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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

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Electric Coal Cutters. Report of the Committee

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 20

The following is a portion of the report furnished to Mr. Estell, the late Minister for Mines, on October 9, 1916, by the committee of inquiry appointed…

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Mount Morgan. Once a Hill of Gold. Now a Mountain of Copper

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 4

"It is not true that Donald Gordon sold his interest in the Mount Morgan for a bottle of whisky," emphatically scerted Mr. Fred. Morgan, in…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 2

The South Coast miners will only take the recognised holidays at Xmas and New Year. The count of the ballot for officers…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the Illawarra Miners' Delegate Board vas held yesterday, when the terms and conditions obtained at the late conference with the…

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Ilawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 13

The second ballot for district office will be taken on Wednesday, January 3, For the office of solicitor Mr. Lysaght obtained an absolute majority…

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The Late Coal Strike (To the Editor.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 7

Sir,—Please insert the following in reply to Onlooker I did not think there were any colonials so narrow minded until I read his trash, but I suppose all…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 2

A start was made at Bulli Mine on Wednesday. Northern miners intend taking a ballot on Mr. Justice Edmund's…

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Mount Keira—Keiraville Mining

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 15

The miners returned to work on Wednesday after the Christmas holidays. For the pay to-day tun days will be drawn. The quarterly cavil was drawn on last…

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Correspondence. Miners' Housing Problem. (To the Editor)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 6

Dear Sir,—Though, as a result of the recent coal strike, conditions have not yet quite reached normal, we now hear little about the rights…

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