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Mining & the mines, 1917

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"Go Slow" Policy. New Zealand Coal Output. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 4

During the hearing in Auckland of prosecutions against miners for sedition in connection with the "go slow" policy, counsel for the Crown said that…

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New Zealand Miners. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 4

A cable from New Zealand says it has been definitely decided that the miners will resume work to-morrow. A statement that the imprisoned…

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Butte. the Town of Gold. a Hades, Yet the Richest Spot on Earth

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 2

Some time about the your 1800 four prospectors struck what is still one of riches spots on earth, where now stands the mining town…

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Work and Wages. Miners Refuse Work. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 4

The New Zealand State coal miners refused to work to-day in consequence of an alteration in the system of workers' concession tickets on the railways…

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Save Your Silver and It Will Turn Into Gold

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 1

Seventeen and sixpence saved now, whether in one sum or by means of the simple sixpence, will be worth £1 to you in three years, if invested in…

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Broken Hill Miners

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 6

The Broken Hill miners intend to hold a referendum on the question of the abolition of the night shift in the mines…

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New Zealand Coal Mines

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

Both State coal mines in New Zealand resumed work to-day…

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Slow Voyage on Bad Coal

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 3

The Ballarat's troops were practically all Victorian reinforcements for the 2nd and 4th Brigades. Colonel M'Vea, of the Victorian…

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An Ice Mine

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 3

Unbelieveable as it may seem, there exists at Coudersport, Pennsylvania, an ice mine. It was discovered some 18 years ago by a farmer who, noting a…

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Coal Beneath the Waves

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 3

There is a certain fascination surrounding buried cities, but there is a sense of loss, too, in the knowledge that some of our richest products lie…

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Diamond Mining in South Africa

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 3

India, Brazil and South Africa are the principal places from which diamonds are obtained. In the two first named countries they are found…

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Libel Suit "Mining Standard" Sued. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 2

On behalf of Senators Keating and Backham, Messrs. Nolan and Nolan, solicitors, have issued writs claiming domages for libel against the…

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Work and Wages. Coal Miners' Strike Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 1

Monut Kembla coal miners worked only one day tyhis week. The men went out on Monday because two went unionist were employed at the…

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Mining the North Sea. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 2

The Allies and the United States arc considering the question of mining practically the whole of the North' Sea in order to suppress German…

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Coal Saving in New Zealand

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 2

In New Zealand last Sunday there was not a railway train moving, not even a troop train, writes a correspondent. It was the beginning of the…

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The Contact Mine. Deadly Work of Sweeping

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 4

With reference to the American proposal to mine the whole of the North Sea, it is worthy of note that minelaying is not particularly huzardous…

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Colliery Trouble Settled Greta Men Resume. West Maitland

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

The East Greta colliery and East Greta Junction workshops trouble, arising out of a dispute concerning the agreement, was settled last night…

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Gold at Adelong Claims of Local Residents Ministers to Visit Area

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

There is a likelihood of a return [?]o activity in the Adelong gold mining district—a rich auriferous area of the old days. The local progress…

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Gold at Adelong. Claims of Local Residents

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

THERE is a likelihood of a return to activity in the Adelong gold raining district—a rich auriferous area of the old days. The local…

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Gold at Adelong

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

There is a likelihood of a return to activity in the Adelong gold mining district—a rich auriferous area of the old days (says an exchange). The local…

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