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

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Germany's Tower of Gold No Burglars Need Apply

The North Western Courier · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 6

Even the modern burglar, with his oxy-acetylene gas, would find some difficulty in getting at the France German War indemnity stored up in the…

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Land Mark Demolished at Manly Exit Merry-go Round. Sovereign Smith's Gold Buttons

The North Western Courier · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 3

An old landmark and institution, in Manly disappeared during the week in the shape of the famous merry-go-round on the corso. For nearly a…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 22 July 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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Maitland Colliery Conference Maitland

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

The conference between the representatives of the Maitland colliery mechanies and the colliery proprietors, was continued to-day in Newcastle…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 1

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

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Still No Settlement. Maitland Colliery Conference. MAITLAND

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

The conference between the colliery machines who were recently on strike, and the Colliery Proprietors' Association was resumed to-day at Newcastle…

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Maitland Colliery Trouble Over. Mailand

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 31 July 1916 · page 2

At a combined meeting of the colliery mechanies of Pelaw Main. Hebburn, Stanford Merthyr and Richmond Main held at King's Hall last evening the…

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Disobedient Management. Miners Throw Collieries Idle. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 August 1916 · page 2

Owing to the management recently summoning a wheeler for insulting language and later resenting a demand from the morning wheelers that the summons…

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South Coast Coal Trouble. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

The position on the South Coast has been complicated by the decision of the district delegate board not to accept the terms of the tentative agreement…

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Maitland Coal Trouble. Maitland

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 8

An aggregate meeting of miners employed in the South Maitland colleries was held. to-day at Weston, when Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the…

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Wels[?] Miners Re-consider Holidays. (Reuter's' Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

At the urgent request of the Government the South Wales miners are reconsidering their decision to take holidays…

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Rich Gold Discovery. Claim of Four Hobart Men. SYDNEY.Tuesday

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 2

Four Hobart residents arrived at Burnie last night and claimed to have made the richest discovery of gold in the annals of Australia, and one of the…

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"A Heart of Gold." Sir F. Milner's Tribute to Lord Kitchener

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 1

One of the charming incidents showing the kindly nature of Lord Kitchener are contained in a letter from Sir Frederick Milner to the "Daily…

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Send-off to Mr. D. G. McDonald. Presented with Gold Watch and Chain

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 4

Mr. D. G. McDonald, railway stationmaster, was given a send-off last night, at the supper room of the Mechanics' Institute…

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Coal Trouble Settled. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 14 August 1916 · page 2

At Newcastle yesterday the lodge of the Colliery Employees' Federation decided by a large vote to accept a tentative agreement between the colliery…

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Colliery Disaster. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 2

Thirteen were killed in a colliery explosion at Ashington Northumberland…

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Mine Manager Killed. Buried by Fall of Earth. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 22 August 1916 · page 2

While imspecting one of the levels at the new Golden Fleece mine at Bendigo to-day, James Hebbel, manager of the mine, was killed…

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Kalgoorlie Miners on Strike. Enemy Subjects Cause of Trouble. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 24 August 1916 · page 2

The decision of the West Australian Miners Union not to work with enemy subjects was given effect to on the Associated mine, Kalgoorlie, to-day, when…

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State Parliament Upper House Referendum. State Coal Mine. Ministerial Defiance of Legislative Council. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 2

In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Colquhoun asked the Premier was it his intention to submit the referendum on the question of the abolition of the Upper…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 5

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

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