State railways 1000 tons of coal at Port Augusta…

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Mine Mishaps

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 1

While employed at the Central mine last night, G. Hocking, an underground foreman, was stepping from the Cage to the plat when he slipped on a…

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Mine Mishap

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 8

W. Higgs, while working on the 500ft. level at the Block 10 mine this afternoon, had his foot bruised as the result of some timber falling on it…

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Mine Managers' Certificates

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 1

An examination of candidates for certificates of competency as mine manager ia advertised to be held in Broken Hill and elsewhere in…

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New South Wales. £10,000 for Opening Up Old Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines, inspected several, gold-mining properties at Gulgong last week. The Minister stated that it was his intention to…

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An I.W.W. Spy. Financed by Germany. to Start Coal Strikes. (Reuter's Message.) Washington

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

The arrest at Scranton (Pennsylvania) on Wednesday of an I.W.W. member as a German spy uncovers positive proof that German money had been…

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