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The Mining Battalion which will shortly leave for the front was farewelled by the people of Ashfield last night. The Town Hall was crowded, and the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ashfield residents turned out in great numbers last night at the local Town Hall to say farewell to Major Fewtrell, Major (Professor) T. W. Edgeworth David, and other members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--All the collieries have been short-handed since the resumption of work on Friday last. Additional men are expected to go in to the mines to-morrow, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though transactions in mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day were restricted, a healthy tone prevailed, and quotations, generally speaking, were on a firmer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--The coal export trade during the week was fairly satisfactory, particularly with other ports of the Commonwealth. The total quantity was 94,287 tons, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The big Norwegian four-masted barque Alcides was despatched from Newcastle last Saturday by the Seaham Coal Company for Mejillones with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram received on Saturday by the Melbourne "Argus" from its Launceston correspondent stated—"The assay results at Zeehan on Friday of the gossan and sulphide won…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The coal lumpers still refuse to work after 5 o'clock in the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Higgs to-day refused the request of a deputation from the Associated Banks for permission to export gold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.--A German, report claims: "Our mines destroyed about 76 yards of trenches south-east of Ypres," but Sir Douglas Haig reports: "The enemy sprung a mine near Comines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The strike is ended, and no section of the community is more pleased than the miners themselves. As a matter of fact, the majority of coal-getters throughout the district are not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The past week opened bright and cheery on the Sydney Stock Exchange. There were no signs of a cloud on the horizon. Metal values were very steady in London, the lode…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Well, it really is a man's life—this life," said Major David, during the course of a vivid and stirring account of camp scenes with the new military unit, the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Government is negotiating for the purchase of Box Flat, Parkhead, Abardare, and Abermain Extended coal mines, in the Ipswich district, and although no…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hetton C[?]ary, owned by the Hetton Co[?] Company, in to be [?]sently shut tonw owning, it is said, to want of trade. The mine has been [?] since April last, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motton colliery, owned by the Helton Coal Company, is to be permanently shut down owing to want of trade. In April the 400 employees were put off because of trade…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Helton colliery, at Carrington, where, for more than a quarter of a century, some hundreds of men and boys were employed, is about to he dismantled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Miners' Battalion, which is now in camp at Casula, near Sydney, and some of the members of which were accorded, an enthusiastic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Although some vessels towards the end of last week were given permission to load coal for oversea ports, others are being held up by the Customs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During his recent visit to Bingara and Tingha, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Estell) inquired into the condition of the gold and tin mining industry there, with a view to…
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