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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

204 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 11

Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 13

Mr. A. Gray, general secretary, has returned, from Sydney, where he underwent two operations, still in a weak state. Mr. A. Waugh continues…

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Colliery Screenings Examining for Gas

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

In a report presented some time ago to the Royal Commission on Mines in England, Dr. John Cadman Professor of Mining in Birmingham…

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Vancouver Coal Beds

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

A recent Canadian geological survey report states that the bituminous coalfields of Vancouver Island are the largest on the Pacific coast…

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Farming & Mining Invetions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 9

Messrs. Griffiths and Hassel, Patent Attorneys of l63 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents connected…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

Cavi was drawn under protest on Friday at Corrimal and Mount Pleasant. At the Coal Cliff new shaft mine cavil was not drawn on Friday, and as…

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Important Coal Mining Case a Mine Manager Fined

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 8

The prosecution by John Peter Brennan, of Corrimal, coal miner, of James Thomas Watson, manager of the Corrimal-Balgownie Colliery, Ltd., for…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 13

The Conciliation Board formed recently is expected to have its first sitting next week. As there are a large number of cases for it the…

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Colliery Screenings Danger of Naked Lights

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 8

Mr. James Ashworth, consulting engineer of Vancouver City, British Columbia, has prepared a report on the explosion, which occurred recently…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

In the Industrial Court on Friday, before His Honor Judge Seholes, Inspector Dunleavy mentioned a trouble which has arisen at Coal ClifT Colliery…

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Colliery Screenings Queensland Collieries

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 17

The annual report of the Queensland State Mining Engineer has been published. It shows that the number of collieries in that State…

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Queensland Collieries

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 9

The annual report of the Queensland State Mining Engineer has been published. It shows that the number of collieries in that State…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 13

The executive officers were to accompany the deputation today to the Minister for Works arranged by the Proprietors' Association to urge…

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Coal Shipping at Port Kembla— No Berth for Large Vessels

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 10

On Wednesday the Mayor of Wollongong, Alderman Dean, convened a conference of municipal and Citizens' Association representatives for the…

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Colliery Screenings Explosions in Mines

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 22

The proposal put forward by Dr. John Harger, in a paper read before the Manchester Geological and Mining Society last April, entitled "The…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 13

The matter of the objection of the Coalcliff lodge to the management at the late cavil having increased the number of special double shifted…

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Victorian State Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 22

Various causes continue to create a great deal of unrest amongst the miners at the State Mine, and it is hard to say from day to day what is…

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The Mine Timber Prosecution Appeal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 13

The following grounds of appeal against the decision of the S.M., Wollongong, in the charge against the manager of the Balgownie-Corrimal…

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Farming & Mining Invetions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Griffiths and Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street. Melbourne, report that the following applications for patents connected…

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Work at the Northern Collieries

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 7

Ten days constituted full time for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, and no less than 23 collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 11

The quarterly delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel yesterday. Present: Messrs…

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