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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 225

British Miners' Plight. Famine Conditions Make Men Desperate

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 17

On the very day that Lloyd George fell, a deputation of leaders from the Miners' Union visited him at 10 Downing-street. He Informed them that he was Premier…

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The Price of Coal. Union Official's View

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 7

Speaking at Newcastle last week on the demands of the coal trade during the year Mr. A. Lewis, Treasurer of the Northern Executive of the Miners'…

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"The Gold Standard." An Old-Time Myth

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 8

"The gold standard is the only sound, safe, sane money system imaginable," according to the International Bankers' Trust, but there is nothing in the history…

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Karri Waste Versus Coal. Railway Department Makes Tests

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 10

With a view to determining the relative value of Collie coal and waste karri as a fuel for railway locomatives, certain tests have been carried…

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Financial Cables. United States Gold Movements. Washington, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 13

The Treasury announces that during the first eleven months of 1922 gold imports into the United States aggregated 249,000,000 dollars or 411,000,000 less than for the same…

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Losing Her Gold United States Exports Washington, January 1

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 9

The Treasury has announced that for the first eleven months of 1922 gold imports into the United States aggregated 249,000,000 dollars, the smallest…

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U.S. Coal Mines Nationalisation Urged Washington, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

The United Mine Workers' Association of America has requested the United. States Coal Commission to consider the nationalisation of the coal…

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Railway Mine. Large Output of Coal. Below the Market Price. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 10

The railway coal mine has now reached an output of between 800 and 900 tons a day, and it. is stated that the coal is produced more cheaply than the Commissioners can buy…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports the [?]ice of gold in London on Tuesday at 89/3 per [?]nce fine, a rise of /2 since the previous Friday…

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Newcastle and District Indigent Miners Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 8

Miners at Stockton Borehole, owing [?] intermittent work during the past 12 months, have, it is stated, averaged not more than £2 a week, and for the past…

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Western Australian Gold Yield. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 11

The gold yield for December was 44,593oz, valued at £189,419. The 'output is 9207[?] less than that for December, 1921.. The total production for 1922 was 538,245. oz, valued at…

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W.A. Gold Yield Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 8

The gold output for West Australia for December was 44,593oz. (fine), valued at £189,419. The yield is 9207oz. less than that of December, 1921…

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Coal Industry. Proposed Nationalisation. Washington, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 9

The united mine workers of America have requested the United States Coal Commission to consider the question of nationalisation of the coal industry…

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Mount Morgan Position of Mine Re-opening Next Week

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 9

"Unfortunately, we are still operating at a loss, although much has been accomplished during the past nine months in lowering the cost of producing a ton of…

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Killed in Mine Miner's Earlier Escape West Maitland

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 8

Charles Powell, the miner who was killed instantly by a fall of coal in the Bellbird colliery yesterday, was one of three men entombed in the same…

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Country News. No Orders for Coal. Helensburoh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 10

After having completed half a shift at the [?]litan [?]ery yesterday the miners [?] sent home by the management. It is [?]tood that the stoppage is the result of…

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MINING New White Crystal (N.L.)

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 3

The report of the legal manager (Mr. F. H. Reynolds) of the New White Crystal Company (N.L.) for the month of December is as follows:--…

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Unemployed Miners. Appeal to the Union. No Funds Available for Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 8

A deputation from the miners employed at the Stockton Borehole Colliery to-day interviewed members of the northern district executive of the Miners' Federation, with a view…

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The Gifts of the Magi. Gold, Incense, and Myrrh

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 6

The Gospel tells us that the Magi who came from the East to Bethlehem when Our Lord was born offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh; and it may be…

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Country News Miner Killed Fall of Coal at Bell-bird Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 8

Charles Powell, a miner, of Bellbird, was killed by a fail of coal shorty after commencing work this morning, on the first shift of the new year…

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