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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

237 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 12

The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 19

The arrangement for an inquiry under the Act into the circumstances of the hewing rate dispute at Sooth Bulli lapsed through Mr. Vickery…

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The Illawarra Mining Industry. South Bull Dispute

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 2

The Minister for Labor and Industry has appointed A. J. Kelynack, Esq., barrister-at-law, to act as conciliator in the mater of difference at present existing between the…

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Helensburgh Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

The now weighing system is giving every satisfaction here, but the dirt question is still in an unsatisfactory state, the manager's proposals to make deductions in weight…

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Illawarra Hiring Industry, South Clifton Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

The district secretary (Mr. D. Ritchie)? has received a reply from Mr. Saywell, proprietor of this colliery, in answer to his appeal to pay the advance on the hewing…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 14

Word has come to hand of a pending strike at Minim. The presence of non-unionists is the cause of the rupture…

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The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 12

The conciliation inquiry, which took place in Sydney on Friday (last week), into the South Bulli dispute, resulted in the following recommendations…

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Illawarra Mining Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 2

The South Bulli miners at their meeting held last Tuesday to consider the recommendation of the conciliator, decided not to accept his recommendation to go to work…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 12

The Bulli colliery records three days and Bellambi four days last week, and the cokeworks full time. Lithgow consumers of coal are…

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Maitland Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 2

Maitland people think that before long their district will be the centre of the coal industry in the colony. At a recent banquet it was stated that, according to Professor…

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The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 11

The general secretary, Mr. David Ritchie, has received from the conciliator in the South Bulli trouble (Mr. A. J. Kelynack) a supplementary report…

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S. Bulli Colliery Dispute. (To the Editor, South Coast Times.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

SIR,—My attention has been directed to the report of the conciliator in the matter of the dispute at the above colliery, which was published the "Daily…

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Inspectors of Collieries

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor, [?] the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of Messrs. John Dixoo, [?] Rowan, Thomas Lionel Bates, [?]…

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Illawarra Mining Industry. South Bulli Dispute

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 2

At the meeting in Sydney on Saturday last, which was held at Mr. Vickery's office, to endeavor to arrive at a settlement, those present were Mr. A. J. Kelynack, chairman,…

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South Bulli Mine Dispute

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1900 · page 2

Regarding the South Bulli strike the officers of the provincial council and the officers of the Illawarra Miners' Union held a meeting at Woonona on Monday…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 12

The steamer South Australian on Monday loaded 700 tons of coat at Bulli Jetty. The s.s. Herga loaded a full cargo of…

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The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 11

It looked on last Saturday evening as if the trouble at South Bulli was as near a settlement as could be; at the moment of writing settlement looks…

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Mining Mems

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1900 · page 2

It is understood that the court of arbitration which is to be held in connection with the South Bulli dispute will open its sittings at Bulli about the 20th inst. Local…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 16

Scots papers by last mail state that applications for coal miners for Nova Scotia had been received in coal districts of Scotland. Wages were stated…

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The Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 1

The Arbitration Court in the South Bulli dispute, has been fixed for Monday 25th inst., to open in Bulli. Judge Murray is arbitrator. The…

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Local Coal Shipments

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

Shipments of coal from the port of Wollongong for the month of May, 1900, were as follows:—From the jetties, 42,259 tons; Belmore Basin, 15,531. Total, 57,790…

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