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Page 190
... week if disabled by accident , £ 1 a week when on strike , and at death his relatives could collect £ 50 . These benefits were the equivalent of half - pay to most men , and they induced Queenstown shopkeepers to join the union ...
... week if disabled by accident , £ 1 a week when on strike , and at death his relatives could collect £ 50 . These benefits were the equivalent of half - pay to most men , and they induced Queenstown shopkeepers to join the union ...
Page 249
... week in the mines , the directors suggested that the miners work 40 hours one week and 48 hours the next , thus reducing absenteeism on Saturdays and increasing output . Secondly , they proposed to reduce wages and salaries by ten or ...
... week in the mines , the directors suggested that the miners work 40 hours one week and 48 hours the next , thus reducing absenteeism on Saturdays and increasing output . Secondly , they proposed to reduce wages and salaries by ten or ...
Page 293
... Weekly Reports , Cables and Letters to Directors , 1895-6 . ( iv ) Progress Reports of Railway Engineer , 1894-6 ... weekly reports to the directors , his report of the smelting test at Argenton in May 1893 , and his 115 - page report on ...
... Weekly Reports , Cables and Letters to Directors , 1895-6 . ( iv ) Progress Reports of Railway Engineer , 1894-6 ... weekly reports to the directors , his report of the smelting test at Argenton in May 1893 , and his 115 - page report on ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cent copper company's Comstock copper cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan hauled Heemskirk Hercules Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston lease Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain Murray North Lyell open cut pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting smoke South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track Trent Trial Harbour tunnel union Victoria Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc