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Mining & the mines, 1918

3,145 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 158

Shares in a Copper Mine the Missing Wallet

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 6

The theft of a pocket wallet containing £29 10s and securities (which it was stated represented altogether about £1300), was alleged against a machinist, Ruby Furlong (24),…

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Working Under Protest. Scarborough Tunnel Miners Bulli

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 4

The Scarborough Tunnel Colliery, which had been idle for a week owing to four extra night shift places being included in the cavil, resumed this morning…

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Coal Contract Six Firms Disappointed Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 5

When asked to express an opinion regarding the contract agreed upon by the Victorian Government for the supply of 200,000 tons of coal a year from New South Wales,…

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The Mystery of the Coal Contract: A Strange Story

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 21

Old Granny "Herald" could hardly have realised the remarkable story which she was launching when she published on January 7 an apparently innocent report that a…

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Strafing the Goeben German Vessels Hit Mines Gallant Destroyers London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

The Admiralty has issued details of the engagement with the Goeben and the Breslau. These show that the destroyer Lizard, patrolling north-eastward of the island of…

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Mining Dispute. Mr. Beeby Explains. What Warfare Would Do

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 5

Referring yesterday to the statement by Mr. Baddeley in that day's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," Mr. Booby, Minister for Labor and Industry, said that the essential facts stated…

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America and the War Conservation of Coal Restrictions of Railway Traffic VANCOUVER

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 1

A message from New York says that the five-day industrial lay-off, which was designed to conserve coal for shipping, has ended, and the railroads look for a new flood…

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Labor and Peace. Coal Miners' Attitude

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

The general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation (Mr. Willis) said last night that the council of that body had carried the following motion…

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Mines and Mining Less Active Market

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

The Sydney market for mining shares to-day was not nearly so lively as yesterday, but the transactions recorded at both the first and second calls were of moderate dimensions. Silver-lead…

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Lost in a Coal-mine. a Youth's Unenviable Experience

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

A rope-boy named Albert Piccinalli, employed at the Metropolitan Colliery at [?]burgh (N.S.W.) was lost in the mine on Saturday. His lamp went out…

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Mineral Wealth a Famous Gold-field Mining History of Charters Towers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

The Queensland Department of Mines has issued a publication of 236 pages, giving a history of the development of the Charters Towers gold-field, the author…

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Lymington Colliery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

Mr. John Dawson, manager of Lymington colliery, when seen to-day, Bald that Mr Baddeley and Mr Brennan (of the Colliery Employees' Federation), in their reply to Mr…

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The Lymington Collieries Trouble. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

Sir,--In your issue of the 23rd Instant I notice that Mr. Baddeley, in his reply to Mr. Beeby, stated that I made an appointment with the lodge secretary to meet a deputation…

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Miners and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

At the annual sitting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation the following motion was carried:- "That the time has now arrived when the…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 8

A decidedly brighter tone pervaded operations in mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Business was handled more freely, and an all-round recovery took place…

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Coorabin Coal, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 8

Coorabin Coal, Ltd., proposes to work a coal seam near the station, Coorabin, on the Rock to Oaklands branch line, in the southern portion of this State. The property…

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Financial. Newcastle-wallsend Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 8

The report of the above company covers the six months ended December 31. It shows a not profit of £5000. The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 5/ per…

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"No Victimsation." What Miners Insist Upon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

The general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation (Mr. A,C. Willis), in referring yesterday to the annual meeting of the council of that body, said it…

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Red Hill Mine. to Be Re-opened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

GULGONG, Thursday.--Some time ago the Red Hill gold mine was compelled to close down, owing to the scarcity of water. Recently the company was successful in acquiring…

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Large Wolfram Deposits. Development of the Western Mines

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

Much interest is being manifested in the wolfram leases in Yanco Glen and Thompson's Siding districts, about twenty miles from Broken Hill (N.S.W.)…

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