How Warships Eat Up Coal
One of the many new items of expenditure which we have to face in the present war is the cost, of fuel (says the "Globe"). In the Navy Estimates for 1914-15 a sum of no less…
Continued on Trove, page 50 →Mining & the mines, 1917
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Mining. a Fair Business
A fair volume of business in mining scrip was effected on Change yesterday, gold and silver ventures attracting most attention. In the former section Consolidated…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Smash on Railway. Coal Trucks Break Away
Shortly before midnight on Monday a train laden with about 500 tons of coal was proceeding towards Waterfall station from Helensburgh when 20 trucks forming the rear portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining. Tricks Current on 'Change
Fair to good business was the rule on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. There was a stronger market for Hampdons, and the more popular Barrier and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Zealand Winners Desert Gold Scores Again at a Mile
At the Auckland R.C. meeting Mr. T. H. Lowry's great mare Dese[?] only ran in the mile race, the Is[?]ton Plate, which she only [?], and she recorded a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in the North. Over Four Inotes at Glen Mines. Streets and Parks Flooded
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Combing Out Coal Miners
LONDON, Wednesday.--The Government has decided to immediately release a large number of men from the coal mines for military service, it has posted an order at every colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Mechanics
The request of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protection Society for a 20 per cent. increase in wages and a reduction of working hours, with a resultant increase in overtime,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold and Coal for Raider Vancouver
A Baltimore message states that it is reported that three vessels left there recently with a heavy shipment of bullion, and also coal, to be transferred to the German raider…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines and Mining Heavy Fall in Ratrut
Heavy business was done in mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. The outstanding feature was the heavy selling of Ratrut Basin Tin, owing to the return of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Mining Accident. Mine Manager Killed at Portland
A man named William Shipley, underground manager at the Main Range colliery, at Portland (N.S.W), was killed on Tuesday. He was removing props…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Called Up. Men From the Coal Mines. London, Jan. 24
The Government has decided to immediately release a large number of men in the coal mines for military service. An order has been posted in every colliery in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Colliery Fatality. Portland
A fatal accident happened at the Main Range Colliery yesterday, when a deputy named William Shipley, 60, was killed. He was drawing timber from a pillar when a large…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Called Up. Men From the Coal Mines. Military Service. London, Wednesday Evening
The Government has decided to immediately release a large number of men in the coal mines for [?] service An order has been posted [?] colliery in Britain calling up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Tribunal
It was stated yesterday that recent difficulties in connection with the interpretation of the agreement, arrived at as the outcome of the sittings of the Coal Tribunal, would be dealt,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
At a meeting of the Illawarra Branch of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, held at Wollongong last week, the result, of the ballot for the election of officers…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newcastle Wallsend Coal
The report of the above company covers the six months ended December 31. It shows a net profit of £6000, which, with £95 brought forward, made £5095 available. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mine Dispute. Bulli
Coledale Colliery, employing nearly three hundred miners, was idle to-day. The miners refused to work, owing to the dismissal of an electrician employed in the underground…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Old Gold Fund
Donations of old jewellery, gold, and silver articles, or scraps, will be gratefully received at the depot, City Mutual-chambers, 62 Hunter-street. All proceeds from sales or melting are divided between the War…
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