The Illawarra Miners
Further donations to the Gala (March 1st) prize list are: H. J. Graham, 200lb flour; Dr. Dixon, £1 1s; Dr. Kerr, £1; L. Fitzgerald (per Helensburgh…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
169 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 9
Southern Coal Trade
THE coal trade of the district continued brisk during, the week, all of the collieries having worked well. Loading operations at Wollongong were confined to supplying…
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A middle-aged man named Charles Wilkinson, of Balgownie, had one of his feet split up the instep and one toe taken off by a fall of coal in Mount Pleasant…
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For some time past a syndicate, included in which are several Freemantle gentleman, has been prospecting for coal in Western Australia, and from assays…
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Everything promises a very large gathering on the Centennial Grounds, Wollongong, to-day (Saturday). The arrangements for carrying out the gala…
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Daring the week the Lithgow coal trade was brisk, and the coke trade dull. The application of A. Armstrong, for permission to mine for coal shale and…
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Four men are employed boring off the Southern Coal Co.'s jetty…
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On Wednesday, Colonel Chisholm, P.M, in the absence of the Coroner (Mr. C. C. Russell), held an inquest as to the death of John Frederick Barker…
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The Wallsend Collie Coal mine, Western Australia, has been purchased by Mr. Zebina Lane on behalf of the Collie Proprietary Co. This means the…
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Following are the shipments of coal and coke from the Port of Wollongong for the month of February, 1902 :—COAL.—Jetties, GS,724; Belmore Basin, 20,751; total,…
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THE Illawarra coal trade was brisk during the past week, all the collieries having worked well, the fortnight's wages being for full time. In addition to the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Highway Robbery. Mine Manager "Held Up." Amount Taken, £818
AN audacious daylight robbery was committed at Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, last Friday afternoon. Mr. John Pryor manager of the Garden Gully mine, was "held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Screenings. an Electric Miners' Lamp
Many attempts (says Mr. W. O. Wood in the "Mining Standard") have been made by inventors to produce a portable electric lamp for use in mines…
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The district collieries worked the following time for the 12 weeks ending March 8:—Helensburgh 82 days, South Bulli 62, Woonona 62, Corrimal 61,…
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An action was brought before Judge Simpson at the Sydney Court on Friday by George Carson Hunter, coalminer, aged 56, against Thomas Saywell,…
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With commendable promptitude (says the "Mining Standard") the Mines Department of New South Wales has issued a progress report, giving the…
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The annual meeting of the union is fixed for April 9.—The general secretary has received a letter from the secretary of the Wollongong movement in…
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Another unsuccessful attempt has been made to limit the hours of underground coal-miners in Great Britain to eight hours per day. The proposal has…
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The Westralian Government has accepted the tender of Messrs. McIlwraith, McEacharn aud Co. to land Newcastle coal at Premantle at £1 Os. 5d., as…
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The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Illawarra Miners' Association was held in Bulli on Wednesday night. Mr. M. F. Maguire, president…
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