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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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The Coal Question. Lord Kitchener Attends Conference. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 2

Lord Kitchener will attend the closing conference of the colliery masters and the Miners' Federation, which meets at Cardiff to-morrow…

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British Destroyer. Struck by Mine or Torpedo. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 6

The Admiralty announces that a mine or torpedo damaged the destroyer Lightning on the East Coast last night. She is now in harbour. Fourteen of the crew ore missing…

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Mining. Prospecting at Sprink Creek

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 2

For some months past a party of eight have been sinking In various parts of Spring Creek, but up till a few weeks ago, did not strike anything,…

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Hoist With Their Own Petard. German Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 2

A Rhodesian trooper in a letter states that the Germans planted mines all over the desert. A German newspaper declared that General Botha's road to Windhoek would he a sea of…

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Western Front. Export of Gold Forbidden

Young Witness · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 2

PARIS, Thursday.—France has forbidden the export of gold…

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Gold in France. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 4

M. Ribot's appeal for gold met with a splendid response, which swelled the gold and silver to 4300 millions of francs…

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South Wales Miners. Threat to Stop Collieries. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 2

After a conference the South Wales miners' leaders announced that they had resolved not to accept anything less than the original proposals, and would stop the collieries on…

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Scottish Miners' Claim. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 1

The Scottish miners are claiming 25 per cent. advance on the 1888 basis. Ninety thousand men are affected. INDIA REJOICES…

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Gold Find at Adelong

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

A good find of gold has been made at Maiddle, Adelong, where a[?]greef 6in. wide, with prospects of a yield of 5oz. to 6oz. to the ton has been…

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Cessation of Work. South Wales Miners. 120,000 Men Idle

Young Witness · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.—The cessation of work in South Wales is now general. Upwards of 120,000 men are idle. The enforcement of the…

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The Price of Coal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

Mr. Runciman moved in the House of Commons the second reading of the Coal Limitation of Prices Bill. Mr. J. Walton moved the rejection of the measure on the ground that it penalised…

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The Coal Strike. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

The coal strike situation is unimproved…

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The War. Coal Strike. Serious Position. Submarines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 1

The Germans have occupied the right banks of the rivers Hindawa and Wenia (Baltic provinces), and have continued in certain sectors to advance eastward…

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Coal Strike Settled. Miners' Demands Conceded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 2

London, July 21.—All the South Wales miners' demands have been conceded, except the three years' agreement. It is reported that non-unionists are not included in the new…

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Submarines and Mines. Their Toll. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 2

Replying to a question Mr. Macnamara said that 95 neutral ships had been destroyed by German warships or mines up to the 20th July…

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The Garibaldi Gold Swords. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 1

Aboard the Guiseppe Garibaldi, the Italian cruiser which was sunk by an Austrian submarine, were the celebrated gold swords which were presented to Garibaldi by English and…

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The Latest. the War. Coal Strike Ended. Stirring Speech by Lloyd George. the Tremendous Struggle. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 2

The South Wales delegates have accepted the terms, and the miners resume to-day. Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the delegates at Cardiff, congratulated the community and the…

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The Colliery Strike. London, July 21

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 2

The South Wales miners proved correct in their contention that if they held out they would succeed in their demands. It is now definitely…

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Mines All Working Again

Young Witness · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 2

The Mines in South Wales are now all in full swing, only a few men being absent…

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South Wales Miners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

London, July 22.—Work has been resumed in the mines of South Wales, and all are fully engaged. Mr. Runciman said in a debate in the House of Commons that the extra wages and…

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