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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 188

West Australian Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 8

PERTH, Thursday.--The gold output for January totalled 51.458 fine ounces, valued at £218,582. This is 2459oz. below that of December last, but 24,951oz. more than in January…

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W. A. Gold Yield. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 11

The gold output of Western Australia for the month of January was 51,458 fine ounces, valued at £218,582, compared with 26,507 fine ounces for January last year, during which month a strike affected the…

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The Coal Trade. The Value to the State

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

A report by the Secretary for Mines in New South Wales (Mr. Cambage) shows that during the year 1920, no less than 10,716,000-tons of coal, valued at…

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Ireland. Rebels Explode Mine. Lorry Blown Up. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 9

Rebels, in ambushing auxiliaries near Ballinalee employed a roadmine, blowing up a motor lorry, killing two and wounding nine. It is believed that this is the first occasion…

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Gold for Notes. Same Old Story. Inexhaustible Credulity

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

"Gold for Notes!" That phrase must have a most attractive sound about it. Men have been known in this city to hand over their hard earned savings…

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H.M.A.S. BRISBANE To Coal at Sydney

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 8

The cruiser Brisbane returned from Jervis Bay this morning, and moored in Farm Cove. It was learned from Garden Island…

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Mining Industry. Secondary Products. Suggested Manufacture in Australia. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 8

The Minister for Mines, referring to the fall in metal prices to-day, expressed the view that the only way to ensure the steady working of the industry in Australia was to…

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Favorites Fail at Ascot Worthy Gold Breaks Race Record: Selections for Victoria Park

Arrow · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 3

There was a great crowd at Ascot on Wednesday, but a majority left the course losers, for, despite the fact that many well-backed horses were…

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Our Coal Mines. the Steady Miner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 7

The views which coalminers hold concerning the best means of making others acknowledge their claims to the vast coal deposits of our land are varied as their dispositions,…

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Coal Miners. Mr. Hibble's Award Wages Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 13

A new award governing the rate of pay of employees engaged in the coalmines throughout the Commonwealth was delivered yesterday afternoon by the Coal Tribunal…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 12

Kalumpang last fortnightly return shows that [?]1 hours were worked, during which time 28,000 cubic yards of solid ground and 3500 cubic yards of silt were treated, for a yield of 21 tons 15cwt. of tin oxide…

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Coal Award. Higher Pay for Miners. 17 12 Per Cent. Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 12

The chairman (Mr. C. Hibble) of the special tribunal which inquired into the dispute between the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation and the coal companies…

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Work in Collieries Record for Fortnight, NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

Owing to the idleness of the collieries on Anniversary Day, ten days constituted the full time for the fortnight ended to-day. Twenty-seven of the 43…

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A Bortable Coal Loader

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

In many parts of the world a great deal of manual labour is expended in such work as piling coal at depots and stacking goods in large stores…

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I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes

The Methodist · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

"When my pul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord."— Jonah 2:7. When my soul faints within me, I will remember my Lord. That memory is the beat of medicines and…

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Truck Shortage. Throws Mines Idle. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 14

Regarding the shortage of railway trucks, it is the opinion of local colliery managers that if one extra load of empties were supplied daily to the Lithgow pits the trouble…

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Mining Industry and Secondary Products

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

The view expressed by the Queensland Minister for Mines that the only way to ensure the steady working of the Mining industry is by manufacturing secondary products locally is one that will be shared throughout Australia, and should most certainly be acted…

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Broken Hill Mines Compensation Committee Broken Hill

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 7

The joint committee which controls compensation mutters under the Act is being held up in its work on account of the failure of the Minister to appoint…

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Decline in Mining. Select Committee's Inquiries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 14

The select committee of the Legislative Assembly which is to investigate the decline in the metalliferous industry is about to take evidence in mining centres…

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"Go Slow." Abandoned by N.Z. Miners Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 14

The proposed inquiry into the coal dispute by a special committee has been accepted by both sides. The Miners" Federation has agreed to abandon the "go slow" policy in…

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