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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

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British Spring Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports on Saturday: "We sprang three mines on Friday night in the neighborhood of Looe, with satisfactory results…

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Coal at Oaklands

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 4

The work of thoroughly testing the coal seam, which was discovered last year when boring for water on the property of Mr. J. T. Lane, at Coorabin…

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Huns Lured to Death. Division Wiped Out. French Mine Caures Wood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 2

"Le Journal" of Paris has published details of an episode in the Caures wood, to which the Germans greatly aspired. The article states that French engineers…

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Coal Shortage in Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 32

Owing to the refusal of the coal lumpers to work overtime stocks of coal in Melbourne are becoming depleted, and if the attitude of the men is persisted in it is…

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Coal at Oaklands. a Trial Shaft

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 1

The work of thoroughly testing the coal seam, which was discovered last year when boring for water on the properly of Mr J. T. Lane, at…

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Mines in the Channel. P. and O. Liner Maloja Sunk. 147 Lives Lost. No Australians Aboard. Several Other Vessels Sunk. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

Lloyd's report just received states that the P. and O. steamer Maloja was mined in the Straits of Dover, and is now sunk…

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Straits Free of Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

A significant, but unconfirmed message received in Athens states that the Turks are removing all mines from the Dardanelles waterway…

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The Coal Find

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

The contractor for sinking the shaft on Mr J. T. Lane's property, at "Hudroyd," Coorabin Siding, is progressing most satisfactorily,…

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Coal Export Embargo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 33

The embargo on the export of coal, and the consequent unemployment in the Newcastle district, was brought under the notice of the Acting Prime Minister…

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The Dardanelles. Turks Removing Mines

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 6

It is significant, but unconfirmed, the report that the Turks are removing their mines from the Dardanelles…

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North Sea Full of Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

A Norwegian pea captain, says a message from Copenhagen, reports that the North Sex is full of German mines…

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Wolfram Mining at Wymah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 1

Present appearances indicate early and extensive developments in wolfram mining in the Wymah district. Recently a syndicate composed of Albury…

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On the Seas. The Menace of Mines. Two British Naval Boats Lost

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 1

The Admiralty reports that the destroyer Coquette and torpedo boat No. 11 have been mined and sunk off the East Coast…

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Other Items. News from Kut-el-Amara. Mr Lloyd George on the Drink Drag Cordial Japanese-American Relations. German Mines in the North Sea. Reported Rioting in Cologne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 1

It is officially announced that General Aylmer is now only seven miles from Kut-el-Amara, but is unable to dislodge the Turks…

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

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 3

This Patriotic Fund which was started in Sydney about the beginning of this year, with the Hondrable Sir W. P. Cullen. C. J., K.C.M.G., as President. Mr…

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Mine Explosions and Bombardment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 23

Sir Douglas Haig reports that the enemy exploded two mines at La Bassee Canal and Neuve Chapelle, damaging a portion of the salient of the British trenches. The…

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Mines in North Sea

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 22

The announcement is made by the British Admiralty that the auxiliary cruiser Fauvette (2644 tons) has been sunk by a mine off the east coast of England…

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Solid British Victory. in a Slough of Terror. Mine Grater Like Big Black Mushroom

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 2

In a despatch, dated March 13, from, the British headquarters in France, "The Daily Mail's" correspondent describes 10 days' fighting. "Where the Hohenzollern redoubt formerly…

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Submarines Laying Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

British trawlers in naval employ searching for mines in the North Sea, were at work just at dawn one morning reaping once more the mysteriously sown harvest,…

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Other Items. a Canadian War Loan. Peace Proposals via Switzerland. British Ministers Arrive in Paris. Dutchmen Perturbed by the Mine Strewn Channel. The Cost of the East African Campaign

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

A writer in the London "Star" says that there are many signs on the East Coast of England that the military authorities share the view that the…

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