AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
MINERAL OUTPUT.
(Pbess Association.—Copjitugiit.)
(Rec. 9.15 a.m.) ; SYDNEY,. This Day
The value of the mirieral output from New South Wales has decreased £1.250,000, • campared with .the pi-eyious year. The principal decrease as owing to the jclosing' of-.l'the copper mines. The gold; output has been well maintained. PRIC-E OF BUTTER, (Rec. 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Tho wholesale price of the best butter has been reduced to 135s 4d, second, quality 130s 4d. / BIRTH-RATE. (Rec. 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Bay. The birth-rate in the meti-opolifcim aVea* for the past/ qxiart-er is 11.5 per cent, below the average. , COAL PRODUCTION. (Rec. 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This ,Da.v. The coal production, in tho State for 1914 amounted to 10,390,622 tons, valued at £3,737,761. Shipments of coal from Newcastle totalled 4,276,492 tons, compared with 5,318,906 for the previous year.'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 4 January 1916, Page 4
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136AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 4 January 1916, Page 4
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