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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Intelligence

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

The Mount Pleasant colliery has some difficulty in supplying orders for coal, owing to the demand. Full time for the working week was again…

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The Coal Mines Regulation Act

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

At the Clifton Police Court of Wednesday, the P.M. Presiding, J. W. Sykes was charged, on the information of John Wilson, manager of the…

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Mining Intelligence

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

An open-air meeting of miners, at which about two hundred attended, was held in the padlock near South Bulli on Saturday, morning. The…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 16

The Westport (N.Z.) Coal Coy.'s output last year was 571,559 tons, and the Seddonville State Collieries 36,048 tons…

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Southern Collieries Mt. Lyell Co.'s Coke Works

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 10

These works are situated at Port Kembla, on the South Coast of New South Wales, and were established in order to provide coke for the Mount…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees Association was held at Tattersalls Hotel on Wednesday. Mr. A. Hicks, president,…

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Mount Keira Colliery. Wheelers Demand a Rise

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

Dissatisfaction which has been existing for some time among the wheelers at Mount Keira Colliery culminated yesterday when the men…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

South Bulli and Woon[?] have full time for the coming pay. South Bulli lodge had a meeting on Saturday, and adopted the minutes…

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Mining inteligence

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 1

The frequency with which disputes occur in the northern collieries to remarkable. Scareely a week passes without bringing forth fresh trouble…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 9

South Bulli Lodge at a meeting on Saturday last carried the following motion,—"That in the opinion of this lodge the time has arrived when…

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Colliery Screenings Interview with Mr. Sellars

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 20

Mr. A. E. O. Sellars, manager of South Bulli and Bellambi Collie[?] returned last week from a trip through America, Great Britain…

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Mining, Inteligence

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

There is nothing further to report in re the wheelers grievance at Mr. Keira. The fourteen days notice expires on Monday next, and…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Coledale lodge met, and a cheek-weighman was appointed to commence his duties on MOnday next…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 20

Substantial encouragement to the coal trade of Queensland is given by the Government in a rebate of 9d per ton on shipment of 500 tons from…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 11

The motion from South Bulli Lodge that a demand be made for an increase in the hewing rate of sixpence per ton, has gone the round of the…

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Mining Intelligence

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 3

For the supply of 5000 tons of coal for the Queensland Central Railway, the Commissioner for Railways' has received tenders from the Queensland…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 20

The fact that a conference is to take place this week between representatives of the Lithgow colliery owners and the Miners' Association…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 12

The actuarial investigation of the selling price of coal during the latter half of 1906 shows that the average was 8s 4.39d. The present…

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A Master in Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 1

The Japanese have long made coal ornaments, so there is really nothing original in the work of Mr. W. Leaver, an English ironworker. All the same,…

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Mining Inteligence

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 1

It is announced that the hewing rate for the ensuing six months is to remain unaltered on the South Coast. This decision has been come to in…

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