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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 211

The Coal Mines of Lens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 9

Before the war Lens was a prosperous coal-mining town of about 28,000 people. It was the centre of the extensive and valuable coal basin in the department of Pas-de-Calais,…

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Mining. Barriers Firm, But Quiet. Interstate Gold Active

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 11

The enthusiasm displayed during last week was not noted in operations on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, though the optimistic feeling was re-c[?]oed in the firm…

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Youth Steals Gold Watch

Evening News · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 8

[?] Lambert, 19, Saturday morn-ing entered the jewellery shop of Mr. D. Col-lins. George-street, City, and asked the atten-dant to show his a gold watch worth about…

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Mining in the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 11

The manager of the New Burragorang Silver-mining Company, reporting for the fortnight ended March 31, advised the despatch of 24 tons of ore to the smelters, with a…

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Industrial Unrest New Zealand Miners' Strike Its Possible Extension to Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 4

The strike of coal-miners in New Zealand as a protest against conscription has not yet been settled. Owing to the scarcity of coal, shipping facilities have…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 11

Supplementing an earlier cable message, published in yesterday's Issue, the local (l[?]ckltika) director of Rlmu No. 1 Dredging Co yesterday cabled to the office of the company…

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MINING. N.S.W. Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 45

Mr. R. H, Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in N.S.W. for the month of March is 10,052oz crude, equal to…

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Greta Colliery Dispute

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 18

The position created through a dispute between the members of the Colliery Mechanics' Union, employed at East Greta Junction and colliery workshops, and the management of…

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Miners Want War Bonus

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 11

ZEEHAN (Tas) Tuesday.--A special meeting of the Mining Employees' Association, Lyell branch, held at Queenstown on Sunday, endorsed the resolution passed on the previous…

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Mining. New Burragorangs Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 13

Business was a trifle restricted in the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange. Practically all classes of scrip received attention, but no definite move was discernible in…

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Coal Strike. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 12

In connection with the coal strike the miners in the Buller district will take a ballot on the question of resuming work. At Dunedin a man named Coleman, a visitor…

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Work and Wages Queensland Miners Out Non-union Labor

The Sun · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 6

Word was received in Sydney this morning that over 1600 members of the Federated Mine Employees' Association of Australia, at Mount Morgan, Queensland, had…

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New Zealand Miners the Strike Spreads. Fight Against Conscription

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 10

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The miners at Waipa Colliery, Waikato. ceased work yesterday. From 150 to 200 men were Idle, but they resumed, work, to-day, and Will take a secret…

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Mining Troubles. the Peeference Question. Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 12

A dispute as to the interpretation of Justice McCawley's award on the question of preference to unionists at Mount Morgan culminated there on Monday morning in the…

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Desert Gold the Champion Easily Downs Sasanof at Seven Furlongs

Referee · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 3

A full account of the C.J.C. (Canterbury) Autumn meeting is not yet to hand, but the tabled reports show that notwithstanding Sasanof was a good second with 8.9 in the…

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In France. with the Mining Corps. Hard Work and Good' Results. in the Field, France, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 7

It is Just bordering on a year since the Australian Mining Corps embarked from Sydney on active service. It is still fresh in my memory, and when I reflect and think of…

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Mines and Mining Heavy Transactions Tin Scrip Irregular

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 3

Mining scrip provided the bulk of the business transacted on the Stock Exchange to-day. Eastern tin interests monopolised the attention of operators, but values were…

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Colliery Strike. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 8

No work was done at the Blackheath colliery to-day, and as a result of the stoppage upwards of 150 men have been rendered Idle. It is stated that one of the men employed at…

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