Effect on Employment. Hundreds Out in Broken Hill. Mines Closing Down. Sydney
Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 5
The effect of the war promises to be severely felt in Broken Hill. Already the Junction North mine has been closed down, 640 men being thrown out of work,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Savings Bank Rushed. Depositions Paid in Gold. Money Re[?]peposited. Sydney
Northern Star · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 5
A small financial panic set in in Sydney this morning, when a large number of persons invaded the Government Savings Bank and withdrew their deposits. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain Preparing. Help From Canada. French Sieze German Gold. Sydney Monday, 4.25 p.m
The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 3
Although there is no official mobilisation in Great Britain, the fleet has been ordered to take all effective measures of preparation. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export of Coal Prohibited. Wellington, N.Z.
Northern Star · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 5
The Cabinet, has resolved to prohibit the export of coal from N.Z. except for the Admiralty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mines Closed. 8000 Men Idle
Tweed Daily · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3
Mr. Jabez Wright drew the attention of the Minister for Labor and Industry to the fact that all the mines at Broken Hill had closed down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a Gold Rush. £1 a Day and Everything Found
The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 5
One of the few places where it is still possible to have adventures is the Klondyke. It is not the riotous Klondyke of [?]98, but there is still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. German Reverses. On Sea and Land. Cavalry Detachment Annihilated. Mine-laying Liner Sunk. Belgians' Vigorous Defence. A Local Mobilisation Probable. [?]Erman Ships Off the Baltio Coast. London
Tweed Daily · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3
[?] Nineteen vessels of the German Navy [?]e been sighted near the east coat the Baltic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Export of Gold. Forfe[?]re to the King. Wellingtion
Northern Star · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 7
Another amendment in the Banking Act was passed by the N.Z. pari[?]ment as a matter of [?]ncy. It provides that gold attempted to be exported from New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unarmored Cruiser Sunk. Strikes a Floating Mine. Half the Crew Perish. London
Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 5
The unarmored cruiser Amphion, which was yesterday incorrectly reported to have sunk the Koenigin Luise, struck a floating miner near the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines Close Down
Northern Star · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 5
Sir John Forrest says that overy precaution will be taken to protect the coal and other important industries. Wallaroo and Moonia copper mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mine Layer. No Hope for the Wounded. London
Tweed Daily · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 3
The German ship Koneigin Luise had apparently laid a line of mines prior to being sunk by the Destroyer Lance, and which probably extend from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sinking of the Mine Layer. the Captain and British Gunnery. London
Northern Star · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 5
The Hamburg-America liner Koenigen Louise, which was sunk near the mouth of the Thames, apparently laid a line of mines prior to being sunk, which probably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Ship Arrives. German Cruisers Outwitted. London
Northern Star · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 5
The Ocean[?]e, with fifteen million dollare of gold aboard, has reached Southampton. In order to outwit the German crui[?], the [?]nic [?]ed the Mid-Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries. Sydney
Northern Star · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5
The war may cause a censaton of work at some of the South coast [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Will Assist. London
Northern Star · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5
The Welsh minere have decided to assist the Government to their utmost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck a Mine. London
Northern Star · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 4
The T[?] entered Wirelingen and c[?]ght fire after striking a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Resolutions From the Mines. Price of Foodstuffs. Sydney
Northern Star · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5
The A.M.A., Broken Hill, passed a number of important resolutions, including the follwoing; "That this meeting calls on the State Government to call upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Laying Disater. Another Account of the Episode. London
Northern Star · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 5
Four British [?] of the Amphion and four German sallars of the Koen[?] Luise were buried in a common grave at Shotley. The Amphion [?]rvivors state that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pulganbar Quic[?]ilver and Copper Mining Co., Ltd
Northern Star · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 3
This mine, which is s[?]ed on the Upper Clarence Liver, had quite a gala day on [?], 5th August,when by the invitation of [?]as [?]oard of Directors,a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners Idle. Sydney
Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 3
Oywing to the war and the strike of miners over the afternoon shift, 5600 miners are now idle in the Newcastle and Maitland Districts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →