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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 225

Coal Export Restrictions. French Barque Leaves in Ballast. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 14

The French barque La Rochejaquelien, which arrived here from London on February 5, with the intention of taking coal to Sa[?] Francisco, is leaving the port in ballast, as…

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Mines in the Wood. German Division Wiped Out. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Evening News · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 1

The Paris "Journal" publishes [?] the fighting at Caures Wood, to which the Germans greatly aspired. The writer says. French engineers mind [?]…

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Mining. a Brighter Market. Move in Barriers. Tin Stocks Sound

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1916 · page 15

The state of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday morning was a market[?] change from that of its predecessor. Listlessness was succeeded by activity, and though it was not…

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Mines and Mining Edna May Field Active Irregular Barrier Prices

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 5

The Sydney mining market to-day was not so active as yesterday, but generally speaking prices were sound. The Edna May field monopolised the attention of operators in…

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Illawarra Miners. Federation Matters

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 17

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Australasian Coal & Shale Employees' Federation, paid a visit to the Newcastle-Maitland district last week for the purpose of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 9

The latest report to hand from the Iodid (Mineral Hill), Limited, for the fortnight ended February 26, states that a parcel of 75½ tons of ore was despatched to the works…

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Iron Miners. Strike at Tallewang

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

GULGONG, Wednesday.--Men employed at the Tallewang iron mines' owned by G. and C. Hoskins, Lithgow, are on strike. Thirty men are affected. They are making a claim for…

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Coal Lumpers Hang Up Vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In consequence of the refusal of the coal lumpers to work overtime, the Melbourne Steamship Company's steamer Hobart, which was expected to sail…

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Barrier Miners. Case Still Under Hearing

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 8

Before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, at Melbourne, the hearing was continued of the plaint in which the Barrier branch of the…

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Mount [?]Ischoff Tin Mine. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 9

At the half-yearly meeting of the Mount Bischoff Company, held on Tuesday night, Mr. J. D. Millen, General manager, stated that the Happy Valley had opened up beyond…

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Export of Gold. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 9

The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) was asked to-day if there were any further developments with regard to the request of the associated banks to be allowed to export…

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Miners' Strike. Trouble at Tallewang. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 7

The men employed on Tallewang Iron Mines, owned by Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins, Lithgow, are out on strike. Thirty men are affected. The men are making a claim for extra wages…

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Coal Export Restriction. Rarque Sails in Ballast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The French barque, La Rochejaquelein, which arrived on February 5, and was refused a Customs permit to load coal, sailed for San Francisco in…

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Gold Export. Mr. Higgs and the Bankers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Federal Treasurer was asked to-day if he had taken any further action with regard to the request recently made by the associated banks that…

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Mining. Market Less Vigorous. Barriers to the Ront. Copper and Tin Stocks Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1916 · page 9

Though the market yesterday morning was slightly less vigorous as far as regards the number of transactions reported, values were well maintained in every case, and improved in some…

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Barrier Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--When the Barrier miners' case was resumed to-day, Mr. Justice Higgins said he desired to know whether, if he made an award, the various parties would,…

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Iron Miners' Strike

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

The men employed at Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins' iron mines at Tallewang (N.S.W.) are on strike, and demand an increase of wages for all hands, with a…

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Newnes Mines Globe Down

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

Owing to the miners at Newnes, near Lithgow (N.S.W.), having demanded an increase of wages from £12 to 15, per shift, the management decided to close…

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Cairo's Old Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co., in their weekly bullion letter, quote the letter of a Cairo Journalist on the supply of gold coin in Egypt…

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Distress in Coal Districts. Result of Coal Export Embargo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Since the Federal Government placed an embargo on the export of coal, the output of the mines at Newcastle has been considerably reduced. As a consequence,…

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