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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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The "Telegraaf" states that the Germans are employing 40,000 miners at collieries at Mons, Liege, and Charleroi sending coal to Germany, and also timber from Namur,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Views expressed by leading South Maitland miners (writes our Mines representative) Indicate, unmistakably that the offer of the coal proprietors concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr H. C. Parle's brave act in connetion with the Little Sirius Cove shark tragedy was eulogised by the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheriff Pasha, upon being interviewed stated that the Turks did not wish to join with Germany, but had no alternative, because they were at the mercy of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The majority of the pits in the Newcastle and Maitland districts put in full time, or near it, during the past fortnight. Jesmond and Lymington lost through labour troubles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over one hundred mines have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast, Soldiers at Knocke, Hoyst and Zedbrugge are busy exploding them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An employee of the South Gretu Colliery, Fred. Compton, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from injuries to his log, the result of an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The farewell remarks of the ex-governor of German New Guinon need to be taken with a grain of Salt," remarked a member of the Australian expedition which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An employee of the South' Greta colliery. Herbert Compton, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital on Monday afternoon suffering from injuries to his leg, the result of an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nine miles north-east of Cracow, the great Austrian-Polish fortress town, are the remarkable salt mines of Wicliczka, the most famous in the world. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Golden Horseshoe Mine (W.A.) was the scene of a shocking accident, an Italian miner being blown to pieces. The victim was a single man, named Joseph Tuya,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Italian merchant ship Varese struck an Austrian mine off Pola. The whole crew were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over one hundred mines have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast. Soldiers at Knocke, Heyst, and Zeebrugge are busy exploding them…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Dutch motor war sloop was blown up by a mine in the Scheldt. Five persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many people are wondering what has become of the proposed mining rescue station, which the Mines Department, some time since decided to establish at Kurri. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Much interest is being taken in Bendigo in the case of the Chinese Willie Tack Yow, who is charged with having failed to satisfy Constable Earnshaw that he had become…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Think thee that we'll win, lad?" said one. "Why sure, said the other. Flast though not heard news? There are 20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A correspondent at Ensenada, Lower Callforla, sends to the London "Daily Mail" an interesting account of how the Germans established a powerful wireless station on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A serious fire occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the Diamond Gold-mining Company's property at Diamond Creek (Vic.). The outbreak occurred at about 3 o'clock, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The West Yorkshire miners will formally tender three weeks' notice next week, and 38,000 will go on strike unless some arrangement is reached…
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