State Parliament. Child Slavery. Charges Against Dairy Farmers Untrue Coal Mine Trouble. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 2
In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr Bruntnell asked the Acting Treasurer, as the Cabinet had not come to a decision regarding the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flemington Gallops. Desert Gold and Pah King do Well. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 27 February 1918 · page 2
The features at Flemington this morning were Pah King's gallop, and the exploit of Desert Gold. The former made the best sprint over six furlongs of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Loss of the Gold-ship Madagascar
The North Western Courier · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 6
In an article on "A Lost Treasure in the Great Southern Ocean," the statement was made that of the fleet of gold-ships which carried the wealth of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Enemy Mines Off New Zealand Coast. Five More Destroyed. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Thursday 28 February 1918 · page 2
A cable message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that the naval adviser reports that five more enemy mines have been discovered and destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →End of the Coal Board. Sydney
Daily Observer · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2
The Coal Board, which came into operation towards the end of 1916, is to be dissolved. In all probability it will cease operations today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine on New Zealand Coast. Sydney, Friday, 9 a.m
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5
The Naval Department advises the New Zealand Government, referring to the recent discovery of floating mines, on the coast, that they were of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Off the Coast. Sydney Friday, 9.45 a.m
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5
The mines found off the New Zealand coast appear to be of the same pattern as those discovered off Gabo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines off New Zealand Distinctly German. Government Naval Adviser's Opinion. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2
The Naval Adviser to the New Zealand Government, referring to the recent discovery of floating mines on the New Zealand coast, said they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Conference Meets Stormy Scenes. Mr. Beeby Walks Out. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2
The compulsory conference of the representatives of employers and employees in the Coal Industry, commenced this morning. There were 12 representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria War Council Sending Miners to New South Wales. Discussion in Parliament. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2
Mr. Baddeley, President of the Coal Miners' Federation, stated to-night that he had received a telegram from the Labor Council in Melbourne intimating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Government Not Sending Miners. Melbourne
Daily Observer · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 2
Mr. Downward, th[?] Victorian Minister for Mines, denied to-day that men were being sent to New South Wales by the Victorian Government to work in coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Bricks
The North Western Courier · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2
In Washington a huge stock of gold is housed in the vaults of the United States Treasury. A corrider in the basement has been shut off by steel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hun Boat Strikes Mines. London
Daily Observer · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2
Reuter's The Hague correspondent reports that a small enemy naval craft struck some mines off [?] During the German efforts to save the crews a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Desert Gold's Late Scratching Melbourne
Daily Observer · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2
Melbourne bookmakers are complaining that Desert Gold was not withdrawn from the Essendon Stakes until the last moment for seratchings. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Miner Victimised. Lodge Secretary Denies Allegation. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2
Mr. Thompson, the Secretary of the Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge, denied the statement of, the Minister for Agriculture, that an old employee of Pelaw Main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loyalists and Firearms Maitland Miners Strongly Protest. Victimisation Troubles. MAINLAND
Daily Observer · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2
An Important conference of delegates representing the miners' lodges on the Maitland coal field was held at Kurri to discuss the question of loyalists being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Mines in N.Z. Waters. in New Zealand Waters. Wellington (N.z.). Feb. 23
The North Western Courier · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 2
The Naval Adviser to the New Zealand Government states that the mines discovered in New Zealand waters are of a known and distinctly German type…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A North Sea "Affair." Him Mine Sweeper Sunk. LONDON
Daily Observer · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2
According to Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent a telegram from Berlin says that a German mine sweeper and three fishing steamers were sunk in an affair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Parliament. Miners From Victoria. Shipbuilding on Point of Starting. Arbitration Bill Dehate. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2
In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Leader of the Opposition asked the Minister for Labor and industry, to inform the House if there was any truth in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Trouble in Western District. Union Secretary Refuses Names. West Maitland
Daily Observer · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2
In connection with the colliery mechanics' trouble, Mr. W. Waller, general secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Union, states he had learned with surprise that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →