Desert Gold's Great Gallop. Sydney
At Flemington this morning Desert Gold ran half a mile in 47 4-5 secs. A wager of £230 to £100 has been laid by ringmen in Victoria against…
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Revenue Project. Royalty on Export Coal. Sydney
The State Government is investigating a Scheme for raising more revenue by imposing a royalty or export duty on all bunker coal taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.A. Coal Dispute. Serious Development. Sydney
A serious development occurred in the Collie coal dispute in Western Australia when the Government decided to restrict the tram and train services to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Effective Threat
At a meeting of the Wollongong A. H. and J. Society the matter of the resolution to co-operative with the Cootamundra Agricultural Society in a protest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining
THE year's mining activities in Adelong may be summed up in one word—dredging. Outside of that the efforts of several parties of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →3 P.M. NEWS. Enemy Mines off New Zealand. SYDNEY
A cable message from Wellington, New Zealand, states that the Naval Advisor reports that five more enemy mines have been discovered and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board. Application for Re-constitution. Prime Minister Outspoken. Sydney
A deputation introduced by Mr. Baddelay, president of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, representing the Newcastle miners, asked the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament. Workers for Pelaw Main. Mine-sweeping Trawlers. Sutherland Water Scheme Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bruntnell (Parramatta) asked the Acting Treasurer, as the Cabinet had come to a decision regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Exploding by Wireless
From Franco came news a few weeks ago of success in the art of exploding ocean mines by wireless impulses, but the news was received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five More Mines. Discovered Off New Zealand. Wellington
The naval adviser reports that five more enemy mines have been discovered -and destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Coal Is Doing. Fortune's of a Youth's Invention
A young English chemist named Perkin, in 1856, had a notion that he could synthesise or build up quinine from simple chemicals. But quinine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament. State Control of Coal Mines. Arbitration Bill. All-night Sitting. Member Removed. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly, the Premier told the leader of the Opposition that the Government had decided that day to relinguish the control of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board. Operations Ceasing. Sydney
The Coal Board, which came into operation towards the end of 1916, is to be dissolved. In all probabilities it will cease operations to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. Letter From a Mine Sweeper
Mr. G. W. Holliky, a seaman on one of the maine-sweepers, writes acknowledging the receipt of a pair of socks received through Miss Mary Jay's Sock Fund for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Conference. Disorderly Proceedings. Minister Leaves Conference. Sydney
The compulsory conference of representatives of the employers and employees of the coal industry commenced this morning. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Off New Zealand. Proved to Be German. Wellington
The naval adviser to the New Zealand Government, referring to the recent discovery of floating mines on the New Zealand coast, said they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines in New Zealand Waters
Considerable unrest has been caused throughout New Zealand by the discovery, and subsequent destruction; near Cape Farewell, of two floating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Naval Loss. Mine-sweeper and Fishing Steamers. Sunk in the Baltic. London
A Berlin telegram reports that a German mine sweeper and three fishing vessels were sunk in an affair off Vlieland. Most of the crews were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Host "John Bridge." Annual Easter Invitation
IN good time for those of our readers who are going to Sydney for the Easter Carnival, John Bridge and Co, Ltd, announce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lured by Edit Gold. How Germany Secures Food From Neutrals
"In view of the fact that Germany wantonly provoked this war and carried it on atrociously, every nation ought to have boycotted her," says Mr, J. C. Van der Veer (London…
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