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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 11

All the lodges leave now dealt with the draft Agreement in their various ways. The nett result has not yet been tabulated…

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Colliery Screenings. S.a. State Colliery Project

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 20

A party of South Australian members of Parliament, representing the Willunga, and Kangaroo Island Railway Royal Commission, and the…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 11

During the first part of the week the General Secretary (Mr. Gray) has been attending the Industrial Court in Sydney in response to the…

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Colliery Screenings. Electricity in Coal Mines

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 6

The following is extracted from a paper on the subject by Mr. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Mines, and Mr. Humble, Chief Inspector of…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 10

The conference [?] on Saturday, in Sydney, between [?] representatives of the three colliery[?] districts, on the question of amal[?]amation, resolved…

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Coal and Coal Measures

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 7

The seventh lecture in the University Extension course was given in Wollongong last week by Mr. W. G. Woolnough, D.Sc, F.G.S., on the…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 13

The Woonona mine has not worked all the week, and although, no official intimation has been made it is understood that the stoppage is…

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Colliery Screenings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 6

The general work in connection with the opening up of the 1 and 2 Point Elizabeth State coal mine, Greymouth (N.Z.), is now well…

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Mines Accident Fund

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 14

At a meeting in Newcastle, last week, of delegates to the Conference which has in hand the agitation for the increase of the benefits, the…

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Coal in Queensland

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 6

Though there are at present a number of coal seams being worked in Queensland, providing employment for hundreds of miners and others…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 15

The result of the ballot on the question of being represented in the Industrial Court in response to the summons of the Proprietors was…

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Warning to Coal Stealers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 15

The Corrimal-Balgownie Coy., having lost some hundreds of tons of coal, have given specific instructions for the prosecution without respect…

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Colliery Screenirgs

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 14

A further discovery was made last week by one of the boring parties operating on the Powlett River coalfield (V.), when the most easterly…

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Miners' Eight Hours. the English Act

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 14

This important measure came into force on Thursday last in all parts of the kingdom, except the counties of Northumberland and Durham…

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Colliery Screenings. Coal Trade, Newcastle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 14

The depression which has existed in the coal trade during the last ten months or so, while not so acute as in former periods of stagnant trade…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 9

Judge Heydon informed the General Secretary, Mr. Gray, that the Industrial Disputes Act dealt with, industries, not with unions, and…

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Colliery Sc[?] Electric [?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 7

The following is an [?] paper by C. J. Hol[?] the plant of the Wes[?] Colliery, N.Z.:—At t[?]…

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Colliery Screenings. New Colliery Appliances, West Moreton (Q.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 6

Of late, many improvements have been, made in the methods of miming, and in the handling of coal at different collieries in the West Moreton…

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The Helensburgh Trouble. Mine Still Idle. Summonses Served on Men

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

This morning there was no change in the situation at the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh. On Saturday 265 summonses were served on the…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 4

A special delegate board meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotol, Wollongong, on Wednesday…

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