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Mining & the mines, 1918

264 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 14

On the Seas. an Admiralty Report. Mine Sweeping Sloop Lost

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 2

The Admiralty report that a minesweeping sloop was torpedoed and sunk oh the 6th May. Two officers and 13 men are missing…

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Admiralty Reports the Loss of a Mine Sweeper. (Country Edition continued.) Twenty-six Lives Lost

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 1

The Admiralty reports: A British mine sweeper was mined and sunk on 1st May. Three officers and 23. men, including a mercantile crew,…

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Mine-sweeper Torpedoed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 2

It is announced by the Admiralty a mine-sweeping sloop was torpedoed and sunk on May 6. Two officers and 13 men are missing…

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Enemy's Mines Defied

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 20

Other reports state that Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes was present throughout the operations at Ostend on board a small craft which was the last vessel to return…

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Loss of Mine Sweeper

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 22

The British Admiralty reports that n minesweeping sloop was torpedoed and sunk on May 6. Two officers and 13 men are missing…

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Roofed with Gold. Wealth of Some Russian Cathedrals

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

The recent decision of the Holy Synod not to accept responsibility for the safeguarding of property belonging to the Russian Orthodox…

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Gundagai Gold Rich Ore Struck Gundagai

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 May 1918 · page 3

Very rich gold bearing ore in calcite was found yesterday in the Long Tunnel mine at Gundagai, at the 335 feet level. It Trill De remembered that in 1912, In…

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Appeal Made to Miners. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 4

It was decided by the executive of the Miners Federation yesterday to call a special conference of delegates, to be held on June 5, to determine whether to…

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Gold Discovery at Ballarat. Ballarat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

Interest has been aroused by a gold discovery reported by the Hit or Miss propecting party, operating at Little Bendige, north of Ballarat East The party…

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The Irish Conspiracy. Sinn Fein Arrests German Gold Active London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 May 1918 · page 2

It is reported by the Dublin correspondent of "The Times" that the proclamation issued by Lord French, Lord Lieutenant, was sent to the newspapers at…

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Australian Settlement. No. Vi. Gold Digging in N.S.W., 1851-52

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 38

In years past I have delivered many lectures on early gold digging in Australia. In later days in articles I have written I have referred to the same subject…

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Coal Mine Near Urana Will Soon Be Working. Possibility That Oil May Also be Discovered

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 4

At the Coorabin coal mine, near Urana, the supervising works officer has received the sanction of the railway authorities for the construction of a loop line from the…

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Proposed Coal Board Misers' Probable Acceptance. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 May 1918 · page 2

Miners' representatives conferred with Mr. Beeby, Minister of Labor, to-day, and discussed matters relating to the aftermath of the big 1917 strike. The…

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Strike of Coal Miners London, Tuesday. Owing to Stoppage of Pay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 3

Men to the number of 17,000 have struck and the West Monmouth Mines are idle because 20 men's pay was stopped at Hollybush whilst they carried a dead…

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Board of Control for Coal. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 3

As the outcome of a deputation to the Acting Minister for the Navy. the Federal Cabinet is to be asked to consider the establishment of a Board of Control…

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How to Save Coal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 4

When sifting cinders, do not throw away the ashes. Put them in a corner; mix together 1 oz. of oxalic acid and 1lb. of common salt, pour over…

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Australian Settlement. No. Vii. the Early Goldfields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 38

In the early days of gold digging those who remained at home and attended to their usual avocations mostly did best. The great influx of people from outside…

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The Deepest Mine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 6

I. M. (Birkenhead) writes: “I see in the Popular Science Sittings” a report that the Morro Velho gold [?] in Brazil, is the deepest in the…

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Gold in Welsh Mountain Found by an Australian. London

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

James Wilde, a discharged Australian soldier, has discovered payable gold in a Welsh mountain near Barmouth…

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