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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

24 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Miners Wanted A1 Illawarra

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 2

The Illawarra collicries and difficulty to getting enough men to work the full output [?] resumption of work on…

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Bendoc Mines

The Bombala Times · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Church and party have furnished me with the following particulars. They are awaiting the returns of 6 tons of ore they sent to…

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Mine and Mine

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 4

"I should have called before, I am afraid, murmured the little man as he entered the doctor's consulting-room. "But these little things get put off…

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Inter-State News. SYDNEY, Monday. Newcastle Collieries Slack

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 2

The Newcastle collerian continue to work very slack time, and several have closed down…

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"Old Gold and Silver War Fund. Ak Interesting Fund. Will You Help?

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 2

The patriostic fund which with started in Sydney about the ha[?]granning of this year, with the Honorable Sir W. P. Cullen, C.J…

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Enemy Buys Copper Mine

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 2

Gottenburg advises that a German company has bought at a large copper mine in Sweden…

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Wool is Gold. More Than Ever Wanted

Delegate Argus · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

The Bradford correspondent of American "Sheep Breeder" writes:— "There never was a time in the history of the trade when American sheep breeders…

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Floating Mines Washed Ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1916 · page 2

Since l9l4, six hundred mines have been washed up on the Swedish cash while the Swedish marine destroyed 500 more…

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Their Weight in Gold. Value of Duntroon Officers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 2

The Melbourne "Daily Telegraph" of 3rd June says: General Sir lan Hamilton in a message written some weeks…

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Health in the Family. Gold in the Head

Delegate Argus · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 4

The following remedy for head cold has been recommended to be used like in ordinary snuff:— Powdered menthol..3 grains…

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Mining Notes

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 2

We have been furnished by Mr. Church with the following facts in regard to the Mr. Bendoc wolframbismuth mines:—Last February…

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Inter-State News. SYDNEY, Friday. Miners Object to Germans

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 2

Miners at the Coal Cliff Colliery have decided to refuse to work unless three Germans employed were dismissed. The…

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The Coal Miners' Strike. a Serious Dislocation of Industry

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 4

The coal strike throughout the Commonwealth continues, and a settlement of the difficulty is not in sight. The conference between the coal-owners…

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The Coal Crisis. War Precautions Act Invoked. Melbourne

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Hughes has called a compulsory conference under the War Precautions Act in connection with the coal crisis…

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The Coal Strike Dislocation of Train Services. Call on Motor Cars

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 2

Travelling under existing conditions by anything else than motor cars is not easy. Scarcity of coal is affecting train…

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The Coal Strike Leaders Cancel Ballot

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

The de[?]sion arrived at between the parties to the compulsory conference was that a ballot should be taken amongst…

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Alteration of Railway Timetable During Coal Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 2

During the present disastrous coal strike there will be considerable reduction of train service everywhere…

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Alteration of Railway Timetable During Coal Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2

During the present disastrous coal strike there will be considerable reduction of tram service everywhere…

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Coal, Strike Tribunal. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 2

The tribunal appointed by Mr. Hughes, the Federal Prime Minister, the Federal Prime Minister [?] the Arbitration Court, Sydney, this afternoon,…

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Alteration of Railway Timetable During Coal Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 4

During the present disastrous cool strike there will be considerable redaction of train service everywhere…

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