Selling Price of Coal
To all others than those behind the scenes in connection with the Australian coal trade, it ia mysterious that the present high price of coal in the old…
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Mining & the mines, 1900
237 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 12
The Illawarra Miners. South Bulli Difficulty
On Saturday the miners had an open-air meeting, near the mine, Mr. E. Knight, chairman of the Lodge, presiding. Mr. W. Lindsay, the…
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Messrs. D. Ritchie, W. Lindsay, and J. G. Hutton interviewed Mr. Johnson, manager of the Bulli colliery, on Saturday last, to endeavor to induce him to pay the…
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Mr. Saywell, of South Clifton, was also interviewed on Friday last re the advance question. So far, the advance on the hewing rates has not been paid at this…
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Mr. A. F. Wyckham has has been elected check-weigher at Kembla colliery in succession to Mr. D. Ritchie. Mr. Rlitchie has filled those offices for over five and a-half…
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Mr. II. Goldic has been elected secretary of the Kebla miners' lodge in succession to Mr. D. Ritchie who leaves shortly to fill the office of district secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mining Accident
Yesterday afternoon a miner named James Weir, residing at Thirroul, was killed in the Old Bulli mine by a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Colliery Disaster. (To the Editor, South Coast Times.)
SIR,—To those who have had any experience or connection with that class of mining wherein it is necessary to descend many hundreds of feet into the earth for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Illawarra School Of Mines. (To the Editor.)
SIR.—In reference to remarks in your columns of late, regarding a school of mines, and requiring the Government to resume additional lands near the public school in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here and There. Henry Lawson—dapto Literary and Debating Society.—frisky Weather.—the Reoess.—the Labor Party and Dan O'connor.—south Bulli Mine—the Possessions of the Empire of the Empire—wheat and Flour
Met Henry Lawson out Bulli way, close of last week. Lawson has taken passage by the s.s. Medic for London. How will the bard of the back-blocks regard the…
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A Royal Commission is to be appointed in Queensland to inquire into the coal-mining industry generally. Shipments of coal at the Government…
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It has been decided to agree to Mr. Johnston's request to change his system from "shandygall" to screened-coal, he having agreed to pay full district rates…
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The suspension of operations at the South Bulli Colliery during the last few weeks, is a striking example of the need for legislation to prevent such a serious…
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An appeal for help has been made to the various miners lodges in the coal fields districts, on behalf of those bereaved by the late colliery disaster at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Illawarra Miners
Up to yesterday (Friday) there had been no change in the South Bulli situation. Nor had anything been heard from Mr. Saywell on the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal and Coke Shipments
We are indebted to Mr. E. Potts, officer of Customs, for the following shipments from the port of Wollongong for the month of March, 1900:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corrimal Colliery
There are mutterings of much discontent at the Corrimal colliery through the action of the management in inflicting fines upon the miners for filling stone amongst the…
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Through a stoppage of the four-feet seam working at the Bulli colliery, five miners were thrown out of work throughout the whole of last week without any notice, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Bulli Colliery
Another week has passed and still the same tale has to be told of South Bulli—mine idle; men locked out; no overtures of any kind made during the week towards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident
A miner named Peter Young suffered a severe accident in the South Clifton colliery on Monday by a fall of stone. His back was injured and both his thighs…
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