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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 221

City Council's Coal

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

Alderman Meagher intends to move at Tuesday's meeting of the City Council that having regard to the large price per ton for coal which is now being paid by the Electric Light…

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Law. Friday, January 22. INDUSTRIAL. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Coal and Shale Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 13

The matter of an application by the Lithgow Valley Colliery Company. Ltd., the Invincible Colliery, Ltd., and the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company, Ltd., for consent to appeal…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 13

The No. 2 dredge of the Araluen Redbank Gold Dredging Company for the week ended January 22 won, 29oz 5dwt of gold in a run of 126 hours…

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Yorkshire Miners. London, Saturday Morning

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

It is anticipated that the ballot by the Yorkshire miners will favor a discontinuance of work…

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Newcastle. Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 16

The coal exports this week amounted to 84,509 tons, and showed a slight improvement on the previous week's total. The interstate exports reached 48,959 tons, and the…

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Cheaper Coal Wanted. City Council's Proposal

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

Alderman Meagher has tabled the following motion for Tuesday's meeting of the City Council:--"That having regard to the large price per ton for coal which is now…

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Investment Market. Several Lines Firm. Coal Improving

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

The general public should not be misled by the marked absence of sales on occasion. The week closed in Sydney with a remarkably firm tone in banks, and an extensive turnover at…

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Mining. Business Slack. Quotations Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 13

To deal interestingly with the mining market under existing depressing conditions would be as difficult as "trying to make bricks without straw." Throughout the week…

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Mount Lyell Mine. New Plant Nearly Ready. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 13

A monthly output of approximately 10,000 tons of ore from the North Lyell mine, and 17,000 tons from the Mount Lyell mine, is being maintained wltbout trouble. Three furnaces…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. "Inactivity."

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 12

Conditions were dull in the extreme upon the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. As far as actual transactions were concerned the market was inactive…

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Band Contest. Splendid Work for Miners. Newcastle Wins B Grade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 16

The annual contests in connection with the Band Association of New South Wales was continued at the Sydney Sports Ground last night, whon almost perfect atmospheric…

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Mining Shares. Barrier Scrip Improving. Sydney and Adelaide

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

A significant change for the better took place about noon to-day in the Barrier tone here, and especially in Adelaide. In Adelaide on Friday Souths con.) were…

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German Submarine. Torpedoes a British Steamer. Mines in Gulf of Bothnia. Swidish Vessel Lost. London

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 1

The British steamer Durward, of 1201 tons, commanded by Captain J. P. Boyd, and owned by G. Gibson and Company, of Leith, has been [?] off the Hook of Holland…

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A Big German Mining Concern in Australia (Port Kembla). Tremendous Chance for the Federal Government

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

One of the greatest opportunities offering the Federal Government to give a great and permanent lift to the mineral industry of…

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Rook-miners

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 5

On Wednesday, at the Goldsmith-st. Metholist Church. Goulburn, George, eldest son of Mr. James Rook, Darlington, was united in matrimony to Elsie Elizabeth, daughter of the…

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Cheaper Coal Wanted. City Council's Proposal

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 5

Alderman Meagher has tabled the following motion for Tuesday's meeting of the City Council:--"That having regard to the large price per ton for coal which is now…

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Metal Prices "Up" Continued Gold Decrease

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 4

The continued rises in the price of metals, with the exception of lead, has created a feeling of confidence among scrip-holders. The big rise in the price of spelter, however, cannot be…

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Profitable Strike. Miners and Beer Boycott. Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 4

The beer strike at Balgownie, which commenced on Friday last, owing to the demand for payment of 4d for pints, still continues…

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Rich Gold Report From Murchison. Perth

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 1

The report has been received of a new gold discovery at Murchison. It is stated that the strike is a very rich one…

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Mining Discontent. Employees and Levies. Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 5

There is a movement amongst a number of the employees of Mount Keira colliery to get the whole of the workmen into the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association…

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