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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

231 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 12

Coal Lu[?]

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

A number of colliers, [?] at another in the barbor, waiting [?] out coal form new[?] have put in an appears…

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Miners Ignore Daylight Saving

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

The daylight saving arrangements are to be ignored in the working of the mines on the northern coal fields…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

Rents are due on: G.L. 25, of 3ac. [?]. 18p., p. Cooney, c. Sandon, The New S. G.M. Co. (N.L.); G. L. 88, of 4ac. lr. 32p., p., Metz, c. Sandon, A…

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Gold Discovery in Bathurst District

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

A discovery of rich near Sunny Comer, about twelve miles from Bathrust, has been reported…

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Miners' Reserves

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

John Murphy was charged with trespassing stock on the Mining Reserve at Copeton. He asked for particulars…

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Effect or Hest on Coal-Lumpers

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

The intense heat of Friday was responsible for the coal-lumpers engaged in loading the Australian Steamship Company's steamer Burwah knocking…

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The War. Italian Battleship Sunk. Strikes Two Mines. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

A Rome official message says:—The battlefield Regina Margherita struck two mines in the open sea on Thursday night and sank in a few minutes…

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New Gold Find. How Field Was Discovered. Horse As Prospector

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

An interesting story allaches to the gold discovery at Sunny Corner, near Bathurst. One of the prospectors. Mr. Alex. Gray, was chasing his horse…

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Aftermath of Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

Acoording to reports, eighty organisations were in the labor market in December slack, due to after-effects of the coal strike and cessation of work…

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Coal in Roumania. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

Petrograd states that rich coal seams have been discovered close to the surface in Roumania…

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New England Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. W. I. Perry, mining warden for New England, has issued his report for the year, dealing with the work done on the various fields, and from…

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Another Mining Dispute

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 8

An important aggregate meeting of the members of the Federated Mining Mechanics' and Surfacemen's Mutual Protection Association of Australia was…

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Rich Gold Mine in a Hut

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

Sovereigns have been a rarely of [?]—in fact, most people have not [?] the color of one for quite a long [?] In a little hut, at the 4-Mile,…

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Coal Miners for Military Service. London

The Inverell Times · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

The British Government has decided to release a large number of men in coal mines for military service…

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Your "Bit" and Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

A young bank clerk, who enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and saw service in Gallipoli and France, returned recently invalided (says the…

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More Demands by the Miners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 9

An important aggregate meeting of the members of the Federated Mining Mechanics' and Surfacemen's Mutual Protective Association of…

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Gold Find at Lucknow

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 5

Mr. Bert. Davies, who has been[?]pecting to the [?] of Lucknow, in the vicinity of the old rifle range, has come upon stone at a depth of 11…

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Anzac Stretcher [?]Rs. "Always in Thick to It." "No [?]Or for Gold [?]Ters."

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 6

"I take off my [?] to the stretcher [?] every time," says Corporal Thomas Davin, of the Australian [?]…

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Shortage of Coal in Germany. London

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

A Turkish message says that thirteen schools have been closed in Berlin owing to the lack of coal…

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