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Mining & the mines, 1917

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Coal Miners' Ballot

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 3

The ballot of miners to decide whether they shall accept the order made by Mr. Justice Edmunds as to the rates of pay for coal-getting and other work…

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Daylight Saving. Ignored by Miners. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 3

The secretary, of the Federated Minors states that the miners' at Cobar refused lo fall into line with the daylight saving scheme and yesterday started…

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Daylight Saving. Miners Will Not Accept. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 2

The Cobar Miners refused to reco[?] the Daylight Saving scheme and [?]ived at the house late. The en[?] drivers were no hand by the…

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More Coal Trouble

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

A number of colliers are at anchor in the harbor waiting an output of gas coal from Newcastle, but no coalics put in an appearance at Mortlake since…

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Increase in Price of Coal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

Messrs. J. and A. Brown, coal merchants of Newcastle, advised [?] Wagga Municipal Council [?] result of increases [?]…

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Marks of Honour Gold Stripe for Wounder

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

Some little time ago an army order was issued in England authorising…

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Coal Miners' Ballot. Majority for Court's Order

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 4

Thirty-two lodges in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have sent in their returns in connection with the ballot which was taken on Wednesday…

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Colliery Fatality. Caught by Fall of Coal Father and Son. Maitland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

Samuel Williams, and his son Samuel, while working in South Greta Colliery to-day, were caught by a fall of coal…

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Allies' Gold Resources

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 2

Samuel Montague and Co.'s bullion circular shows that at the end of 1916 the gold in the Bank of Germany amounted to £126,000,000, Bank of…

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Gold in the Streets

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

A despatch from Helena, Montana, says that gold was found on the main street recently a few feet below the surface, and several street labourers who panned out…

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Rich Gold Find. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

A sensation was caused at Sunny Corner to-day by the arrival of a prospector with a rich bunch of quartz, which was more than half gold…

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Sunday Work in Coal Mines. the Men Refuse. Judge Edmunds Agrees Necessary. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Rankin at Newcastle, Judge Edmunds to-day, stated a letter had been received by the Newcastle and Broken Hill Proprietary's Steel…

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Reduced Gold Yield. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 3

The Queensland gold yield last year showed a reduction in value of [?]…

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Recent Gold Discovery. Sub to a Horse. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 1

All interesting story attaches to the gold discovery at Sunny Corner. One of the prospectors. Alexander Gray, was chasing his horse in the bed of a creek…

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Italian Battleship Sunk Strikes Two Mines. Missing Number 675. Captain and 14 Officers Amongst Victims

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

The battleship Regina Margherita struck two mines in the open sea on Thursday night, and sank in a few [?] Two hundred and seventy…

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Passing It On. Increased Price of Coal. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

Ferry and shipping companies have been notified of a contemplated increase of between 30 and 40 per cent. in the price of bunker coal, while in…

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A Mine That Failed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

An tlila anoeffi srdlu etaoin cmfwy An Italian official message states that after long and difficult mining operations the enemy exploded a large…

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Italian Front. Mining Operations. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 2

An Italian official report states:—After long and difficult mining oper­ations the enemy exploded a large mine under our positions on the…

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1,000,000,000 Tons of Coal Found

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The Christiania "Aftonposten" says that a Norwegian expedition which has just returned from Spitzbergen discovered enormous new coal deposits in the eastern district near Green…

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