Colliery Screenings
The Lithgow coal trade continues brisk, and some shipping is still being done. It is reported from Rockhampton that…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
169 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 9
Kembla Colliery Disaster
Sir,—Now the inquest is over and apparently the finding of the jury is based on the evidence of the Chief Inspector of Collieries in the State it opens up a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Information
The whole of the local collieries are working full time. The now rule for the shortening of hands at the collieries, "the last come first to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corrimal Colliery Fire. Outbreak Well in Hand
Quite a sensation was caused in Wollongong on Saturday morning when the news was noised aboard that the Corrimal pit was on fire. Naturallu such intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mines Regulation Act
The Minister for Mines moved on Thursday night— "That this House will, on its next sitting day, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider the…
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Work at the Outtrim colliery, Outtrim (V.), was again dislocated last week, owing to the men going on strike through the refusal of the manager to pay for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Miners' Thanks
At a meeting of the miners of Mount Kembla held on Monday night a resolution was carried thanking the following for the valuable services they rendered on the…
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In the Assembly, the other night, Mr. Edden (for Mr. Nicholson) asked the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture, —(1.) What amount of money has…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Illawarra Miners
Mr. D. Ritchie, general secretary, who has been urging the resumption of the arbitration case, has received a letter from the president stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another Outbreak at Corrimal Mine
A slight fire has again broken out in the Corrimal mine, it being not yet knowledge serious it may be. It is believed to be a recurdesconce of the last one, but is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Governor's Visit. a Great Reception. Visit to the Mine. His Excellency Greatly Interested. the Banquet and Concert
The great event of the week so far as Wollongong is concerned was the visit of His Excellency Sir Harry Rawson, K.C.B., on Monday (Eight-hour Day) in connection…
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An advice from Outtrim, Victoria, under Wednesday's (of last week) date, reads :—A meeting of miners was held to-day, when it was decided to call out…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shooting Coal
Since the Mount Kembla disaster the conditions regarding shooting the coal in hard places have been changed in several collieries, and in some shooting has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Travelling Roads
At the miners delegate meeting on Wednesday it was decided to request the local members of Parliament to endeavour to get the Coal Mines Regulation Act amended to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan Mine Water Supply
Urgent letters have been received from the manager of the Metropolitan Colliery Helensburg, by the Wollongong Council, asking for a supply of 50,000 gallons of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Meeting of Miners' Delegates
The quarterly delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at the Terminus Hotel Wollongong on Wednesday the following was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corrimal Mine Fire. The Second Outbreak. Not Yet Extinguished. the Work Very Difficult
Latest particulars yesterday from the scene of the fire at the Corrimal Colliery shows that the outbreak is more serious than was at first anticipated. The fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Clifton Colliery. a Strike. Demand by Wheelers
South Clifton Colliery has been thrown idle in consequence of the wheelers going on strike. They demand an additional 6d per day for using safety lamps. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheels Within Wheels Chapter XXVI.—Continued. the Secret Mine
It bad been agreed that the cutting of the wires should be deferred until a time when, if discovered, it would be too late to remedy the defect, and so they would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Screenings
There is a great deal more food in the N.S.W. Mines Department report for 1901 than usual, thought he delivery is late. Also, though it is served…
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