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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Blown Up by Floating Mines. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

Two more vessels were blown up by floating mines in the North Sea. LONDON, Wednesday Germans are pillaging pedigree stock in…

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Blown Up by Floating Mines. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

Two more vessels were blown up by floating mines in the North Sea. LONDON, Wednesday Germans are pillaging pedigree stock in…

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Struck a Mine Battleship Formidable. Sunk in Channel. Most of the Crew Lost. Terrific Gale. LONDON, Jan. 1

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

LONDON, Jan. 1 The Press Bureau advises that the British battleship Formidable, 15,000 tons, a sister ship to the Bulwark, has been sunk…

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Struck a Mine Battleship Formidable Sunk in Channel. Most of the Crew Lost. Terrific Gale. LONDON, Jan. 1

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau advises that the British battleship Formidable, 15,000 tons, a sister ship to the Bulwark, has been sunk in the British Channel…

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Gunnedah Mine Idle. Men Leave Work. GUNNEDAH

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The employees of the Gunnedah Colliery Co. left the mine yesterday in a body. To-day 29 summonses were taken out against them under the Masters and…

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Gunnedah Mine Idle. Men Leave Work. GUNNEDAH

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The employees of the Gunnedah Colliery Co left the mine yesterday in a body. To-day 29 summonses were taken out against them under the Masters and…

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Gunnedah Mine Idle

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The employees of the Gunnedah Colliery Co. left the mine on Wednesday in a body. To-day 29 summonses were taken out against them…

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Goeben Strikes Mines. Copenhagen

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 8

Constantinople states that the Goeben struck two Russian mines in the Bosphorous. The repairs will occupy three months…

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Goeben Strikes Mines. Copenhagen

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 8

Constantinople states that the Goeben struck two Russian mi[?]es in the Bosphorous. The repairs will occupy three months…

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British Miners May Strike. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The Miners' Federation has ordered a ballot in West Yorkshire on the question of a strike owing to the nonpayment of the increase in wages determined by arbitration…

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British Miners May Strike. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The Miners' Federation has ordered a ballot in West Yorkshire on the question of a strike owing to the nonpayment of the increase in wages determined by arbitration…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the farming and…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 3

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with the fanning and…

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Price of Beer Raised. Miners Partake of Light Refreshments. West Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The miners of the Maitland coalfields are keenly resisting the increase in the price of beer to 4d. per pint, and they are boycotting some of the hotels in South…

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Price of Beer Raised. Miners Partake of Light Refreshments. West Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The miners of the Maitland coalfields are keenly resisting the increase in the price of beer to 4d. per pint, and they are boycotting some of the hotels in South…

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Gunnedah Mine Idle

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

The employees of the Gunnedah Colliery Co. left the mine on Wednesday, 6th inst. in a body. To-day 29 summonses were taken out against…

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Late Telegrams Northern Collieries. Afternoon Shift Trouble. Conciliation Conference. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A conference is being held at Newcastle between the representatives of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and the employers with respect to working the…

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Late Telegbams Northern Collieries. Afternoon Shift Trouble. Conciliation Conference. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

A conference is being hold at Nowcastle between the representatives of the Colliery Employees Federation, and the employers with rospect to working the…

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