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Mining & the mines, 1918

3,145 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 158

Miners' Strike Monmouth Colliers Indignant LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 1

The West Monmouth mines are idle. Seventeen thousand men have gone on strike because tho pay of 20 men at Hollybush was stopped for the time lost whilst…

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London Mining Quotations. London, May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 12

On 'Change to-day quotations were:—British Broken Hill, b 50/, a 51/; Broken Hill Proprietary b 69/6, s 70/6; North Broken Hill, b 62/6 s 63/9; South Broken Hill, b £11, s…

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Mining and Metals. Malaya Tin Company

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 37

The shares in the Malaya Tin Corporation are largely held in Sydney. The chairman of directors, Mr. C. H. Kerry, states in the annual report that it is difficult to adequately present…

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The Coal Output. System of Regulation. Proposed Control Board

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- When in Sydney recently the Acting-Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) heard the views of representatives of the Coal and Shale Miners' Federation on the…

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Coal Miners and Victimisation. a New Move by Bosses. Union Disruption Sought

The Australian Worker · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 15

The powers that brought about the great strike of last year and then placed the blame on the workers have clearly not discontinued their efforts completely to…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 9

Brisk dealing occurred in Mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday, but the, seriousness of the war news led to a weaker move in prices. Barriers were generally…

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Dunedoo Coal Deposits

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 5

DUNEDOO. Wednesday.--The Dunedoo Coal and Shale Mining Syndicate reports having discovered good coal at the end of the tunnel which has been driven about 60 feet into a…

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Mine Thrown Idle. Cloncurry (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 6

Union officials refused to allow men to assist to keep the smelter alight at the Mount Elliott mine during their holiday on May 31. The men demand the…

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African Miners. Question of Enlistment. Capetown

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 5

In connection with the recruit the campaign, the Governor-General telegraphed to the Imperial Government asking whether, in view of the pressing need for men and the urgent…

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South Africa. Gold Output Vital. Capetown, May 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 7

In connection with the recruiting campaign, the Governor-General telegraphed to the Imperial Government asking whether, in view of the pressing need for men and urgent…

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Doctors and Lodges Medical Man's Evidence Mine Owners as Patients MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 30 May 1918 · page 5

Giving evidence to-day before the Royal Commission Inquiry into the dispute between doctors and lodges, Dr. J. B. Wilkinson, of Collins-street, said that there was no…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 6

Closing mining quotation on the London Stock Exchange on [?] Were:--[?]…

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Mount Pleasant Colliery. Wollo[?]

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 5

Another post [?] that in future [?] shifted places play and night [?] be [?] to work one of their present [?]…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 9

A quieter, but somewhat stronger, tone marked opening operations in mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Business was on very [?]estricted lines. Gold and…

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Victims of Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 9

The Premier has received a further letter from the Commonwealth Government respecting the disappearance of the steamers port Kembla and Cumborland. The Acting Prime…

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Lost Through Mines. Port Kembla and Cumberland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 6

The premier has received a further letter from the Commonwealth Government respecting the disappearance of the steamers Port Kembla and Cumberland…

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South Welsh Miners. Thirty Thousand Idle. London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 5

Thirty thousand South Wales miners are Idle. The dispute began through the stoppage of the pay of a few men who censed work following a fatal accident. The question of…

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Under Lucky Star "Aussies" Escape From Huns Hair-raising Adventures Icy-cold Water, Live Wire, and Mine FREMANTLE

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 6

Forced to surrender to Huns in a cellar from which there was no exit except under the, fire of the German guns, taken prisoner, and removed 50 miles behind the lines to…

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South Wales Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 13

The South Wales Miners' Conference failed to settle the Tredegar dispute. Fifty thousand men are idle. A later message says that following further…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 15

A healthier movement occurred in mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and a general recovery took place. "Hills" recovered to 69/3, but eventually closed 1/3…

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