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Mining & the mines, 1918

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Coal for Allies

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Holman) proposes to suggest to the Federal authorities that, in view of the critical position in the Allied countries, owing to low…

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MINING v. AGRICULTURE

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

Figures supplied by the State Treasurer's Budget clearly indicate that, relatively, mining is for more generously treated than is agriculture…

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Five Mines Idle. Coal Dispute in North. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 3

The five most important collieries in the northern district are idle as a result of a dispute. Fully 2000 men are out. The hope is expressed that…

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How Russia Was Sold for German Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 3

Countess von Schaumberg's revelations, or rather confessions, are just now Europe's sensation. M. Mlliukoff, the former Foreign Minister…

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Coal Heavers' Strike. Naval Ratings As Substitutes. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 2

The Press Bureau state:— The coal-heavers at Liverpool ceased work on Tuesday last, thus holding up a large number, of vessels…

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Mining Re-opening Murphy's Reef

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 3

TWENTY-TWO years ago a Yass company gave up prospecting for Murphy's Reef, alter spending over £6000 in the endeavor to locate it…

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Training Notes. Desert Gold and Biplane. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 4

The best efforts on the Randwick training track this morning were Desert Gold seven furlongs in 1.32¾. Kilmoon and Almoner six furlongs in…

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A New and Deadly Mine. More Mine-Sweeping Risks

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 6

The mine as an instrument of destruction has been used by the Germans in a manner consistent with her disregard of laws and international…

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Port Pirie Coal. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 4

The trouble at the Federal Government coal gantries at Port Pirie has not yet been settled…

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"Dear Old Pal of Mine."

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 6

Mr. John M'Cormack has been singing this song in America during the lost twelve months, and it lias proved to be the greatest seller be has ever…

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Mines Attached to Corpses. More Hun Horrors. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. Perry Robinson telegraphs:— The Germans are affixing mines to the corpses of German soldiers. When the Birtish burial parties lift them up…

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Mining Dispute Settled

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

The dispute in the coal mining industry of New Zealand has been settled, the men having accepted the owners' offer…

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South Bulli Colliery Idle. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 4

The South Bulli Colliery, employing about 500 men, was idle to-day on account of four additional special places being included in the cavil…

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A Colorado Gold Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 7

Near Como, a mining town if Colorado, is a mountain lake—a small but deep body of water, clear and cold which seems to be in the…

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Gold Production. Better Price Wanted. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 2

At a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce, a resolution was passed asking the Government to treat gold production preferentially. The mover…

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To Clean Gold Chains

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1918 · page 6

Put the chain into a small glass bottle with warm water or eau-de-Cologne, a little camphorated chalk, and a little scraped soap. Cork the bottle, and shake It for a…

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The Digger's Dream How Gundagai Long Tunnel Mine was Discovered

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1918 · page 4

Do you believe in dreams? Of course, not and yet-Madame de Stael, the daring French writer who defied Napoleon,…

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Lobbs' Hole Petroleum and Copper Mining Coy. Progress with the Diamond Drill

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 11 October 1918 · page 3

Mr Julius Forsstrom, manager of the Lobbs' Hole Petroleum and Copper Mining Coy, reports that the bore passed through 700ft of slate before striking the copper…

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Echoes of the Past. No. 12. Gold Discovery in New South Wales

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1918 · page 4

Vast Austral giant of these rugged steeps Within whose secret cells rich glittering heaps Thick piled lie doomed to sleep till some…

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Tin-mining Co. Sued. Verdict for £350 for Plaintiff. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1918 · page 3

The action brought by Mrs. Mary Keogh, of Ardlethan, against the Carpathia Tin Mining Co. was concluded in the Banco Court to-day…

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