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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

166 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 9

Hydraulic Mining Cartridge. a Substitute for Blasting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 20

A description was given in a Paper by Mr. James Tonge, read before the Society of Engineers, London, of an hydraulic mining cartridge…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

Arising out of the difficulties in regard to the prosecutions at Coledale and Coalcliff, the Delegate Board, at its last annual meeting, decided that…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 7

Balmain Colliery Wages Board sat three day this week. One other witness has been to be heard on the employers' side…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 2

The stoppage at Coalcliff continues. Over 160 summonses have been issued against the men and it is understood that the cases will be heard at…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 9
Also in Illawarra Mercury

Mr. T. Gilmore, secretary of the Coalcliff Lodge, wrotes: "To allay any doubts in the minds of your readers re the stoppage at Coalcliff…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 9

A special delegate board meeting in connection with the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel yesterday, and…

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Coal Limited. the Prospectus Issued

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 13

An undertaking which we have reason to believe will in the near future play an important part in development of our coal industry, has…

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Mining Prosecutions

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

The local court was crowded to da when the cases of 102 employees of Coalcliff Colliery for absent ing themselves from work were set down for…

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Correspondence. Illawarra Miners. (To the Editor)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

Dear Sir,—Having rend the award, also the interview with Mr. Willis, as published in the last issue of your paper, I have to confess that I am…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The South Coast Miners' Wages sat at Sydney on Monday. Mr. Hibble was chairman, and the employers were represented by Messrs. A…

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Absent from Work. Coalcliff Colliery Gases

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 7

At the Wollongong Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. Elliott, S.M. the cases against the employees of Coalcliff Colliery for absenting…

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Tasmanian Collieries Severe Slackness

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 16

For various reasons, the Mount Nicholas and Cornwall Collieries, in the Fingal district, Tasmania, are only working half-time at present…

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Absent from Work. the Coal-cliff Cases

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 8

The Coalcliff Colliery employees cases were continued before Mr. A. Elliott S.M. at the local court on Tuesday, when the evidence for the…

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Colliery Screenings Bell Coal Leases, Lithgow

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 17

The application of Messrs. Sands and Lazarus for suspension of labor conditions for six months on their coal leases at Bell was heard…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

There will not be work at any of the South Coast Collieries on Monday as that is the day set down in the Award as Miners' Gala Day. No gala…

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Keira Colliery Accident Claim

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 11

Mr. Watt and Mr. Tighe, instructed by Mr. Cecil A. Coghlan and Co. appeared for the plaintiff in each case, and Mr. Windeyer, instructed…

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Victorian State Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 16

During last week a record was established at the Victorian coalmine for a day's output. For the two shifts over 2500 tons were got…

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