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Mining & the mines, 1917

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Coal Lumper Shot. An Arrest Made

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 November 1917 · page 2

David Thomas M'Intosh was arrested on Tuesday evening, and charged with maliciously wounding. The police report states that M'Intosh and a…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 November 1917 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday. Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president was in…

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"Baby Mine."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Miss Beatrice Holloway, the clever young Australian actress, scores a huge success in her role as "Zoie," the childish wife of a business man in the new…

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British Mining. Scientific Methods Urged. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 5

The Press Bureau announces that the Ministry for Munitions is inviting owners of tin and tungsten mines in Cornwall and Devon to establish a research association…

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Deadly Enemy Mines. Made in Germany. the Gabo Discovery. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 November 1917 · page 4

It has now been ascertained that the mine sweepers off Gabo dragged to the surface mines of almost modern type, terrifically powerful, which bore markings indicating…

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Coal Mines Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 4

An examination of candidates for certificates of competency as manager, under-manager, and deputy under the Coal Mines Regulation Act was held at the…

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"Baby Mine."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 5

Miss Beatrice Holloway, the clever young Australian actress, scores a huge success in her role as "Zoie," the childless wife of a business man in the new…

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Victimised Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 4

The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation, questioned concerning the probable attitude of the organisation to the tribunal appointed to investigate the cases of…

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Miners Go North. Queensland Inducements

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 14

It is suited that 300 miners in the northern district have gone to Queensland, where the inducements offered by the Government [?]re considered su[?]ent to justify the…

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Mining Fatality. Death of Percy Augustus Davies

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 6

The adjourned inquest touching the death of Percy Augustus Davies, who received fatal injuries in the East Greta Colliery on the 23rd instant, was held at the…

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Gold in the Congo. Large Alluvial and Reef Deposits

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 7

Sir Alfred Sharpe, in an interview published in the "African World," states that, during the operations of the recent expedition, in which he spent nearly three…

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The Mines Off Gabo "Made in German" Terrifically Powerful. How One Was Exploded. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 5

It has now been ascertained that the mines which minesweepers found off Oabo were "made in Germany." All were terrifically powerful, with five…

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Work at the Collieries. for Fortnightly Pay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1917 · page 2

Work at the various collieries of the Newcastle and Maitland colfields for the fortnight ended on Saturday last was of a limited character, and only eight mines put in…

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Enemy Mines. Found Off the Coast. Laid by Experts

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1917 · page 1

The story of the minefield which was recently discovered off the coast was told by one of the officers of the vessel which discovered the…

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South Greta Miners Lodge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 November 1917 · page 4

A meeting of members of the South Greta Miners Lodge will be held at the Sportsman's Arms Hotel to-morrow (Thursday) night at 7.30, when a full attendance…

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Colliery Strike

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 2

The first colliery strike since the settlement of the general strike took place on Tuesday, when Lymington was thrown idle. The dispute arose over…

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Colliery Grievances. Statement by Mr. Baddeley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 3

Questioned upon Federation affairs generally, Mr. Baddeley, president of the coal and shale Federation, said that matters were somewhat hotter this week than since…

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State Gold Yield. Increased for October

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 3

Mr. R. H. Cambage, the Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in the State for October was 11,308 offices crude,…

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Man Power Wins. Coal-handling Plant Beaten

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 November 1917 · page 3

Replying to a question in the Legislative Council, South Australia, regrading the coal-handing plant at Port, Mr. Rice, the Minister for works, gave the following…

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