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Mining & the mines, 1918

3,145 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 158

Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 9

The volume of business "carried through" in the mining division of the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday was larger than has been the case for some considerable time. The…

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Gold Yields. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 9

The following mining yields are reported:—New Chum Goldfields, 245 tons, 73[?]; South New Moon Tribs, 138 tons, 71oz, Oswald (fortnight). 841 tons 91oz; Golden Gate, £230 sterling, ditto (account Sands). 150…

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Boycott of a Show. Miners' Effective Threat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--At a meeting of the Wollongong A., H., and I. Society the matter of the resolution to co-operate with the Cootamundra Agricultural Society in a prote[?]…

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Notes and Gossip Dessert Gold's Programme

The Sun · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 6

Although Mr. Lowry said in Sydney that Desert Gold might not run at Flemington after the Essendon Stakes next Saturday, her programme has now been changed to…

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Was Desert Gold Overrated Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 6

It did not take the critics long to pick Desert Gold's reputation to pieces after her failure in the Futurity Stakes on Saturday. Her narrow defeat of Cetigne in the St…

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Man-power Proposals. Scotch Miners Reject. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 5

The president of the Scottish Miners' Conference has announced that large majorities in the various mining districts have balloted against the Government's man-power…

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Strike in W.A. the Collie Miners. Reduced Railway Services. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 6

The Premier, Mr. Lefroy, in an Interview today, set out the Government position with respect to the Collie strike. In 1912 the then Government made an agreement with the…

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Victoria Amateur Turf Club. Wedge Beats Desert Gold. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1918 · page 4

Seldom on a Melbourne racecourse has there been [?] a roar of excitement as that at Caulfield on Saturday when Wedge put in his greet run in the straight in the Futurity Stakes. It grew even louder as the…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 6

A sharp advance in B.H. Proprietary shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday provided mining speculators with a subject for comment and gave rise to considerable…

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Clifton Mine Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 7

CLIFTON, Monday.--South Clifton mine was idle today, on account of four or five boys, who have been turning up late to work, having been dismissed…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 9

An extremely active business was transacted in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. The silver section was again the chief centre of attraction, and was…

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Reducing Miners. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 6

A further reduction of the number of men employed underground on the Perseverance mine took place at the end of last week, when 22 machine men, all that remained when the…

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Royalty on Bunker Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 8

It was reported 21st inst. that the New South Wales Government was Investigating a scheme for raising more revenue by imposing a royalty or…

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Rumoured Shipping Merger. Connected with Coal Contract

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 6

The reported shipping merger was widely discussed ia shipping circles yesterday. The Sydney offices of the companies concerned denied any knowledge of the proposed…

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Strike at a Copper Mine. Manager's Dismissal Demanded. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 7

The general manager of Hampden-Cloncurry copper mines, under date February 20, reports a strike of employees on the Duchess mine, the men demanding the dismissal of the…

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Industrial Unrest The Boycott a Show the Wollongong Miners' Protest

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 5

At a meeting of the Wollongong (N.S.W.), A.H. and I. Society recently, it was decided to co-operate with the Cootamundra Agricultural Society in a protest…

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Pay of Coal Lumpers at Melbourne. Increased Rates Asked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 6

An application has been made by the coal lumpers section of the Melbourne Wharf Labourers' Union for increases in the existing rates of pay,…

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