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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Coal Shortage. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 2

Tim British Government is convening a mass meeting of representatives of the coal industry to consider the insufficient yield…

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Naval Fight. Reported Russian Victory. Two German Warships Sunk. Enemy Mine-layer Ashore. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1915 · page 2

It is reported Hint four Russian cruisers chased the German minelayer Albatross, off the coast of Sweden. Gunfire killed 21 and wounded…

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Gold Dredging. a Jackalas Matter

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 2

At the Warden's Court on Friday last an inquiry under section 91 of the Mining Act was hold, by direction of the…

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Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company. Revenue Over £1,000,0000. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 3

During the year ended May 31 the total total received by the Mount Jorgan Gold Mining Co. announced to over £1,000,0000…

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Coal for Next Winter. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 2

The city of Paris is expending £1,600,000 for the purchase of coal to provide for the needs of the population during next winter…

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Achi Baba. Combined General Attack. Austro-italian Front. Great Battle in Progress. Furious Fighting at Arras. British Superiority Asserts Itself. Germans Severely Beaten. Fiendish Outrages in Galicia. Sick Russians Burnt Alive. the Dardanelles. Crude Mine Thrower. Turk Hurled Into Allies' Trenches. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 2

A French officer, writing from Gallipoli, says: "We have started using a small, roughly made mine thrower. It has wings, and produces…

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France Forbids Gold Export

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 2

France has forbidden the export of gold…

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Mining Mems

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 2

The whole of the men employed by the Adelong Gold Estates Dredging Company have given one day's pay to the Australia…

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Mine Chambers Exploded. Trenches Recovered. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 2

A communique says: The Germans bombarded out trenches on the front between Lombaerizyde and Nieuport. Our reply silenced two batteries…

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Scottish Miners Restless

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 2

The Scottish miners are claiming an advance in their wages of 25 per cent. Ninety thousands men are affected…

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Rich Gold Reef

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 2

An important find of gold has been made at Adelong. The reef is six inches wide, giving prospects of from five to six ounces to the ion…

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Wales Coal Workers. Threat to Strike

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 2

The Welsh coal miners informed the President of the Board of Trade (Mr.W. Runciman) that they are holding themselves in…

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Floating Mine. in Mid-atlantic. Las Palmas

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 2

A South American steamer, bound for Argentine, passed a floating mine, in mid-Atlantic…

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To Continue Work. Neath Miners' Decision

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

Miners in the Neath district in Wales, numbering many thousands, have decided to continue work…

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Merthyr Miners. Declare for a Strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

A mass meeting of Mert[?] coal [?] decided unanimously on favor strikes…

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Wales Coal Workers. Labor Member's Appeal. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

Mr. Edwards, a labor member in the House of Commons, has appealed to the miners not to strike. He says that coal is the very life blood of the…

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The War. Turkish Positions Bombarded. Great British Coal Strike. SYDNEY

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 5

A British battleship, accompanied by four destroyers, on Saturday last bombarded Gaba Te[?]e: Two hundred shells were fired with marked success…

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Coal Strike. Wales Miners Cease Work. 200,000 Men Idle. Challenge to the Government. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 5

There are now nearly 200,000 miners idle in wales. It transpires that the [?] by a vote of [?] to 47,000, refused to return to…

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German Coal Industry. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 5

A Berlin official message States that the Government has decided to assume control over the coal industry and fix a price in the public interest…

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Working Mines for Nation. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 5

Mr. Pritchard Morgan, addressing a meeting at Merthyr, advocated the miners taking possession of the mines and working them for the Ration…

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