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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 211

Gas Coal Dispute. Variation of Award

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 8

When the appeal of the Minister for Labor against the award of the Coal Lumpers' Board come before Mr. Justice Heydon yesterday, Mr. M. Henwood, for the Sydney…

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Mining. Silver Sceip Deceives Attention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 9

The Barrier ventures were fairly well supported yesterday at firm prices. Junction Norths opened at the previous day's rate of 8/7, but during the afternoon business was…

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Mines in Indian Ocean Statement by Carson London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 1

Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of the Admiralty); at a luncheon at the Aldwych Club, said he believed in telling the public the truth, because the nation could then…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Gasworks Coal Dispute Settled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. T. R. Bavin, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared for the Minister of Labour and Industry, and moved to resci[?]d or vary the award made on February 9 last of the…

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Mines and Mining

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 6

Moderate attention was given to mining scrip on the Sydney Exchange to-day. Edna May Consolidated, contrib., recovered 3d to 13s 7½d, while Broken Hill Proprietary dropped 3d to 42s, and…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 3

The copper [?] offers of [?] down, and [?] in favor [?]…

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Mining. a Quiet Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 14

Very little business was transacted in mining scrip on Change yesterday, and values on the whole showed very little variation. In the silver section B.H. Norths were…

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Mortlake Coal Lumpers Practice Go Slow

Direct Action · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 1

Trouble appeals to be brewing between the Coal-lumpers' Union and the Australian Gaslight Company's stevedore, Mr. E. K. Wild, who is responsible for the handling of the…

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War Gold: Some South African Romances

The World's News · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 8

SINCE the earliest days of mankind Africa has been the land of surprises, ln the words of Pliny—more…

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Navy's Tasks. Mines in Indian Ocean. Laid by Submarines. [?]

Evening News · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 1

In the [?] said—We must [?]…

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Mines in Indian Ocean. Laid by Submarines. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 13

In the course of a public statement Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty, said:— We must not underestimate the…

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Gallipoli Commission's Report Apportioning Blame Mines Laid in Indian Ocean Bagdad British 14 Miles Away the Western Front French Retake Trenches. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 13

Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Thursday, says: We advanced slightly on both sides of the A[?]e Valley. We entered trenches [?]ear Binches (south of the…

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Mining. Notes and News

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1917 · page 4

Copper stocks generally are claiming a scant amount of attention. The absence of variations in prices of the red metal, owing to Government control, has eliminated a good deal…

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Strike Precautions City's Coal Will Last Five Weeks

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1917 · page 2

A report by the City Electrical Engineer as to the stock of coal that can be held at the Power House, stales that by heaping the coal by hand on the top of bunkers there was…

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Australian Mining Copper Unsatisfactory View of an Expert

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. W. P. Geary, of the Mines Department of New South Wales, furnishes the "Engineering and Mining Journal," New York, with a review of the mining industry of 1916…

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Mines and Mining Eastern Tin Firmer

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 3

In Eastern tin enterprises prices were firmer to-day, because of the report that the Federal Treasurer had decided that the proposed Commonwealth war profit tax would…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 7

Mr. T. W. Horton, the well-known mining engineer, who has been interesting himself in the proposed war profits tax, reports having received, through the Commonwealth…

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Mine-laying Submarines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 7

While the arming of American merchantmen, which now seems to have been decided upon, will provide those vessels with the means of protecting themselves against unneutral…

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Mine Manager's Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 9

The mine manager of the Carpathia Tin-mining Company, reporting for the week ended March 7, states that since the last report 80 tons of milling ore have been despatched to Barmedman…

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