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

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Shots Fired During Gold Dispute. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 2

Constable Graham, Christopher Herefoot, and the teller of the London Bank at Ararat, Victoria, were shot to-day by a man during a dispute over the sale of…

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Welsh Coal Troubles Settled. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

The difficulties of the Welsh coal fields are believed to have been settled for the druation of the war. The conference of coal owners aiul…

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Miners Insist on Eighit Hours Bill. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

The position of the coal industry on the South Coast has assumed a serious aspect. Four wines are idle, involving about a thousand miners…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 8

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Cas[?]reagh Street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with…

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German Mine Field

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2

The German paper "Kreuzzeitung" contains a statement that the, new German mine field .which has been laid on the southern part of the…

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Naval Fight Off Zeebrugge. Germans Scatter Mines. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2

An Amsterdam paper referring to the [?]ght off Zeebrugge says several crawlers accompained the German destroyers dul[?] [?]ng the engagement possibly for the…

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Conditions on Goldfields

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 7

"Total prohibition is logical in theory, but in practice is a failure. To my mind, the aim of temperance advocates, among whom I rank myself,…

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Miners Refuse to Work. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 2

The alli[?]vial mines Ararat, Victoria, closed down yesterday through the miners refusing to work on the contract system. 300 men are out of work…

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British in the West. Mine and Bomb Warfare. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 2

Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy on Friday night sprang a mine near the Hohenzollern redoubt. He entered the trench but was bomed out…

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Embargo on Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 3

The Federal Treasurer has decided to impose for the time being an absolute embargo on the export of gold from the Commonwealth…

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Mining Company's Trouble. Unionists' Dog-in-the-Manger Policy. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

The mining warden at Hill End refused the application of the Amalgamated Hill End Mining Coy. for the suspension of labor conditions…

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Export of Gold. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 4

The Federal Treasurer says he will inform Parliament and the public when the House meets of his particualr rea son for suspending the export of gold…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 6

Messrs. Griflith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with…

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Cargo of Mines Aboard. Caused Greif to make such a Flare. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 March 1916 · page 2

The Andes, one of the A[?] [?]serts, participated in the fight. The Andes was dexteriously handled and evaded the torpedoes. She rained shells…

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Mount Oxideo Mines Case. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 2

Evidence was concluded in the Mount Oxide, mines case to-day.Counsel are now addressing the court…

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The Latest Battle of St. Eloi. First Graphic Story. Preceded by Terrible Mine Explosion. British Early Morning Charge. Fusiliers Sweep Through Entanglements. Germans Make Little Resistance. (Per Reuter.) London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 2

Phillip Gibbs, the war correspondent, says the British achievement at St. Eloi was of real importance. It was planned by fine generalship and…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 3

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

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The Tamworth Daily Observer Wednesday, April 5, 1916. Labor Offers a Gold Brick

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 2

The introduction by a private Labor member of a Totalisator measure that did not provide for the abolition of the bookmakers was just the sort of gold…

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Decreased Gold Yield. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 2

The New South Wales gold yield for the first three months of the present year shows a decrease in value of £6[?],000…

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Broken Hill Trouble Ended. Miners Give Guaranter. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 2

The Broken Hill miners have decided to give a guarantee to the Arbitration Court that they would not miss the four hours' shift on saturday mornings…

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