Mining. Metal Prices Sound. Shares Values Steady. a Satisfactory Week
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 9
During the past week, the speculative energy of the Sydney Stock Excbsnga varied, from day to day, ana to a lesser degree, so also did share values. But the fluctuations…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Germans Beaten Back Douaumont Attack Fails Maloja Strikes Mine Heavy Loss of Life Some Remarkable Rescues 575th Day of the War LONDON, Monday Morning
The Sun · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 1
"A powerful attack by the Germans at Douaumont, northeast of Verdun, has been repulsed." Another Paris official message says:--"Near Douaumont the slopes are covered with German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. State Coal Mine. Probable Start in March
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 5
It is probable that a start will be made in March with the work of preparing the State coal mine at Lithgow. Two blocks of 40-acres each have been secured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mines and Mining Barrier Market Solid Higher Values Realised
The Sun · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 3
The mining market to-day was much brighter, and quotations considerably higher than on the previous day. Barriers attracted most attention, due chiefly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Closing Down. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 10
The employees of the West Wallsend and Killingworth collieries held a combined meeting on Saturday to consider the question of closing down one of the mines, be that a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mount Lyell. Miners
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 4
Owing to the threatened stoppage of work at the Mount Lyell mines (Tas) the owners have offered to raise the wages of the men from S.C to 9:0 for laborers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 6
CHARTERS TOWERS, Monday.—Today's sale was Brilliant Extended (paid), 111…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Coal Exports
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 16
The Newcastle coal exports for the week ending Feb. 25, totalled 55,068 tons, of which 40,780 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Coal at Berrigan
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 5
While a bore for water was being put down last summer on the property of Mr. J. T. Lane, of Coorabin, coal was struck at 130ft., and it continued to 200ft. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Trade Slack
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 6
NEWCASTLE Monday.—Owing to slackness in the coal trade West Wallsend colliery will, in all probability, be closed down shortly. The men employed at Killingworth and West Walls…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Strike. Lithgow
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 10
A cessation of work occurred at Hoskins' Iron ore mines at Tallewang on Friday last over the rates of pay. The award under which the men are working expired in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 11
At the ordinary general meeting of the Pernatty Mines, N.L. held in Adelaida last week, it was stated that the completion of the treatment plant had been delayed by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Famine in Victoria
Evening News · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2
It is stated that a coal famine in threatened in Victoria, owing to the shortage of ships, the high rates of wages, and reduced hours of working. All these factory, according to one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Mining Agreement
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 9
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The owners of three collieries about the Gunuedah district are said to have expressed themselves as unable to pay the rates of wages laid down in the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Northern Miners. Agreement Not Yet Signed. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 9
The agreement which was drawn up at the end of December between the colliery proprietors and the miners of the Northern district has not yet been signed, although the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Export. Position at Newcastle. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 10
A permit has been refused for an Allies' vessel to load coal for San Francisco. Messrs. Baddelly and Lewis, of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and the secretaries…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Shares. Some Barriers Firmer
Evening News · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 5
A brisk demand set in at [?] for several Broken Hill [?] including Halls, North Brokens, [?], and [?]. The South [?] put on [?] and [?] put on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortage of Coal. Alarm in Victoria. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 10
Inquiries made in the city to-day indicated that a serious view is taken of the threatened shortage of the supply of Newcastle coal in this State. According to one authority very…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Barrier Miners. Interpretation of a Telegram. Arbitration Hearing. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 9
Before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court, the hearing was continued of the plaint in which the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Minors' Association and others…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Broken Hill Miners. Four Days a Week. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 10
A special mass meeting of the combined unions was held yesterday afternoon to deal further with Senator Pearce's four days a week proposal, which is now in operation…
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