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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Mining Market Good Land Tax Problem

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 4

The market for nearly all mining stocks is considerably better. Tin-dredging stocks have been in good request, and Tongkah Harbor, which were selling…

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Mining & Finance Financial Outlook Market Still Strong

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 4

"Market still strong," is the way that brokers summarise the week's position. Very substantial rises have been established in several leading securities, notably…

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Share Market. Healthy Tone Maintained. Mining­­­­ Generally Higher. Investments Firmly Held

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 3

Investors displayed more interest in the local investment market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday than they usually do on a Saturday, and although the…

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Colliery Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Sunday. -- In connection with the anticipated trouble at the South Coast collieries over men not joining the union, it is understood that there will be no work at South…

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Newcastle. Work at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Work at the collieries during the fortnight ended on Saturday was fairly good, the average being 8 1-3 days. Eighteen worked full time, 10 days; one lost a…

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Contented Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 5

The members of Back Creek, Duckenfield Miners' Lodge, who severed connection with the Colliery Employees' Federation about l8 months ago, and now manage their affairs…

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Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during January was slack, as is usually so after the Christmas holidays. The total was 293,105, of which 173,359 tons…

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Mines and Mining. Share Market Strong. Silver, Tin, and Copper Up

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

The healthy tone which characterised the market for mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange at the end of last week was again strongly in evidence to-day. Inquiries…

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Beer Strike on Coal Fields. Win for Miners in Three Towns. West Maitland

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 1

The beer strike at Kurrl Kurrl, Weston, and Abermain has been declared off, the hotelkeepers having notified the strikers that beer would be retailed at the old rate of 3d per pint…

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Mining Amalgamation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Sunday. -- It is understood that Messrs. E. L. and C. Baillieu and Clarke and Company have been in negotiation with the various boards of the Primrose, Hercules, and…

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Mining Dividends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

Dividends have been declared, payable on the days mentioned hereunder. C. denotes when the transfer books close, P. when the dividends are payable. VICTORIA…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

The No. 2 dredge of the Araluen Redbank Gold-dredging Company, for the week ended January 29, secured 20oz 2dwt of gold for 128 hours' work…

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Bullfinch Proprietary Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

A telegram received to-day from the Pert[?] office of the Bullfinch Proprietary stated:- The following are the chief features from the report of progress for the two weeks ended…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

The coal trade for the month ended yesterday reached 273,640 tons, of which 160,679 tons were for interstate and New Zealand ports and 112,961 tons for foreign countries. This…

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Non-unionists. Miners Take Action. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

A meeting of the South B[?] miners was hold to-day at Bellambi to discuss the matter of certain colliery employees refusing to join the Illawarra Colliery Employees Union, and…

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South Coast Mines. Sudden Stoppage of Work Wollongong

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 5

All but two of the South Coast collieries are idle to-day, and no reason for the stoppage is forthcoming. The executive officers are busy. and groups of miners about town are…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. Continued Improvement

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

Prices continued to harden on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange. Those pessimistic prophets who a few days ago were loud in their complaints of limited…

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Hoist with Their Own Mine. Germans Make Mistake. Ammunition Waggon Destroyed. London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 1

A Paris official message says:— "Friday was, upon the whole, calm. There were artillery duels, and the British at Givenchy repulsed an attack by three…

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Mining. an Improving Market. Metal Prices Solid. Effect on Share Values

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

The early portion of the past week's experience in the Sydney Stock Exchange was not of a reassuring character. It was a simple repetition of the stagnation that has…

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Western Collieries. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 8

During the past fortnight the shifts worked at local collieries were few and mostly broken. At Vale of Clwydd six broken shifts were put in; at Zig-Zag mine only one full shift was…

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