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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 188

S.a. Coal Position

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The coal position in South Australia was reviewed the morning by the Coal Board to determine whether the situation warranted the imposition of restrictions…

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The Mining Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The position affecting the mining industry caused by the railway strike remains unaltered. To-morrow night the local governing bodies and representatives of…

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New South Wales Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 11

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. R, H. Cambage, has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for the month of December, 1920, amounted to 4669oz. crude, equal to 4270oz…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 13

The Queensland gold yield for December amounted to 12,874 fine [?]ces, valued at £54,685, an increase compared with December, 1919, of 244oz and £10,241 in value. The yield for the year was 114,181oz, valued…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 13

A material increase in mining business was noted yesterday, but the total turnover was still much below the average. A better feeling influenced dealing, but the cause…

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Hibble Tribunal. Brown Coal Deposits Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Further evidence was taken to-day by the Hibble Tribunal respecting brown coal deposits in Victoria. The State Government, still maintaining its…

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Commonwealth Ships. Diverted to Coal Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 5

The Commonwealth Government has completed arrangements for the maintenance of a collier service between Melbourne and Newcastle with…

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Gold Yield. Decrease for the Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 11

The Under-Secretnry for Mines (Mr. R. H. Cambage) has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for the mouth of December, 1920, amounted to 466902 crude, equal…

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Arbitration. Effect in Mining Industry. "No Peace But a Sword." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 11

Declaring that the coal, industries special tribunal created under the Commonwealth Industrial Peace Act has "not brought peace, but a sword," the State Attorney-General…

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City Coal Mine National Park Suggested

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 1

The City Council is again venturing into the coal mine business. A meeting of the special coal min, committee of the council was held last…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 6

Quotations on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday included the following mining shares:--Broken Hill Prop., b 413, s 434; Broken Hill North, h 294. a 397; Broken Hill South, 287, s 30; Hampton, b 710, s 9…

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Idle Colliery. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 10

There is no change in the position at the Invin[?] colliery, Cullen Bullen, despite the efferts of the executive officers of the miners to reach a settlement. The…

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City's Coal Mine. Lord Mayor Denies Corruption. Properties Offered. Experts to Inquire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 9

The City Council has resumed its quest of a suitable coal-bearing property for municipal purposes, and 27 offers were received at a special meeting of the coal mine committee…

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Deadlock Invincible Colliery Stoppage LITHGOW

Evening News · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 6

There is no change in the position at the [?] Collic[?], Cullen Bullen despite the efforts of the executive officers of the Miners' Federation…

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Charles Reade and Gold-fields History. "Never Too Late to Mend." and 'Land, Labor and Gold."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 11

Charles Reade was one of the greatest masters of fiction of the Victorian period (writes "X" in, the Melbourne ;Age"). As Spencer was the…

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That Reduced Coal Output

The Australian Worker · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 11

We are informed per medium of the capitalist press, that the output of coal in Australia is about six million tons a year below present market requirements, and about one million tons below what is required for Australasian consumption…

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Broken Hill Miners. Medical Examination Proceeding

The Australian Worker · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 20

Professor Chapman, head of the Medical Commission at Broken Hill, states that just on 4000 men have been examined. The names of certain persons suffering…

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National Park Mine Union and Council

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 7

The United Laborers' Union, according to Mr. Whaite, intends to persist in urging upon the City Council the advisability of establishing a coal mine…

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Writs Issued. Claims by Miners' Officials

The Australian Worker · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 7

Last Monday a writ was issued by Mr. John Marcus Baddeley, President of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, claiming £5000 damages…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. R. H. Cambage, the Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for December, 1920, amounted to 4669…

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