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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Mine Disaster Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 3

An explosion occurred at Ralphs coal mine at Huntly, while over 50 men were below. Twenty-one miners have been rescued, badly burned…

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Mining Disaster. Auckland

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 2

Further particulars of the New Zealand mining disaster show that twelve bodies have been recovered. Relief parties are working…

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Items of News. Mining Lease Rentals

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 2

Last week's Government "Gazette" notified that rents were due on mining leases 5 and 6, 25 acres each, in the Parish [?] Livingstone, and 7 and 8…

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Notice to Applicants for Mining Leases

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 2

Rents are due and owing upon the undermentioned leases and if not paid within thirty days such leases may be cancelled: G. Mackenzie 5 and 6,…

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Defence of Pola. by Land and Sea. Howitzers, Live Wires and Mines. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 3

Reports from Austria state that the cold in Galicia is intense, particularly at night. The soldiers are suffering terribly…

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Bangadang Gold Mine

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

Messrs Langsford and State, direct ors of the Bangadang Goldmining Co' accompanied by Mr Wesley, metalurgist expert, paid a visit to the mine…

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German Pacific Fleet. in Urgent Need of Coal. Fleet's Position Known. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 3

The whereabouts of the German fleet in the Pacific is well known to the Australian fleet. Messages from German cruisers are…

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Bangadang Mine

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4

MESSRS. Langsford and Sate, directors of the Bangadang Gold mining Co., accompanied by Mr. Wesley, metalurgist expert, paid a…

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Coal Enough for a Thousand Years

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 7

According to a calculation made by the International Geological Congress of Canada, the available supply of coal still unmined in the world is…

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Coal for the Germans. Stored in the Marshalls. Cruiser's Significant Presence

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2

The presence of a German in the Marshall Islands is significant in view of the report that there are 25,000 tons of coal stored there for…

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Mine and Countermine. Briton and German Meet Underground Hand to Hand Fight in a Tunnal. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

Sapper Gilhooly, of the Royal Engineers, relates how last week, at the Marne, they spent two days constructing a mine towards the German…

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Austrian Fleet. Destroyer and Two Sub-marines Sunk. Struck by Mines. Milan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 2

Advices from Trieste state that two torpedo boats of the Austrian high sea fleet, and an Austrian destroyer, struck mines at Dalmatia and sunk…

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German Mine-layers Sunk. Cruiser and Two Tor-pedoers. Russian Cruiser's Retribution. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 4

It is reported that the Russian cruiser Baku sank a German cruiser and two German torpedo boats, which were mine laying in the Baltic…

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Mighty Struggle Continues Alternate Successes and Reverses. General Position Unchanged. Austrian High Seas Fleet. Suffers from Mines. Destroyer and Two Submarines Sunk. British Assisting the Japs. Struggle Continues Fighting with Remarkable Fierceness. Alternate Retirement and Advance. No Notable Change. Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 2

The latest position is cabled : On the left, between Somme and the Oise, we made progress in the direction of Roys…

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The Fighting in France the Allies Move On. Fierce Resistance Encountered. Issue in the Balance. the Campaign in Prussia. German Army Defeated. Details of the Naval Disaster. Latest News. "Daily Advertiser" office, Saturday. 2 a.m. Torpedo Boats Lost. Three Austrian Vessels Sunk. Work of Floating Mines. Milan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 4

Advices from Trieste state that two torpedo boats of the Austrian High Sea Fleet, and an Austrian destroyer struck mines at Dalmatia and sank…

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Floating Mines. Sink Two Vessels. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1914 · page 2

A Norwegian steamer and a British trawler have been destroyed by mines in the North Sea…

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Steamer's Experiences. Overdue Moldavia Arrives. Often Stopped by French Vessels. Germans in the Indian Ocean. Coal Supply at Batavia. Perth (W.a.), Sat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1914 · page 3

The mail steamer Moldavia arrived at Fremantle to-day, four days behind. The passengers had an anxious time, if being reported that a…

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Papuan Gold

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

When Sir Rupert Clarke abandoned his expedition 600 miles up the Fly River Papua, three members of his expedition the brothers Frank and…

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Mines in the North Sea

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

A Norweigan steamer and a British trawler have been blown up by mines in the North Sea…

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Coal for the Germans. Supplies From Manila. Two Colliers Seized by British. Japanese Steamer in Brisbane. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 3

The Japanese steamer, [?]nabe Mara, which arrived in Brisbane to-day from Japan, reported that between 20 and 30 German ships are taking refuge at…

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