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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 225

Coal Cargoes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 12

NEWCASTLE. Friday. -- The Customs Department lifted the embargo on several sailing vessels, and a couple of steamers, which had been refused permission to load coal for foreign…

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Miners' Battalion Farewell

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 19

The Australian Miners' Ba[?]talion will be given a public send-off In the Ashfield Town Hall to-night, when the Imitation will be represented by Major Fewirell, with a full staff of officers…

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The Miners' Battalion

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

The Auatralian Miners' Battalion will be entertained in the Ashfield Town Hall tonight by the Mayor and residents…

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Mining. Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 14

A sale of Papuan Brilliant and Victoria at 210 was recorded in Charters Towers yesterday. A sale of Ajax North at 102 was recorded in Bendigo yesterday…

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Reported Gold Find

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 14

MUDGEE, Friday. -- Gold has been discovered at Upper Pipeelay, eight miles from Mudgee. The find is situated a mile and a half from the old Pipeelay diggings, which, 40 years ago, were…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 19

In a run of 103 hours in the past week, the plant of the New Associated Gold Dredging Company recovered 20oz 8dwt of gold. The output of the Tongkah Compound Tin…

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Coal Lumpers. Melbourne

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

The coal lumpers still refuse to work alter 5 o'clock in the evening…

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Coal Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 16

The coal exports for the week ended to-day totalled 94,157 tons, and were the highest this month…

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Down South. Soft-handed Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- All the collieries, with the exception of Bulli, where machinery repairs are being effected, got a sturt to-day after three weeks' idleness as a result of the…

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The Nations' Gold. the Gold in the French Stocking

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The great success of the French war loan proves once more how thrift and patriotism go hand in hand in the…

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A Seat of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 19

MUDGEE, Friday. -- A unique presentation was made to Mr. S. H. Somerville, clerk of the Meroo Shire, who has gone into camp, by Mr. Potts,a maintenance man. It was a fine…

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The Latest Pattern of German Mine

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 1

These engines of marine destruction were recently was recently washed up on the shores of Great Britain, and exhibited, together with other war trophies (some of which are shown elsewhere in this issue), at the Horse Guards' Parade, Whitchall (London). Eeach mine is charged with 220lb of tri-zitro-toluenc…

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Marechal De Villars to Load Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

It is reported that the French barque Marechal de Villars, now en route to Sydney from Rio Janiero, has been chartered to load coal at Newcastle…

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The Miners. Mr. Hughes' Appeal. Prime Minister's Promise

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 10

BROKEN HILL, Friday. -- The following telegram from the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, was received by Mr. W. D. Barrett, secretary of the A.M.A: --…

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South Coast. Miners Return to Work. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 16

The miners on the South Coast, after [?] out practically for three weeks over the eight hours' bank to bank question for all employees, made a start this morning. The…

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Shark Dev[?] and then Div[?] German Plot. Clearance Papers of German Collier Found in Fish Off Pernambuco. Wallet Dropped Hastily Over Side. Ship Had Coal Foe Von Spee, Avers Prosecutor in Case Against Hamburg Line

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 8

The trial of Karl Buenz, managing director of the Hamburg-American Line, and other officials of the line, for an alleged…

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Miners' Secret Conference

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 4

It is officially stated that the Miners' Federation held a secret conference yesterday morning, and afterwards called on Mr. Asquith and Mr. Samuel (Secretary for…

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Mining Corps' Tattoo

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 5

The Australian Mining Corps, Commander of which is Major Prof. E. David, will give a farewell military tattoo, under the patronage of Col. Ramaciotti, V.D., Dist. Com., in the…

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New South Wales Gold Yield

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 4

The usual return furnished by the Undersecretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the year 1915 was 162,008 ounces crude, equal to 132,498 ounces…

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Share Market Mining Stocks Inactive Commercial Bank Down

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 8

Yesterday's business on the Sydney Stock Exchange was characteristic of that throughout the week. Mining shares were neglected, while more than ordinary attention was…

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