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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 211

Miners Give In. New Zealand Strike Over. Work Next

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 8

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.—The Denniston, Millerton, and Stockton miners have decided to resume work next Monday. The decision was unanimous in one instance, and there were…

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Mining. Active Business. Recovery in New Burragorang

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 13

Business was in full swing on the Stock Exchanges of the Commonwealth yesterday, and an increased volume of business was transacted locally. Metals were firm in London,…

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Save Your Silver and It Will Turn to Gold

Referee · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 12

Seventeen and sixpence saved now, whether in one sum or by means of the simple sixpence, will be worth £1 to you in three years, if invested in War Savings Stamps and…

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New Zealand Turf Threatened by Coal Strike: Meeting of Cracks

Referee · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 3

The coal strike has put a damper on racing, and is likely to seriously interfere with several fixtures that it was hoped would have been concluded before the "coal saving service" came…

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End of N.Z. Coal Strike Terms of Settlement Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 2

Work was resumed to-day in all the coal mines except Paparoa, Pukemiro, and Walpa, which are expected to resume to-morrow. The conditions on which the strike was…

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Western Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 5

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--Aid. R. Pillans, Mayor of Lithgow, has been re-elected unopposed as president of the western miners. The former president, Mr. W. H. Delaney, has been…

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"Alas! Mine Poor Brudder"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 8

It is claimed that Germany is trainer the corpses of her dead soldiers by rendering them down for glycerine and fat. One thousand bodies yield 4 cwt. of glycerine, or two tons of fat…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 5

Most of the [?] on Change to the cop-per section [?] An exception was a drop of is [?] Mount Morgans. This stook is [?] recover as soon ar labor…

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New Zealand Coal Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 6

The settlement of the coal strike in New Zealand is matter for congratulation, and we trust that the last has been heard of this ruthless spirit of opposition to…

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Bulli Mine. Cessation of Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 9

BULLI, Wednesday.--The miners at the BullI mine all ceased work to-day, as the boys refused to turn-to this morning, in consequence of their aversion to the electric coal-cutting…

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Desert Gold's Continued Good Form

The Australian Worker · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 9

In the Challenge Stakes, a weight-for-age race, run over seven furlongs, at Canterbury (N.Z.) lately, the champion mare Desert Gold again demonstrated…

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New Zealand Miners. More Trouble Reported. Wellington

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 5

A telegram from [?] that all [?] in the State [?] has been sus-pected as a protest are the new railway [?]…

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N. Z. Miners Idle Wellington (N. Z.)

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 2

The State coal miners refused to work today in consequence of an alteration in the system of workers' concession tickets --a railways' alteration…

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Coal Strike Ends. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 6

The coal strike has been settled on the following terms:—It is to be made plain to the Military Service Boards that every essential workmen in the essential industries of…

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Mining. Fail in Co[?]per. Harriers Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 8

A fair average volume of business passed in all classes of mining scrip on the Stock Exchange yesterday. The Melbourne and Adelaide Exchanges displayed increased activity…

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Mining at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 8

Mr. E. J. Horwood, manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, said, in the course of a speech on Monday night at Broken Hill, that even after the war is over,…

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The Price Paid. End of the New Zealand Strike. What the Miners Gained

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 4

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The terms on which the coal strike was settled have been announced unofficially as follow:-- It is to be made plain to the Military…

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Broken Hill Mining. a Place in the World's Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 9

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday. -- On Monday night a send-off Mr. E. J. Horwood, Broken Hill manager of the Propriotary Company, responding on behalf of the mining Industry,…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 8

Mr. J.B. North, of Sydney, and R. Edwards, of Adelaide, directors of the Junction mine spent several days on a visit to the mine, and in the course of a short press interview said:--…

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Seaham Colliery Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 9

The report of the above company covers the 12 months ended March 31. It shows a net profit of £11,470, which, with £7178 brought forward, and less £4750 paid in April,…

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