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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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N.Z. Coal Mines Act

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

The Coal Mines Act Amendment Bill, recently introduced in the New Zealand House of (Representatives, contains 21 clauses, and is largely on the…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 2

There was a stoppage at South Bulli yesterday and to-day owing to some trouble with the wheelers. At the time of our going to press a…

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Colliery Screenigs

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 16

An area of 1073 acres between Wollombi and Muswellbrook has been set apart, as provided for in the State Coal Mines Act. About 1500…

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Western District Collieries' Award

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 12

The following are some provisions of the just-issued award for Lithgow district:— Rates for Miners.—The lowest price…

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Mining Prosecutions. Coalcliff Cases

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The cases against the Coalcliff colliery employees were continued before Mr. A. Gates, S.M., at the Scarborough Police Court yesterday, when the case…

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Quest for Coal for the State

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

Says the "Herald"—Under the direction of Mr. Cann, Minister for Mines, the department is pursuing its search for coal in different…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The adjourned case, Coalcliff Colliery against McAuliffe, wheeler, was concluded on Monday, when defendant was fined £7 11s in all, with the…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

The Delegate Board met at Tattersall's Hotel, Wollongong, on Wednesday and Thursday, Mr. S. Bird (president) occupied the chair, and in…

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Illuwarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 13

A special delegate meeting was held in Wollongong on Wednesday, and Thursday. Among the business was the matter or prosecutions of…

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Insulting Words in a Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 7

Robert Anderson, a wherler in South Bulli Mine, pleaded guilty to using insulting words to the under-manager in the South Bulli Mine. Mr. Russell…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The conference between representatives of the proprietors and the men in reference to an advance to surface hands has been set down for to day at…

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Evidence of Progress. Improvements at Mount Pleasant Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

That the directors of the Mount Pleasant Colliery are alive to the enormous expansion of the coal trade which must eventuate on the…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 17

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

A conference between representatives of Southern Colliery employees and executive officers of Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association together with…

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Illawrra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 12

The surface hands 'wages question is still unsettled. The General Sec. was in Sydney to-day. Some anxiety is felt as to what…

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Miners' Wages Board

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 7

No. 4 Board met at the Wollongong Court House yesterday. Present: Messrs Hibble (chairman), Sellors and Mallett (employers' representatives)…

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Western Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 8

The "Lithgow Mercury" says:—The local coal trade is still slack. Proof of this is seen in the fact that the Lithgow Valley and Hermitage pits…

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A Big German Mining Concern in Australia

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 4

One of the greatest opportunities offering the Federal Government to give a great and permanent life to the mineral industry of Australia and at…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The refusal of a number of members of the Union to pay the levy in aid of the Maitland miners was brought to a climax last week, when the men at…

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