Mine Explosions. British Successes. London, Tuesday Night
The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 1
Sir John French reports that the situation remained unchanged throughout the week. "On Friday morning," he says, "we successfully exploded a mine in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Hundred Hissing. Japanese Mine Disaster. Tokio
Evening News · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 1
It is feared that there has been heavy loss of life, as the result of subsidence in a coal mine near Shimonoseki, on the south-west coast of Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining. Prices Current on 'Change
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 14
Operators were in no mood for the transaction of speculative business on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday morning. There was an uneasy feeling in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining. Market Less Active. Variable Share Values
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 13
There was a striking change in the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday as compared with the buoyant state of affairs ruling on the opening day of the week. The buoyancy…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Asked for Gold. Gets Iron Instead. London, Wednesday Morning
The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 1
General von der Goltz has presented the Sultan with the Iron Cross. The Sultan asked for more money. The Kaiser has apparently given him the only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Disaster. Three Hundred Missing. Tokio, April 13
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 12
The subsidence of a coalmine near Shimonosoki is reported. Three hundred persons are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mines and Mining. Renewed Activity. Copper Scrip Firmer
The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 3
Fresh activity was displayed in mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange was morning, and the total of 18 sales, inclusive of high call, compares well with recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle. Colliery Work. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 4
The collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland district during the past fortnight have experienced a dull time. The average number of days worked was 5.7. The Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 11
The Buckland River Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., has declared a dividend of 1/ per share, payable on April 29. Charters Towers gold yields:— Clarks's gold…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian Mines. London, Wednesday Night
Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 1
Australian mining ventures were quoted as follows on the London Stock Exchange to-day: Broken Hill Proprietary, b 45s, a 4[?]; Broken Hill Block 10, b 22s 2d, [?] 20s 3d; Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) a Colliery Case
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 5
Re Coal Mining (South) Group, No. 1 Board. An application for variation of the award ledged by the Sydney Harbour Colliery, Limited, was withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Yield. Increase for March
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 5
The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary, for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of March is 23,106oz crude, equal to 15,506oz fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-trimmer Injured. Coolie's Serious Condition
The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 5
A Coolie coal-trimmer, named Puria, was working on the R.M.S. Maloja this afternoon, when a quantity of coal struck him on the head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trade. Scrutiny by Government Upheld
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 7
The Necessary Commodities Control Commission (Mr. Justice Edmunds president) yesterday resumed Its inquiry Into the selling price of coal, with special reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wood and Coal Carters. Cumberland Award
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 10
Mr. N. C. Seale, chairman of the transport group of wages boards, has issued an award, to remain in operation till April 14, 1916, covcring wages and conditions of coal carters in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Price of Coal. a Complicated Inquiry
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 3
The fixing of a retail price for coal was again under consideration yesterday by the Necessary Commodities Control Commission. Returns furnished by leading retailers were before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →B.H. South Mine. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 11
At the B.H. South mine last week the winze from the 825ft level, at 14ft, was in ore going 10 per cent, lead, 10.1oz silver, ahd 13.5 per cent, zinc. The winze from the 1170ft level…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Moondyne, a Story of Convict Life in Australia. Book First: the Gold Mine of the Vasse. Chapter The King of the Vasse
The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 44
Beside the bright fire of mahogany wood, and slowly advancing to meet the strangers, was a venerable man—an aborigine, tall, white-haired, and of great dignity. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Mining. Prices Current on 'Change
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 11
Business was dull on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange throughout yesterday. Here and there prices advanced, but the general tendency was easier, and the volume…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coalcliff Men Prosecuted. Rejection of Miners' Offer. Wollongong
The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 6
At the police court to-day the first batch of 102 summonses issued against the Coaleliff employees for a breach of special rules, namely, for absenting themselves from work…
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