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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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The War Derelict Mine Explodes. Disaster at Norfolk. Russia and Germany. Peace Negotiations Broken Off. Sydney, Thursday 7 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 17

A mine, which, was washed ashore at Pegwell Bay, Kent, exploded while a number of men were trying to drag it ashore, killing seven and injuring…

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Latest War News (Country Press Association Message Mine Explodes. Killing Seven, Injuring Fourteen. SYDNEY

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

A mine washed ashore at Pigwell Bay, Kent, exploded while a number of men were trying to drag it ashore, killing seven and injuring 14…

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Threatened Coal Trouble Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

The trouble at Scarbor[?] Colliery is still unsettled. The management yesterday dismissed [?] wh[?] ers…

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Platinum Mining at Fifield

Forbes Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

A report from Fifield says that in mining matters things are quiet at the new rush just now, work having ceased for the present. Up to the…

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The Coal Agreement. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 15

The Victorian State Cabinet has declined to agree to the proposed arrangement for the New South Wales Government to supply them with a…

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New South Wales Coal for Victoria. Victorian Cabinet Not Agreeable. SYDNEY

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

The Victorian State Cabinet has declined to agreed with the proposal that the New South Wales Government supply Victoria with a million tons of…

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Coal Mines. State Nationalisation Mooted. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Mr Homan says that the qestion of nationalising coal mines has not been discussed by the Cabinet, but adds that proposals may be brought…

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The Mother Shipton Mine. Reef 15 Inches Wide

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The new syndicate which was formed a few weeks ago to further exploit the Mother Shipton Mine, in Upper Temora, have good reason…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Surprise Packet Promised Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Holman stated yesterday that the Cabinet had done nothing in connection with the rumored nationalisatio of the coal mines. Thus far the…

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New Mine-sweeper

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 3

A mine-sweeping device calculated to pick up and safely bring to the surface any mines that may be in the path of vessels is now being attached to a number of ships…

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Coal Supplies. Reported Settlement. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

An amicable settlement has practically been reached in the trouble between N.S.W. and Victoria regarding coal supplies…

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New Mine-sweeper

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 3

A mine-sweeping device calculated to pick up and safely bring to the surface any mines that may be in the path of vessels is now being attached to a number of ships…

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Mining Court

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

In the Mining Warden's Court, an authority to enter was granted to T. M. Baker…

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Lymington Coal Trouble

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

The Lymington Colliery is still idle. Some of the wheelers have been served with summonses…

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Explosion in a Colliery

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

It is reported from Canada that an explosion ooourred in a oolliery at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, which was being worked by alien labour…

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That Queer Coal Business

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

MESSRS. JOSEPH PALMER AND SONS treat of the above matter in their Monthly Share List : A good deal of amazement has…

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Adelong Alluvial Mining

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

A nett profit of £4812 was made by the Adelong Creek Dredge Company, N.L., during the half year, ended November 30, as compared…

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The Coal Contract. Financial Experts' Criti. Cism

Forbes Times · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 4

Messrs. John Palmer and Sons, in their monthly share list for January, write:—A good deal of amazement has been…

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Latest Telegraphic. Coal Supply. Considering the Question. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 4

Mr Hughes has called a conference, representative of all States except Queensland, to consider the whole question of Australian coal…

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To Preserve Coal

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 7

Coal left out of doors, exposed to the weather for, say, a month, loses one-third of its heating quality. If a ton of coal is placed on the ground…

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