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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 211

Mortlake Coal Trouble Men Resume Work Will Loyally Abide by Award

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 5

The adjourned meeting of the No. 2 Board of the Gas Group was held this afternoon at Wentworth Court. The board is sitting to consider a reference by the Minister for…

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Bulli Colliery. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 8

A special meeting of the Bulli miners was held yesterday to deal with the refusal of the management to restore their lamps to two miners. A settlement was effected,…

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Colliery Employees. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 8

A dispute has arisen between the Colliery Employees' Federation and the Colliery Wechanics' Association. The federation is anxious that the mechanics should join their…

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Molybdenite Mine's Record

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

A report from the Kitchener Molybdenite Mine at Khartoum, North Queensland, states that the ore body thought all the development workings has averaged 5ft. in width with values varying…

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Miners Dissatisfied. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 7

A conference was held to-day between the representatives of the colllery proprietors and the executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation as to the advisability of…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 7

It is officially stated that tho Mount Lyell Company's officers have discovered an almost Ideal scheme for generating hydro-electric power on the King River, which will give…

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Colliery Mechanics' Claims. Further Conference to Be Held

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 10

Employers in the coal and shale industries of New South Wales having refused to recognise that the benefits recently granted by Judge Edmunds in his strike…

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Handling Coal. Mortlake Men Resume

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 8

An interesting situation developed when the Gasmakers' Group No. 2 (Metropolitan) Board resumed its sitting yesterday for the purpose of dealing with a reference from the Minister…

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Mining. Business Fairly Brisk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 9

Business was fairly brisk in the mining division of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Silver scrip attracted a fair amount of…

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Daylight Saving. Ignored on Coal Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The mine employees on the northern coalfields have strongly resented the Introduction of daylight saving, and In several Instances threatened to…

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Allies' Gold Resources. a Strong . Position

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Samuel Montagu and Co.'s bullion circular shows that at the end of 1915 the gold in the Bank of Germany amounted to £126,000,000; Bunk of England…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 7

Very quiet conditions prevailed on tho mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday mining. They brightened a little later. The inclination to sag was, however,…

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Gold Resources of Allies. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 7

The bullion circular of Samuel Montagu and Company, shows that at the end of 1946 the gold in the Bank of Germany totalled £126,000,000, in the Bank of England,…

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Mortlake Coal Lumpers' Strike. Gas Employees Won't Scab

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 7

The dispute between the Australian Gaslight Company and certain coal-lumpers employed at its Mortlake works came before the Gas-Makers' Group, No. 2…

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Why the world's Gold is Flooding into the United States

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 7

What becomes of the river of gold coin whose current is now setting strongly to-wards the United States from the old world is told by a contributor to the…

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Rich Gold Find 100 Ounces to Ton Strike at Sunny Corner BATHURST

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 4

A very rich find of gold has been reported to the Bathurst mining warden from Cox's Flat, about seven miles from Sunny Corner. Messrs, Gray and party have been prospecting…

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Rich Gold Discovery. Stated to Be 100 Ounces to the Ton. Lucky Prospectors 1[99] Image Not Clear [?]

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 1

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Mining. Gold Scrip Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 9

A fair volume of business was transacte[?] mining scrip on the Sydney Sydney Exchange yesterday. The gold section was responsible for almost…

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Mines and Mining. Quiet Market

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

The market for mining shares was quiet this morning. The quotations on 'Change at noon were generally firmer than yesterday. There were operations in tin, silver- lead,…

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Northern Miners Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The scrutiny of the ballot of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation on Mr. Justice Edmunds' order as to rates and conditions has been completed…

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