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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 225

Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for gold on Tuesday was 88/ per ounce fine, an increase of /3 since Friday last. At this price the pound…

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The Gold Standard

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 9

The near approach of sterling to partly with United States currency has caused discussion with reference to the prospect of resumption of specie Payments…

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Mine Explosion London, March 7

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 6

Armed men placed a land mine outside the door of the Dublin Income Tax Office. Detective Kelly opened the door, and the mine exploded, blowing…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 9

The Tongkah Harhor dredges worked 2017 hours during February, treating 70,000 cubic yards of material for a return of 73 tons of the oxide…

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Witness Rebuked Coal Tribunal Breeze

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 7

Something like a breeze ruffled the atmosphere of the Coal Tribunal this afternoon, during the evidence of a witness named Ernest Seaman, of…

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Mine in Dublin. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 9

Armed men placed a land-mine outside the door of the Dublin income tax office. Detective Kelly opened the door and the mine exploded, blowing him to pieces and…

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Latest Charters. Wheat, Coal and Phosphates

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 4

Copenhagen, s, 4540 tons, Newcastle to Singapore—coal. Strathlorne, s, 4330 tons, Nauru to Melbourne—phosphates…

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£6/5/- a Week What Miners Want

Evening News · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 3

"A 33 1-3 per cent. reduction in wages means we would earn only £2 a week," declared Henry Salget, a miner, at the invincible…

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"Pit, James!" Doing It in Style Miners' Sulkies

Evening News · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 5

Many miners at the Invincible Colliery, Cullen Bullen, drive to work in their own sulkies: some use cycles, but so far none have…

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Expensive Water Miners Pay 2- a Cask Storekeeper's Position

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 9

"What would the residents of Sydney do it they had to pay for their drinking and cooking water at the rate of 2s a cask…

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Haul of Gold at Edgecliffe Loss of £200

Evening News · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 1

A thief who operated swiftly, but surely, at the home of Arthur Hall, "Brantwood," New South Head-road, Edgecliffe, between 4 p.m. and 9.20…

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German Sailer To Carry Newcastle Coal First Since 1914

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 8

It was stated on reliable authority to-day that the German sailing vessel, Barmen, now in port at Sydney, has been…

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White Coal Tasmania's Hydro-Electricity Story of the Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 5

It is doubtful if anything has done so much to build lip the industrial prosperity of a country as the hydroelectric scheme has for Tasmania…

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Gold for Notes Scotsman Falls a Victim LOSES £17

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 8

The gold-for-notes confidence trick was played yesterday on a Scotsman who is to sail for London in a few days…

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Lucknow Gold Mines, N.l

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 11

The legal manager of Lucknow Gold Mines, N.L., reports that the new shaft is now sunk to a depth of 20ft, and timbered down 9ft. It is being sunk in basalt, and should pass into the alluvial at 40ft. A…

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Coal-bricks for Gold. Arrest for Daring Train Robbery

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 14

After Investigations extending over three months, the Beglin police have arrested Algerl, an Italian, aged twenty-two years, who cleverly stole…

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The Miners

Communist · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 3

At the Maheu’s they always went to bed half-an-hour later now. Etienne there harped on the same string every evening. His nature becoming more…

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On the Official List. Lloyd George Gold Mining Company

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 4

The Lloyd George Gold Miing Co., N.L., has an authorised capital of £75,000 in £1 shares. The subscribed capital is comprised of 25,000…

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Lloyd George Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

The following wire has been received from the Lloyd George gold mine, Gibraltar, West Australia:—"Treated 410 tons for the fortnight,…

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Coal Tribunal Pronouncement Shortly

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

At the sittings of the Coal Tribunal to-day, the chairman, Mr. HlbbIe, said it was possible that after he had given careful consideration to the matters…

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