Gold Nugget Picked Up. in Mount Lyndhurst District. Adelaide
Miss E. Pinn, while riding from Mount Lyndhurst station, beyond Leigh Creek, picked up a nugget of almost pure gold weighing four ounces…
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Mining & the mines, 1917
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A South Australian Gold Yield
"The Advertiser" reports:— The Minister of Mines (Hon. J. G. Bice) stated on Thursday that he had received a telegram from the general…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining. Proprietary Directors' Inspection
A Port Pirie correspondent states:— "Messrs. Bowes Kelly (chairman), D. E. M'Bride, M.L.C., Harvey Patterson, W. Jamieson, R. 0. Blackwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway and Railwaymen's Strike. Coal Declared "Black" Railway Engnedrivers, Firemen, and Shunters Go Out. "All Traffic May Cease." Attitude of Permanent-way Men. City Tramway Services Sustained. State Labor Party Supports the Strikers. Sydney
Yesterday afternoon the Unions' Defence Committee declared all coal for the railways and tramways to be "Black." This had an immediate effect…
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Mr. Kavanagh, M.L.C. secretary of the Sydney Labor Council, said last nient that it was not correct that all the railway coal had been declared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clerks Coal Engines
This morning about 60 clerks and chief mechanical engineers at Eveleigh manned the coal stage's to supply fuel to the engines in commission…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion at the South Mine
This morning shortly before 8 o'clock Mr. P. Crager, aged 50 years, was getting some holes ready for firing, underground at the South mine, when an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Leave Stopped. All police leave has been stopped. Strike Committee Meets. Coal in the Hands of Com Missioners. All Declared "Black." All Railway Services Cease Tonight
The sinkers' defence committee sat until nearly 1 o'clock, to-day. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Kavanagh, M.L.C. (secretary of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Following Appeared in Sunday's Special Issue. Tramway and Railway Men's Strike. Coal Declared "Black." Enginedrivers, Firemen, and Shunter[?] Go Out. "All Traffic May Cease." Sydney
Yesterday afternoon tue Unions' Defence Committee declared all coal for the railways and tramways to be "Black." This had an immediate effect…
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Fire coal mines in the South Coast district are idle. The men cannot get work elsewhere, as there are no trams running. The majority of the…
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H. W. Stephens, while working at the South mine to-day, had his finger severely lacerated as the result of being struck by a piece of falling ore. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australian Coal Supply. Adelaide
Considerable anxiety is felt in South Australia concerning the effect of the strike in New South Wales on the supply of coal…
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At the Mouramba Company's mine, Nymagee, 250 men are out on a question of overtime payment. In the police court this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Men in North of Queensland Out. Demand for Retrospective Pay. Meat, Sugar, and Mining Industries Affected. Brisbane
A Townsville message reports that the northern Queensland railway strike has begun. Mr. Theodore (Minister for Works) has failed in his mission to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway and Railwaymen's Strike. Appeals by the Government. Men Given Until Friday. Mines, Ironworks, and Factories Closed Down. Sydney[?] Tuesday. The State Government yesterday unanimously decided to make the following final appeals:—
"TO THE RAILWAY EMPLOYEES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. "We believe you have been misled, that you do not understand the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Mines May Close
All the Newcastle mines may close to-day[?] says the secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Union. The Lithgow collieries are idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. the British
The [?]gement of the British mine repor[?] the fortnight ended August [?]— Three shifts were lost due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal for South Australian Railways. Adelaide
The South Australian railways have 35,000 tons of coal on hand, sufficient for ten weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Handling at Port Pirie. Adelaide
The Commissioners of Public Works and Crown lands have gone to Port Pirie to inspect the coal handling there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Strike. Running of the Curtailed Services. Newcastle Mines May Close To-day. Soldiers' Sisters Volunteer for Railway Work. Strikers Propose Amalgamation with A.W.U. Brookfield's and Buckley's Statements Repudiated. Men Fined for Trespass in Mailroom. Questions in the Assembly. Sydney
A curtailed suburban train service was run yesterday by inspectors. Nearly all the drivers and firemen failed to turn up. A number of guards…
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