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Mining & the mines, 1918

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

Southern Coal Mines Trouble at Scarborough. Coalcliff Dislikes Third Shift. Wollongong

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

The [?]…

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State Worked Collieries Agreement with Victorian Government

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 1

Mr. [?]…

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A Million Tons. Victoria's Need for Coal. 'Let N.s.w. House the Miners'

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The Victorian Minister for Mines (Mr. Downward), accompanied by Mr. John Brown, to-day visited Richmond Main and Pelaw Main collieries, which are being…

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A Lucky Gold Digger

The St George Call · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 7

Early on Tuesday morning, at the Coogee Carnival, the crowds began to arrive, in anticipation of a day's excitement. The "gold rush" was one of…

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Northern Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 14

The collieries have not yet recovered from the effects of the holidays, and consequently the amount of coal coming forward from all part of the coalfields is not sufficient to meet…

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Mining. Our Copper Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 15

The value of the copper exported from New South Wales for the first six months of the year exhibits an increase of £[?] when compared with the similar period of…

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Desert Gold for Australia. Auckland (N.z)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 15

Mr. T. H. Lowry, the owner of Desert Gold, has decided to send the mare to Australia to compete in the weight for ago races at Caulfield, Flemington, and Randwick, and that any net profits from the…

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Desert Gold's Mile. Five Feet Faster Than Record

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

At Auckland on Saturday last that clinking good mare Desert Gold established a new record for one mile in Australasia. Carrying 8.11 in the…

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Coal for Victoria Significant State Contract Million Tons a Year

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

Significant indications of the degree of permanence of the State control of all the New South Wales collieries is afforded by a contract that the New South Wales Government…

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Australian Army Reserve Success Assured, Says Director W.A. Miners and the War Wagga

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

Colonel Kenneth Mackay, Director-General of the Australian Army Reserve, interviewed during a private visit to Wagga, said in reference to his recent visit to West Australia…

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Mining Corps. Imperial Officers' Appreciation. a Scrap of Conversation. Somewhere in France, Nov.9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 14

The fine body of men who made up the quota of the Australian raining corps about established the record for any one battalion that has over, left Australia. The subsequent…

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Employees' Complaints In South Coast Mines

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

There is considerable dissatisfaction on the South Coast, states Mr. Willis, owing to the failure of the Government to deal satisfactorily with the question of victimisation. As a…

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Colliery Position Visit of Victorian Minister Statement by Mr. Willis

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, will again confer with the Victorian Minister for Mines to-day regarding the working of the…

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New South Wales Coal Agreement with Victoria

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 1

As a result of a recent consultation between the State Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, and the Victorian Minster for Mines, Mr. Downward, the arrangement made some…

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Gold at Irishtown Big Haul of Stolen Jeweller

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

Acting on information detectives Pattinsor and Mitchell yesterday effected the arrest of man who, subsequently, told them where quantity of gold and other jewellery was [?]…

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New South Wales Mining Policy of Encouragement

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 5

The decreased yield of minerals in the State last year as compared with pre-war years is largely due to the dislocation of business caused by the war…

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State Coal Contract with Victoria Significant Arrangement Million Tons a Year

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 4

Significant indications of the degree of permanence of the State control of all the New South Wales collieries is afforded by a contract that the New South Wales Government…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 9

Mr. W.E. Hills, secretary of Austral- Malay Tin, Ltd., has furnished an analysis of the cabled return of Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., for December, as follows:—Hours run, 626;…

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