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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 172

The Gold Stealers

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1922 · page 3

Pick Haddon, Billy Peterson, Parrot Cann. Phil Doon, Jacker and Ted Mack are schoolmates. "Jo" Ham is the school mates, Gabel is a little half-witted did man who attends school too. Frank Hardy, friend of Dick's widowed mother, Is In gaol: because "'Gold was found in his clothes at the Silver Stream Mine. He had also sold similar gold…

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Gold-brick Merchants As Labor Leaders

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 March 1922 · page 4

LABOR, in its public organisation in New South Wales to-day, is burdened with false leaders of two kinds, the self-seeking and the self-deluded. On the one hand it has prosperous posturers like Mr. Gregory McGirr, promising every kind of electoral bribe in the way…

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BOOKS of the Day New Guinea Gold Facts That Thrill

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1922 · page 14

The two largest Islands on the globe are Australia and New Guinea. Only a small space of ocean separates them; but Australians know so little about…

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THE " REVOLUTION " in Boodle-ridden South Africa. Was It Provoked by Mine-Owners ? Former Visitor to Jo'burg Deals With Facts

Truth · Sunday 19 March 1922 · page 8

Mr. M. L. Bazain, of 119 Brighton-street, Petersham, who possesses a keen sense of justice, is a much travelled man who has spent a great deal of time…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports the London price of gold on Friday at 95/9 per ounce fine, a fall of 7d since Tuesday. At this prioe the pound sterling would be worth…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 7

It was officially announced on Saturday that balling operations commenced at the Gladstone gold mine (W.A.) on March 17. It is anticipated locally that there will…

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Germany Pays Up Seventh Instalment of Gold LONDON

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 1

A message from Paris announces that Germany has paid the seventh instalment of 31,000,000 gold marks, under the Cannes agreement…

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Commercial, Investment & Mining Markets Bacon Down N.S.W. and Ballarat Sussex Street Trade

Evening News · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 3

Local sides of bacon are 11d to 1s 1½d a 1b in Sussex-street: Bitches, 6d to 11d; middles, 1s 1½d to 1s 3d; flat shoulders. 7d to 9d: single-cloth hams, 1s 4d to…

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Coal Miners Claim for Reduction

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

A special meeting of the council of the mining department of the Australasian Workers' Union (until recently known as the Australian Coal and Shale Workers' Federation)…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

Tongkah Compound No. 2 fortnightly return, 299 hours, treating 32,843 cubic yards for 9 tons 16 dwts. The Outcast and Southern Cross…

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Gloomy Outlook Miners and Owners

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 8

The coal-miners will not stand for a reduction of wages in the industry, and should an attempt bo made in this direction trouble is anticipated…

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German Gold Shipment for England Berlin, March 19

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

Reports from Frankfort state that 50,000,000 gold marks, constituting almost the whole of the reserve of the Reichsbank will be shipped to England next week. It is exclusively for…

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German Purchases. Gold for England. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 9

A [?]essage from Berlin states that, according to reports from Frankfort, fifty millions of gold marks—almost the whore of the reserve in the Reichsbank—will b[?] shipped to…

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Mining Shares. Stagnant Conditions. Silver-leads Weaker

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

Stagnant conditions prevailed for mining shares at the Sydney Exchange yesterday. Up till the afternoon only one sale on each of the previous two…

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Mining on 'Change Business Better, Prices Firmer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 6

There was rather more activity displayed on the Sydney share market yesterday. Business was better, and prices were slightly firmer. Nevertheless, business was not good. One…

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Two Points of View In Coal Industry Will Wages Drop?

Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 5

Coal owners and miners are now marshalling for what appears to be a test of strength. A conference called by the Colliery…

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The Leisure Hour in the Home Circle Rise of the West the Golden Era the Discovery of Gold (Continued from the Last Issue.)

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 8

Some years afterwards— Dame Fortune not having deigned to smile upon them us she did upon thousands of others who worked at the Ophir, as…

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Coal Miners Special Meeting of Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 6

A special meeting of the council of the Mining Department of the Australasian Workers' Association (the Coal and Shale Minors) was held yesterday, to consider the letter recently…

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N.S.W. State Coal Mine. Good Progress

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 14

Good progress is reported at the N.S.W. Government coal mine at Mort's Gully, near Lithgow. The output is now about 130 tons per day, and this will continue to…

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Water Supply. Protection Against Pollution. Coal Mine Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 10

The Mines Department, some months ago, informed the Bulli Colliery Company that it would be necessary for them to sink a shaft for the purpose of further ventilating their…

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