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Mining & the mines, 1918

3,145 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 158

Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 8

Operations in Westonia during the past week emphasised the serious nature of the water difficulty that has to be overcome by the various companies as mining is continued at depth…

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Miners' Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--The Minors' Delegate Board has decided that another effort be made to obtain an increase of the benefits of the Accident Relief Fund. Some…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 9

Operations in mining shares were rather quiet on the local Exchange on Saturday, and listed business was confined to Barriers and Westonias, with one sale of a local gold…

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Lymington Colliery. Work to Be Resumed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The trouble at Lymington colliery has been settled, and the mine will not be closed down as was intended. The executive officers of the C.E.F. urged the…

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Coal Agreement. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 7

The conference of New South Wales and Victorian Minister on the question of the supply of coal will be resumed to-morrow. No contract, it is understood, will be entered…

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Saving Coal. Action in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 7

Mr. Garfield (Fuel Controller), giving evidence before the Senate Committee, justified his order, because the ports were blocked with goods, and a great fleet of ships was tied…

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The Coal Negotiations. Railway Preparations

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 1

[?] New South [?] in the [?] on in Melbourne [?] being [?] by the Railway Department…

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Mining Yields. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 8

Langi Logan South (fortnight), 77oz; North Woah Hawp (three weeks), 112oz; Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields, 4094 tons, 1441oz; Lansell Proprietary Mines, 5[?]3 tons, 143oz;…

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Coal Contract. Ministers. Leave for Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

When Mr. Grahame, the New South Wales Minister, who has been dealing with the coal contract as between New South Wales and Victoria, returned from the southern capital a…

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Short-weight Coal Case at North Sydney

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

George Blackman, a wood and coal merchant, of Alfred-street, North Sydney, was proceeded against to-day In the North Sydney Court for selling coal short of the…

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Exodus of Ministers Debating the Coal Contract

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

An endeavor was made to-day to obtain a Ministerial reply to current criticisms of the action of the Government In vigorously urging the Victorian Government to take all the…

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Trouble About Carriages. South Coast Miners' Train. Bulli

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners during last week substituted long suburban [?] compartment carriages on the South Coast miners' train. The chang was [?] owing to…

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Conserving Coal. America's Order. Generally Accepted. New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Garfield, Fuel Controller, giving evidence before the Senate Committee, Justified his order for the restriction on the use of coal, because the ports were blocked with goods. A great…

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America at War. Utilisation Of Shipping, Drastic Coal Conservation. Washington

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. Newton Baker (Secretary for War) has announced that the American Army will draw its reserve supplies from Britain and France. Thus, the United States will be able to use…

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Black Diamonds What Victoria Pays for Coal £1116 for Rail Charges Up to 466 Per Ton

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

The Victorian Government, contract or no contract, is taking largo quantities of coal from Now South Wales--must, in fact, have large quantities…

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Lymington Colliery Idle. Miners Refuse to Resume

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Contrary to expectations Lymington colliery did not resume work to-day. The wheelers who were the cause of the stoppage, because of their claim in regard…

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Lost in a Coal Mine. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 8

Albert Piecinalli, working as a rope boy in the Metropolitan colliery, did not return to his home at the usual time on Saturday afternoon. No anxiety was felt by his people…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 7

"Mr. Lloyd George's talking has not helped the market!" in various forms that sentence was frequently repented on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday…

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Mines and Mining Big Dealings in Barriers

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 3

Dealings in mining scrip on the Sydney Exchange during the first and second calls were chiefly centred in Barriers. There were heavy dealings, but the market was weaker on account of the…

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Interstate Coal Exports

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 8

The quantity of coal shipped from Newcastle during last year for inter-state ports, according to a return issued from the Newcastle Custom-house…

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