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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 11

Mr. Thos. Morgan has received from Mr. H. A. Mitchell, Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association, a letter as follows:—"I am…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. R. Morgan, Miners' General Secretary, is in receipt of the following letter from H. A. Mitchell, general secretary of the Federated Engine…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 16

The application of J. H. Walker for a coal lease of 150 acres, parish Ellalong, county Northumberland, has been refused. A lease of 640…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 11

Mr. Andrew Gray, the general secretary-elect, in reply to a request for some particulars about himself, expresses himself averse to being held…

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Colliery Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

An accident took place in the Mt. Kembla colliery on Tuesday last. A young man, Charles Palmer, aged 25, was injured by a fall of stone in the…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 5

The coal trade years signs of slackening off in companion with the trade at present, and this time last year. The owners could not supply…

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Mining

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 7

The Borehole Collieries Teralba pit, at Cockle Creek, was idle on Friday owing to a dispute which has arisen as to the hours of working. The…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 13

Some of the North Bulli wheelers all of whom but three gave 14 days' notice last week on account of the lamp of one of them being kept back,…

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