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

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 8

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

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Late Telegrams Mount Oxide Mines Case. Judgment Delivered. Directors Guilty of Negligence. Liable for £20,000. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2

Mr. Justice Harvey delivered judgment, to-day in the suit Mount Oxide Mines Ltd. against the directors in which £25,000 were claimed in respect…

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Colliery Closed Down

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 2

An unfortunate machinery accident took place one day last week at the Gunnedah Colliery, a bolt breaking in the crank shaft of the engine, driving…

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The Latest Boring Through a Mountain. Italians Lay Huge Mine. Wonderful Engineering Achievement Blows Austrian Position to Pieces. (Per Rtiuter.) London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" Milan correspondent says the destruction of the Austrian position at Coldilana was a Herculean task. It involved four…

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Old Gold and Silver Fund

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 2

Mrs. Liston acknowledges with thanks the following parcels of old gold and silver:—Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. E. King 2nd instalemnt. Mrs. Liston, senr., 2nd…

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Shocking Colliery Fatality. Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred to-day at Cessnock. A boy named Geroge Edmunds, 14 years, met his death in a shocking manner, being crushed to death in a…

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Farming and Mining Inventjons

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 5

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

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 4

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

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N.S.W. Gold Yield. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

The New South Wales gold yield for the month of April shows a comparative increase of £[?] and for the four months a comparative decrease of £56,[?]00…

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Gold Jewellery Regulation. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

The Commonwealth "Gazette" announces that the Federal Government has prohibited the importation or exporation of gold jewellery of the…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 4

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 Sappers' War. Terrible Fights in Pits Caused by Mines

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 4

"After a new series of mine explosions, accompanied by a very violent bombardment, the Germans delivered an attack on a front of about 1,500…

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Trouble at Bulli Colliery. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 2

Bulli Colljery, which employs about 200 men, was idle yesterday. It appears that two miners refused to pay their usual union levy of one shilling to the Miners…

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Greman Mine-layer Blown Up

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

A German mine layer was blown up at Falsterbo by her own mines, one of the crow, being killed…

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Chinese Carrying Gold. First Cases Under New Act. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

Two Chinese passengers by the steamer Empire were at the remande police court to-day on a charge of having in their possession amounts in gold…

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General War News Submarine's Thrilling Escape. Strikes a Mine. Drops to Bottom but Recovers. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

A thrilling story has been made public of the narrow escape of a British submarine from total destruction by the explosion of a mine…

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Farming and Mining Invenvions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 6

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

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State Coal Mine. Soon be Working at Lithgow. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 2

It, is estimated thar coal at the State mine at Lithgow will be reached within four months after the ereution of the machinery…

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Copper Mining. Authority to Enter

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 3

Before the mining warden (Mr. H. F. Roberts), at the Tamworth Courthouse yesterday, Alfred Henry Edwards, of Piallamore, applied for authority to…

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Late Telegrams Shocking Holiday Tragedy. Lady and Girl Killed at Bulli. Rum Over by Coal Skips. While Attempting to Save a Dog. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 2

A party of sighteers were making their way up Bulli Mountain when a dog owned by one of the ladies ran on to the line in front of some coal…

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