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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

142 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 8

Barometric Pressure and Mine Explosions

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 4

Just what relations, it any. exist between barometric conditions and explosions in coal mines are still unknown, though the matter has been the…

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Mining Application

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 5

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Correspondence. Our Mining Reserves. (To the Editor Inverell "Times.")

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 3

Sir,—Are there just grounds for complaint from a bona fide miner's point of view? I think so. Our mining reserves are exclusively for the…

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The Mine Sweepers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 3

Miss Mary Jay has just despatched another 100 pairs of knitted socks to the Queen for the Mine-Sweepers in the North Sea. This makes the fifth hundred…

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Mine Hanging Over Bows. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 5

A member of the crew of the [?] states: "We pumped around the Sea of [?] a few days without sighting anything, until Sunday morning,…

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Wales Miners Strike. 120,000 Men Idle

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 4

The cessation of work in South Wales is now general, upwards of 120,000 men being idle. The enforcement of the Munitions Act stiffened…

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MINE-SWEEPERS. Their Perilous Work

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 4

A fleet of mine-sweepers is clearing a path through the Dardanelles for the great battleships which are battering own the forts with their powerful…

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Welsh Miners Out. 120,030 Men Idle. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 19 July 1915 · page 3

The cessation of work in South Wales is now general. Upwards of 120,000 men are idle. The enforcement of the Munitions Act has stiffened…

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Coal Crisis. Factories Close Down. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

There is despondency at the South Wales miners executive returning, despite the promise to meet Mr. Rudciman…

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How Warships Bat Up Coal

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 6

One of the many new items of expenditure which we have to face in the present war ia the cost of fuel (says the "Globe"). The Navy Estimates for…

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Welsh Coal Strike Universal Condemnation of the Men. "Ugly, Odious Business." Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 7

It is officially announced that the Welsh coal strike is settled, and the men are expected to resume work today…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Universal Condemnation of the Men. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 2

The "Times" says the Munitions Act has broken down at the first attempt to apply it if the government is going to ignore the Act it can hardly…

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How Warships Eat Up Coal

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

One, of the many new items of expenditure which we hare to face in the present war is the cost of fuel (says the "Globe") The Navy Estimates for the…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 7

The Butlers mine at Torrington has temporarily closed down for wank of water. This is one of the richest and best developed reef tin [?] in…

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Royalties' Gold Battleships

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 4

By the Admiralty's orders perfect models are made in paraffin wax of every new battleship before it is laid down, and these models are tested in…

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Valuing Mining Lands

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 4

One of the vexed questions in connection with Local Government for years past has been the method of valuing mining lands for rating…

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Welsh Miners Again

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 6

A thousand Welsh miners are striking as a protest against, the tardy settlement of their trouble. the Coal Conciliation Board has failed to…

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Coal-laden Sailer Sunk

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 6

Russian torpedo beats have sunk a coal-laden sailer bound for the So[?]phorus…

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"That Young Brother of Mine"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 7

One man who went to the Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on Tuesday to enlist was keenly disappointed. It was the eighth time he had tried, and had…

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Mine Exploding by Wireless

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 4

From France came news a few months ago of success in the art of exploding scean mines by wireless impulses, but the news was received, with suspicion…

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