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Illawarra · Mining & the mines
78 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4
CROYDON, (Q.), Wednesday.—The Chinese refuse to leave the field, having obtained counsel's opinion that as long as they are not engaged in mining, nor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Rogers and Mr. Gibson (instructed by Mr. Bull) appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Pitcher and : Mr. Stephen (instructed by Mr. Westgarth) for the defendant. The plaintiff, an engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE explosion occurred at St. Helen's Colliery, Workington, on April 19, by which 28 men lost their lives and several injured. The [?]it took fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tho lock-out at the South Waratah Colliery (Newcastle) still continues. Twelve strangers arrived at the colliery at 10 o'clock on Thursday night, from Sydney, in charge of an official of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident, which terminated fatally, occurred in the Mount Kembla colliery about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. A young man, named Hugh Dobbie, aged about 20 years, a wheeler employed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Never have the prospects of the Illawarra coal trade looked brighter than at the present time. All the local collieries are working good time, find in several instances the coal cannot be got out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fur some time past it is "all work and no play" at the local collieries, that is, if the will is equal to the opportunity. Yes, even on Sunday it is regularly carried on at North Bulli colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This company, which was floated in London a few months ago, was not long in commencing operations. The intelligence of the company having been registered in England, had not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly on Tuesday (says the Herald), Mr. Gould moved the second reading of the Bolli Colliery Disaster Fund Bill. After referring to the circumstances under which the Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As has been referred to on several occasions in these columns, Mr. John Biggar is arranging preliminaries for the opening of a colliery on an extensive scale in the mountain range opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We understand that several representatives from the Maritime Labor Council are now in this district, whose object it is to endeavour not only to resuscitate the Illawarra Miners' Union that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the motion for adjournment, in the Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr. Woodward, the representative for this district, called attention to the recent case in which the manager of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Tuesday's issue we mentioned the fact that several delegates from the Maritime Labor Council were then in the district endeavouring to resuscilate the Miners' Union, and, having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An aggregate meeting of miners of the Wollongong district was held in the Temperance Hall, on Saturday night There was a large attendance, and considerable interest was displayed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the course of an interview with the Newcastle delegates yesterday, Messrs. Dix and Middleby informed a representative of this journal that their visit here was altogether a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So far, there is nothing fresh to report in connection with the rather disturbed state of affairs prevailing amongst the mining community during the past few days. There are several rumors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Avoca correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph relates that a miner named Edward Miles, who has been resident there for 28 years, met with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday evening last a meeting of the men engaged at the three Bulli's was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bulli, to hear a report from the Maritime Council by Mr. M'Queen, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of Mount Pleasant minors, convened by the usual process of posting notices at the it month elsewhere in the vicinity, was held at the Commercial Hotel, on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →You miners around the Southern District Be re-united and join hand in hand; Stand up for your rights in fair equal terms— They're your employers, but ye are the men…
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