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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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Tons of Gold

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 3

Curiously enough, it is not in England or America that one may sec the richest treasures of gold, it is at Petrograd, in Russia's State Bank,…

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Miner's Death at Broken Hill Mine Manager's Responsibility Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 6

A few days ago the circumstances attending the death of Ivan Vosiloff,. which occurred at the Junction North Mine, Broken Hill, was discussed in…

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Sporting Mems. [?]T.c. Autumn Meeting. Gold wins St. George Stakes MELBOURNE

The Independent · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 4

Victoria Amateur Turf-Club [?]trated the autumn racing carni[?]is afternoon, when the weather right, the track fast, and the…

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Sale of Mining Plant

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

By Moore and Davis on February 27, on account of liquidator in estate of the Tumut G.M. Co., Tumut, up-to-date mining plant including 10 head battery, two…

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New Industrial Bill Coal Miners Oppose. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. Willis, secretary of the Australian Coal and Shale Employes Federation, said this morning, that reports from the coal districts show that the strongest possible…

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Coal Strike in W.A. Trams and Trains to Stop. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 3

A serious development has occurred in the Collie coal dispute an Western Australia, for the Government has decided to restrict the train and tram services to…

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Mining

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 3

The "Australasian" of last week writes:—The prospectus of the Wallace Chiltern Valley Gold Mines, Rutherglen, has been circulated. The…

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Dissatisfied Coal Miners Want the Goal Board Back. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 2

A deputation, introduced by Mr. Baddeley, President of the Coal and Shale Employes' Federation, representing Newcastle miners, asked the Prime Minister this…

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Shuffling Off the Burden State Does Not Want Coal Mines Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 4

The Executive Council to-day determined to issue a proclamation cancelling the former proclamation by which the State acquired all coal mines in the State. This…

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Importing Coal Miners to Work N.S.W. Mines. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

Mr. Baddeley, President of the Coal Federation, stated to-night that he had received a telegram from the Labor…

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Those German Mines

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

The naval adviser of the New Zealand Government, referring to the recent discovery of floating mines on the New Zealand coast, said they…

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The German Laid Mines

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

The mines found on the New Zealand coast appear to be of the same pattern as those discovered off Gabo Island, being the most powerful that…

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The Coal Conference Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

At the conference between representatives of mine owners and miners to-day, it was agreed that both parties should meet separately and draft statements of the…

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Floating German Mines Off New Zealand Coast. Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

The Naval Adviser to New Zealand Government announces tie discovery and destruction of five additional mines in the suspected area off Capo Farewell, South…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Thursday Evening. More Mines on New Zealand Coast

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

The naval adviser to the New Zealand Government announces that five additional mines have been discovered, and destroyed, off Cape…

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Sporting Mems. V.A.T.C Meeting Concluded. Defeat of Desert Gold. Futurity Stakes won by Wedge. MELBOURNE

The Independent · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 4

There was again a very large gathering at Caulfield today, when the second half of the V.A.T.C. Autumn campaign was brought to a successful…

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Collie Coal Strike Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 3

There is a general feeling in Perth that the coal miners will accept the Government's offer and that the trouble is practically over…

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Australian Miners in France

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 23

In an account of the work of the Australian tunnellers Mr. Phillip Gibbs, special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," says that he went beneath No…

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Germans Strike Mine-field

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 22

Telegrams received in Amsterdam on Friday night from Vlieland (a Dutch island at the northern end of the Zuyder Zee) state that there was a naval…

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Pure Gold. I.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 11

"It is a great and glorious work, and cannot fail to be an unqualified success. That is my verdict, Jules.”As he spoke, Marie Temple laid the script upon…

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