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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 225

Expoet of Coal. Prosecutions Under Customs Act. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 10

Before Mr. Adrian, S.M., at the courthouse this morning, an adjournment was granted till January 28 in connection with three charges against Fraderick William Newman and…

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Mines Idle. Five Thousand Men Out of Work. Woodcutters' Dispute. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon the Great Boulder Mine was closed down, and hands were put off. The management stated that owing to the shortage of firewood it was impossible to…

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New American " Gold Rush." Sudden Wealth. Inflated War Stocks and Big House Boom

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 44

A cartoon in a recent New York paper showed American prosperity mounting skywards on a shell—and gave the obvious admonition concerning the fate of all things…

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Coal-lumpers Defiant

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The coal lumpers employed on the colliers Period and Worribee maintain an attitude of definace in regard to night work. The men to-day adhered to the…

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Coal for Colombo

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

Owing to the trouble at the South Coast coal [?] the order for a cargo of 7000 tons of coal for Colombo has now gone to Newcastle. The steamer Hellenic was to have loaded at the…

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Coal Export. Restrictions Tightened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

NEWCASTLE. Thursday.--The renewed restrictions on the export of coal. to foreign countries appears certain to seriously affect the coal trade of this port. Already its effect…

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Blayney Copper Mine. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 9

The unwatering of the Blayney copper mine is proceeding. The main shaft is 390ft deep, and the water at present is within 80ft of the top. There are, therefore, 310ft of water in…

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Northern Miners. Board of Reference. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

A special meeting of the miners' delegate board was held to-day, when the president, executive offices, and delegates, reported having met the colliery proprietors in conference…

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Coal Export. Restrictions Cause Delay. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

The new restrictions on the coal trade are responsible for a number of vessels being delayed in the port and a few collieries thrown idle. Vessels have now to obtain a special…

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Coal for Colombo. Order Goes to Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

As the outcome of the trouble on the South Coast, the order for a cargo of 7000 tons of coal for Colombo has gone to Newcastle. Messrs. Lane and Dawson intended to load the steamer…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 11

Dull market conditions once again prevafied upon the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Only five sales were officially listed up to the luncheon interval,…

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Coal Lumpers. Still Refuse Night Work. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

The attitude of the coal lumpers in refusing to work after 5 o'clock in the evening was persisted in to-day, though owners of steamers again requested them to sign on for the night…

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Australian Zinc. a Mining Specialist's Opinion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. George Dlakemore, a Sydney min­ing expert, who has just returned Iron England, says that the demand for zinc has decreased owing to the large…

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Mining Shares. Scrip Quiet Generally. Kampongs Better

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

Mount [?] at recent [?] evidence at midday. [?] previous day's [?]…

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South Coast. Miners to Resume To-day. Agreement Adopted. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

Alter the disappointment of to-day, when it was understood by the miners, who have now been out for three weeks, that work would be resumed at all the collleries,…

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The Miners. Broken Hill Strike. Another Set-back for A.m.a

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 8

PORT PIRIE, Thursday.--A largely-attended meeting of the Waterside Workers' Association was held last night, when the following letter to the secretary of the association was read:--…

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The Barrier A.m.a. Strike. Quarrel with Enginedrivers. Mines Still Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. H. B. Mitchell, general secretary of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia, stated yesterday that he had received from the Burrier branch of the…

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Country News. Cessnock Collieries. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 18

The district mines are working well, and should no trouble intervene the prospects of future work are bright. It is noticeable that the collieries are beginning to feel the loss…

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