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Illawarra · Mining & the mines
204 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 11
Some time ago, it will be remembered, a movement was not foot to establish a Permanent Relief and Accident Fund, [?] mat[?]rs were pushed along so successfully [?] draft copy of rules…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOUTH WALES has been the scene of another terrible colliery explosion, by which 87 lives have been lost. The disaster occurred at the Morfa colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following letter from the pen of Mr. John Biggar, of this town, appeared in Thursday's Herald:—From letters and sub-leaders in your valuable journal, it appears very desirable that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pursuant to notice posted at the pits' mouths and in the public press, a meeting of the miners and employees at the Mount Keira and Mount Pleasant collieries was held in the Church-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Can you tell me, young Australia, When the day is going to be, When the masers and their Colliers Are to mutually agree;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are informed, on behalf of Mr. W. Wilson manager of the South Bulli c[?]lliery, that a statement by "Ex-miner" in our issue of the 19th ultimo, setting forth that the miners at the said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fairly well-attended meeting of miners was held in the Church-street Hall, on Saturday evening. The meeting was convened for minors and other employees of Mount Keira and Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The broad gauge tramway and the screens commenced last year by the old Corrimal Company under the management of Mr. T. Ber[?]am, and which was to replace the miniature plant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The risks which minors run are so numerous and fatalities and accidents so frequent lint any plan by which these mi-haps can be minimised should be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Thursday the first engine and train passed over the new railway to the Corrimal mine, and Corrimal may be considered to have entered on a new ora. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Can anyone tell your vendors the reason why Mr. F. Woodward never appears as a speaker at the miners' annual demonstrations? I think that gentleman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The S. M. Herald of yesterday contains the following paragraph:—"It is stated that the falling off in the cool trade of Newcastle is so marked that both the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A circular relating to the western collieries of Northumberland, England, and the wages of the men, has been issued by the Committee of the Northumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An English paper says:—The Durham assessment committee reporting on the rating of their district say that it has been the practice to allow a deduction of 25 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helensburgh ia rapidly improving. The Metropolitan Colliery now send away about 300 to 350 tons of coal daily. This employs three and four government trains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the increasing traffic on the Illawarra line, Wollongong has been made a depôfor the locomotives employed in the goods department. These engines are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern miners have tho satisfaction of being first in the field in bringing into existence a permanent accident and relief fund, and the Northern miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By an inrush of water into a colliery at Pontypridd some years ago, five men were imprisoned for ten days without food, but were ultimately released by the rescuers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A writer in the European Mail status:—"I have just had some conversation with an officer of a steamer—and a fine vessel she is—new just arrived from New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A mass meeting of the miners of the Illawarra district was held at Bode's Centennial grounds, on Saturday afternoon. Despite the fact that heavy ruin hud fallen…
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