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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 225

New Demand by Miners. Illawarra CORI Employees

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 4

The inners in the Illawarra (N.S.W.) coat and shale fields have served upon the mine managers a new [?]o of claims, and they state that if the new conditions…

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Edna May Central [?]Old Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 11

The following telegram was received to-day from the manager of Edna May Central [?]old Mines:—Cleanned up for Marchm, 302 tons, for 1136oz gold, valued at £4468. Costs: Mining 8/4, milling 3/1, development…

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Gold in the Treasury. Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 5

At the end of March there were in circulation in the Commonwealth [?] Australian notes the bulk of them being £1 notes. The total value of the notes unredeemed was [?]…

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Gristing Farmers' Wheat. Coal Ration, of Shearers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 7

The regulation issued under the wheat pool regarding the gristing of wheat for farmers were criticised by Mr. Dall in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly. He…

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Coal Lumper Injured. Accident on a Collier

Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 4

When Edward Terence Ryan. [?], living in Merriman-street. Miller's Police jumped 6ft on the collier South Bull[?], lying alongside the steamer Tango Maru at Circular…

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Alien Miners in Distress. a Difficulty at kalgoorlie

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 3

When the members of the Miners Union at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) refused some time ago to work with enemy subjects, a large number of aliens were thrown out…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 8

Numerically, yesterday saw a record established upon the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange. There were more actual sales listed than on any day since the outbreak of…

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Mount Oxide Mines Suit Nearing Conclusion Hermann Addresses Court

The Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 7

The Mount Oxide Mines, Ltd., suit in Equity, before Mr. Justice Harvey, against Sir Albert J. Gould and others, in respect of alleged negligence in the management of the…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) Mount Oxide Mines, Ltd., V Gould and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 5

Mr. Leverrier, K.C., on behalf of the defendant, Francis William Bacon, and Mr. S. AThompson, on behalf of defendant, Thomas Brougham Birkbeck, concluded their addresses…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four.) Accident in a Mine. M'Gregor v Bendoc Welcome Stranger G.M. Company (No Liability)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 5

Mr. Boyce, instructed by Messrs. Iceton; Faithfull, and Maddock, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Shand, K.C., and Mr. Pitt, instructed by Messrs. M'Lachian and Murray,…

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Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 44

The North Mine, for the four days ended March 23, treated 8520 tons, of crudes, assaying 16.1 pr cent, lead, 2.23oz silver, 13.7 per cent, zinc. The concentrates totalled 740 tons,…

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MINING. Hew Mining Township

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 44

Kandos, the new mining township on the Mudgee line, is growing apace, as a result of the new works of the New South Wales Cement, Coal, and Lime Company, which are in course…

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Coal Cargo Restrictions

The Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 5

The Government has informed. Scandinavian shipowners that after April 25 they will not allow thorn to carry coal from England unless they have a contract to convey cargo…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 15

Yesterday morning 69,000 forfeited contributing shares in the Wild Cherry Tin-mining Company were offered for sale in the vestibule of the Sydney Stock Exchange, but were…

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Mount Oxide Mines. Case Concluded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 7

The haring of the Equity suit, Mount Oxide Mines, Ltd., and others, v. certain directors of the company, J. Earle Hermann and J. Earle Hermann, Ltd., was concluded before Mr…

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Export of Gold Suspended

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 18

The Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) has sent the following letter to the chief officers of the banks: -- "With reference to my letters of February 15 and 28. I desire to inform…

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Bumbolee Creek Gold Workings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 44

Mr. L. F. Harper, geological surveyor for the Mines Department, has reported to the Minister for Mines upon Bumbolee Creek, the scene of a recently-developed mining boom…

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Important Mining Suit. Yerranderie Leases

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 5

The hearing was commenced before the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Simpson) yesterday of a suit in which the Silver Peak Mines, Ltd., prayed among other things for an…

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Mining. Sag in Edna May Stocks. Eastern Tin Quiet But Steady. Barriers in Better Favour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 15

The market yesterday morning was in a chastened frame of mind, especially in the case of Edna May gold stocks. Operators were in a less aggressive buying mood. Indeed, the…

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