Gold Embargo
For the future no person will be permitted to take away from Australia no more than £50 in gold except in special cases, which will be considered entirely on their merits…
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Mining & the mines, 1915
663 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 34
Cessnock District News. Colliery Dispute Settled
Work, at Abernethy colliery (Aberdare South) has been suspended for some time, owing to a dispute concerning increase of wages to the employees. It was reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Advance
Mr. Asquith has awarded the Scottish miners threepence advance daily. They asked for ninepence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold at Braidwood. Reported Discovery
Sydney, Friday.—A gold discovery is reported to have been made near Braidwood by Thomas Short. The reef is down 20 feet, showing gold freely 2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine at Anzac. Bomb Encounter. London
The Turks recently fired a mine at Russelstop in the Anzac region, where we occupied a part of the enemy's underground workings on the 20th. A fight occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turkish Transport. Sunk by Mine. Amsterdam
A Zurich telegram reports that a Turkish transport with 500 troops aboard struck a mine in the Sea of Marmora and sunk. Nearly all were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Officials. Application for Award
The Coal-mining (North) Group. No. 1. Deputies, Shot-firers, and Waste Examiners) Wages Board sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday to further deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mining Situation
The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation has received a reply from the colliery proprietors to the request of the delegate board for a further conference to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Matters. Coal and Shale Miners
The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Miners' Federation met in Sydney yesterday at the Trades Hall. Mr. J. Baddeley, the president, occupied the chair, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Collieries' Agreement
Following is the new agreement arrived at between the Southern Colliery proprietors and the employes' association at the compulsory conference in Melbourne:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Mechanics Association
Members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association have agreed to make collections fortnightly in aid of the Red Cross funds, and the other day Mr. Waller, secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Disaster. Present Death Roll 19. VANCOUVER
Reports from Bommer, Virginia, indicate that nineteen men are known to have been killed at the explosion in Mine No. 2 of the Bommer Coal and Coke Co…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smallpox in Mining Towns
Two additional cases oil smallpox have been notified, one at Kurri and the other at Heddon Greta (writes our Mines representative). In the latter case the patient,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Explosion. Nineteen Persons Killed. Bommer (Virginia). Dec. 1
Nineteen men are known to have been killed by an explosion in No. 2 mine of the Bommer Coal and Coke Company. According to rescue parties emerging from the working, eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Conciliation Court
A conciliation court sat at the Abermain colliery office on Thursday to deal with several matters affecting the working condition at the mine (writes our Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Proposed Agreement. Taking a Ballot
At a special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board hold at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday, with Mr. J. Baddeley, president, in the chair, the agreement drawn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dardanelles. Mining and Sapping
London, Thursday..—A French, communique says:—On Saturday and Sunday at the Dardanelles there, was the usual activity on both sides. One of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Explosion. Nineteen Persons Killed. Bommer (Virginia). Dec. 1
Nineteen men are known to have been killed by an explosion in No. 2 mine of the Bommer Coal and Coke Company. According to rescue parties emerging from the workings, eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian Note Issue. £14,000,000 Gold Reserve
Sydney, Friday.—Australian notes have been issued representing over £40,000,000, against which a gold reserve is held by tho Federal Treasurer, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay
Work at the various collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland districts was fairly well maintained during the fortnight ended on Saturday. Ten collieries put in full time,…
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