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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Charge of Disloyalty Mine Manager Arrested. Wagga Police Take Action

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 2

Yesterday Inspector Draper wan engaged in a case under the War Precautions Act—an allegation of serious disloyal utterances having been reported…

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Big German Fleet. Unsuccessful Attack on Gulf of Riga. Seaplanes and Mines Damage Enemy Ships. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 2

A communique states: A German fleet of nine battleships, 12 cruisers, and a large of destroyers, [?] persistent attacked at the entrance of…

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Men Who Explode Mines

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 3

No awards of honour have been more worthily won than those conferred on the East Coast minesweepers, who, at the greatest peril…

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How Land Mines Work

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 3

Submarine mines have proved conclusively enough the damage they are capable of doing in warfare, but as yet we have not read of land…

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Struck a Mine. British Destroyer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 2

The British destroyer Lynx struck a floating mine in the North Sea and sank. Only four officers and 22 men were saved out of a total crew of 100…

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Rating Mining Land. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 2

One of the most vexed questions in connection with the local government for years past has been the method of valuing mining lands for rating…

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Struck a Mine. German Submarine Destroyed Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 2

Advices from Salonika say that a German submarine struck a mine and sank in the Sea of Marmora…

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MINING. The Jackalas Field

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 2

Mr W. H. Wesley, general with ager. reports in connection with the mining property recently acquired at Jackalass from Mr T…

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Wales Miners. More Strike Talk. Allegation Against Owners

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 2

There is more strike talk in South Wales owing to the alleged slowness on the part of the colliery proprietors in commencing the terms of the…

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Goobragandra Gold Mines

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 2

Everything in connection with the working of the Goobragandra Gold Mine is going ahead satisfactorily. Operations are to be carried out…

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Mine Sweepers. Their Perilous Work

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 3

The vessels engaged in this task work in pairs. A strong cable is stretched across from one boat to another, and a large triangular…

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The Coal Situation. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 2

Mr. Runciman presided over a South Wales coal owners and miners' conference at the Home Office. It lasted for seven hours and gave no decision…

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Facts and Fancies. Natural lce Mine

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 3

In the Alleghenies, just beyond Cudersport P., there is a cave a few feet below the surface, which is a natural ice mine, the celling,…

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Alleged Disloyalty Mine Manager Arrested, Bail Fixed at £300

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 3

A special sitting of the Wagga Police Court was held on Tuesday evening before Mr J. D. Walker, C.M., when a mine manager named…

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Coal Industry. National Conference Summoned. Suspension of Eight Hours' Act. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

In accordance with the coal organisation committee's suggestion the Government is summoning for the beginning of September, a national conference of…

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Turkish Coal Transport Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 August 1915 · page 2

It is reported from Sebastopol that a Russian submarine sank a Turkish vessel, laden with coal, off the Anatolian coast…

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Miners' Dispute. Refuse an Increase of 1s. Per Day. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 3

The Broken Hill miners' refused an offer of an increase of a shilling per day. They have decided to cease work next Saturday, unless…

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Welsh Coal Miners. Dissatisfied with Awards. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 2

The South Wales miners, are gravely dissatisfied with. Mr. Runcirnan's award. Leaders consider the exclusion of enginemen stokers, and other…

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Red Cross Tin Mine. Matong

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 1

The Red Cross mine, situated-on a gentle rise about nine miles from Matong, on the property of Mr. T. Holden, was discovered by, Mr. G. W. Wake…

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Miners on Strike

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 5

One thousand Welsh miners are striking as a protest against the tardy settlement of the coal frouble. The Coal Conciliation Board…

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