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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines
368 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 19
FOLLOWING the loss last night of the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar, and the Lithuanian steamer, Launas, three more ships were sunk by German mines off the east coast of England today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The production figures of the Central mine for the four weeks ended November 4 are given below, the figures for the corresponding period…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GERMANY'S indiscriminate sinking of neutral and Allied merchant ships has brought the toll since Sunday to 11. Five were British. Eight, probably nine, were victims of mines deliberately laid in shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Liner Latest Victim Of Mine Warfare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALMOST within sight of her terminal port one of Japan's crack passenger liners went to her doom today—another victim of Germany's illegal mine warfare. This followed the sinking of 11 ships in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HUNDREDS of trawlers and other small ships are patrolling waters near the British coast and sweeping up mines that have been laid by Germany in shipping lanes. If the mine war is intensified it will become neccesary to employ…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TWENTY-ONE officers and men were injured when the destroyer Gipsy struck a mine off the coast of England today. Forty ratings are missing. The vessel was subsequently benched. This is thc second British destroyer to be sunk by a mine in 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, the Chief Judge (Sir George Booby) made it plain today that when the Full Court prescribed a 40 hour week for handling coal from "face to waggon" it meant to include screen hands as well as underground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHOWING the extent to which the Nazis are goins in their ruthless sea campaign, 200 German mines have been washed ashore on the coast of Yorkshire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MAKING it clear that the Full Bench of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court never intended to include all surface hands when it reduced the hours of employment for underground workers engaged in coal mines, the Chief Judge (Sir George Beeby)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON.—"The new mine being used by Germany will be beaten a we beat their U-boat caropaig[?] Losses are inevitable, but there wi[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SEEKING a mine-laying German seaplane, a long range R.A.F. fighter patrol today raided the German base at Borkum Island in the Friesian group, and attacked three planes with machine gun fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The production figures of the North mine for the four weeks ended November 18 are given below, the figures for the corresponding period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for the Interior, Senator Foll, today passed on to the acting Minister for the Navy (Mr, Street),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, November 29.— Bull fighters in Seville, Spain, refused to embark for Venezuela, saying "We are breaking our contract because we…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The rapid discovery of an answer to Hitler's magnetic mines is reported by the diarist of the "Evening Standard."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"THE new mine being used by Gerrhahy will be beaten as we beat their U-boat campaign. Losses are inevitable, but there will be no attempt to hide them." This statement was made in a speech at Chelsea today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THERE was a rush for reservations for the Combined Mines Picnic Committee excursion trains when bookings opened at the Sulphide Street Station today. By 10.30 a.m. the first of the trains had been booked out, and at 3 o'clock this afternoon there were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GIVING judgment in the Common wealth Arbitration Court today on the question of what adjustment of the wage rate should be made to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The production figures of the South mine for the four weeks ended December 2 are given below, the figures for the corresponding period of last…
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