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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

434 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 22

Industrial Unrest. Coal Crisis. Not Vet Settled. Commission and Price of Coal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 3

The situation in respect of the coal crisis is still scute and every effort is being made to bring the parties together…

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Serious Coal Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 2

A serious coal shortage in Germany as reported…

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State Parliament. Mr. Boston's Question. Liberals and Political Truce. Impending Coal Crisis. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 3

In the Assembly, Mr. Wade asked the Premier regarding the concluding remarks of his answer to Mr. Boston on the business-paper to-day: "That…

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Miners' Entroubled

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

Several hundred miners have been entombed in the Exhall Coliery as the result of fire in a caget, that was employed to bring workmen to the…

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Miscellaneous Items. Struck a Mine. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Keningen Ema was the victim of a German mine and sank almost immediately. All the passengers and crew were saved…

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The War The Latest Thursday Afternoon. Coal and Oil Captured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

A Swedish steamer laden with coal and oil was captured by a German submatine. It is believed that the capture was…

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Welsh Miners Again

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 3

20,000 Welsh anthracite miners are determined to strike unless the owners uniformly interpret the latest award…

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Mine Attack Defeated. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2

A mine attack by the Turks at the Dardanelles was defeated by the Allies, one of whose warships effectively cannonaded a battery of heavy calibre…

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The Dardanelles. Mine Attack Defeated

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2

A mine attack made by the Turks in the Dardanells was defuated by the Allies…

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Threatened Coal Strike. Unrest in Wales. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1915 · page 2

Upwards of 20,000 Welsh anthracite miners are determined 10 strike unless the owners, uniformly interpret Lard Saint Aldwyn's latest award. A…

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Early Submarine Mines

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1915 · page 7

It would seem that the first appearance of mines in warfare was during the siege of Antwerp in Elizabethian days, when the Dutch…

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How Warships Eat Up Coal

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1915 · page 3

One of the many new items of expenditure which we have to face in war is the cost of fuel (says the "Globe.) The Navy Estimates for…

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Welsh Coal Miners. Decide Not to Strike. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 2

Fifteen thousand Welsh miners have decided not to strike. They accepted the Federation's recommendation to continue work pending an…

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Struck a Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 2

A German patrol boat struck a mine in the mouth of the Enes, and was beached at Barkum…

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French Prisoners Strike in German Coal Mines. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 2

A strike occurred among the French prisoners in the coal mines near the Dutch frontier. The strikers said they preferred death to working against…

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Gold for Turkey. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 2

A German gold waggon, carrying 10,000lb. og gold marks and a large quantity of bank notes passed through Roumania for Constrantinople…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble. an Agreement Probable. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 3

The opinion is that the Newcastle coal trouble will be overcome and that there will be no cessation of work. The whole of the collieries will continue…

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Colliery Agreement

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 2

The colliery agreement has been rejected by a majority of the Lodges in the Newcastle and Maitland districts…

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Maitland Coal Trouble. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 3

The rejection by the Maitland miners of the agreement between the Miners Federation and the Colliery Owners has created a very uneasy…

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Northern Collieries. Trouble Over an Award. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 4

The Newcastle Delegate Board of the Colliery Employes' Federation was to-day considering the series position of affairs brought about by the straight-…

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