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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

169 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 9

Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 15

The Queensland coal pit proprietors are seeking from the Government some aid to help along the mining industry. Inquiry has been promised…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 12

The annual delegate meeting will be held in Tattersall's Hotel, Wollongong, on Wednesday next. The question of establishing a reasonable dirt scale will…

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Important Mining Case

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 19

In the Wollongong Court on Thursday, last week, the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association proceeded against the North Bulli Colliery Proprietary for…

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Technical Education. Mining and Mine Surveying

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

The Illawarra district classes are well represented in the annual examination for 1904. The following local names appear the pass list:—…

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Newcastle Strike. Situation Aggravated. the Court Defied. Miners and Wheelers United. Action by the Crown Probable. Prosecution of Strikers

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

Considerable interest has been aroused in this-district by the news from Newcastle that all the [?] on strike had defied the order of the Ar[?] on [?]…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 13

A British syndicate have acquired, to work coal and iron, over 50 square miles in Anhui in China, about 300 miles from the mouth of the Yangtza, and are said…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

The annaul delegate meeting was held in Tattersall's Hotel, Wollongong, on Wednesday. The quarterly balance sheet, and the financial statement were…

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Mining Matters

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel, Wollongong, on Wednesday last, the…

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Important Mining Case. "First to Come Last to Go."

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 6

In the Small Debts Court, Wollongong, n MondaY, THE p. M. Colonel Chisholm, gave judgement in the adjourned case Illawarra Colliery…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 9

Trouble is expected in connection with the working of coal at Rockhampton. Queensland. The Waterside Workers' Union has passed a resolution…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 12

In the case against the North Bulli proprietary for alleged breach of the "First to come last to go" award an appeal against the decision of the…

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Coledale Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

Matters are still very unsettled in connection with Coledale Colliery and as far from settlement as over. Considerable bitterness exists among the men from the fact that the…

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Selling Price of Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

Joseph Palmer and Son's monthly share list just to hand says:—The coal strike' at Newcastle has not so far caused any great, full in the price of coal shares. We made…

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Colliery Screenings. Wages of Newcastle Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 14

We take the following from Wednesday's "Newcastle Herald":—In view of the fact that much confusion exists as to what are the average earnings of…

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The Totoarra Mine. Unfounded Humors. Col. Owen Interviewed

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

There has been a rumor about at Albion Park that the owners of Tongarra Colliery have met with trouble in prospecting the extent of the Tongarra seam. The cause of…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 7

An advice from New Caledonia reads: There is a rumor that the coalmines and plant of Diahot and of Pam aro to become the property of Messrs. de…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 12

Pay to the unemployed at Coledale was distributed on Wednesday, the amount being about £100. The "manager is putting on 10 miners to…

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Coal Shipping

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

The Port Kembla coal shipments for this week are as follows:—Dunmore 560 tons. Palmerston 500, Govornor Blackall 500, Malachite 680. for Sydney, Mintaro 1100…

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Colliery Screenings. Collie (W.a.) Coal Wages

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 18

The award of the Arbitration Court of Western Australia in regard to the wages and other conditions of employment at the several coal mines in Collie…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 9

Applications to the Arbitration Court to call on the North Bulli proprietary to show cause why they should not be compelled to comply with the first to come…

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