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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 11
Also in Illawarra Mercury

During the week a few of the colliery employees who were victimised as a result of the recent strike have been put on, and a further batch of names is…

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Waste of Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 8

In a paper read recently before the British Institute of Metallurgists; by Mr. L. C. Harvey the statement is made that only 5 per cent…

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Powdered Coal Fuel Great Economies Claimed. Chicago

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 16

Any Australian [?]isiting the United States who understands what the increasing cost of mining and transporting coal in his own country means in relation…

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News Notes. Sanitary Conditions of Coal Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

The following is taken from a report furnished by the Department of Public Health :—An extensive inspection of the sanitary conditions…

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Mt. Mulligan (Q.) Collieries

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 6

The annual report of the Chillagoe (N.Q.) Mining and Railway states:—Since the directors' report was written the Mount Mulligan coal mines had been…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 11
Also in Illawarra Mercury

The miners' Delegate Board will meet on Tuesday next, when the result of the recent ballot for election of officebearers of the Illawarra branch of the…

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Newcastle Mining

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis (treasurer of the C.E.F.), expressed the following opinion in regard to the situation in the Newcastle district:—"With…

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Selling Price of Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. C. M. McDonald, secretary of the northern Collieries Association, states:— "In Thursday's issue of the…

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South Coast Collieries. Employees Carried 2 1/4 Miles Underground

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 14

Remarkable energy is being displayed in the district at several of the mines in the direction of providing mechanical means of transit of employees…

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Decline in Mining

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 1

The aggregate value of the mineral products of New South Wales now exceeds £283,000,000 coal, £86,000,000; silver-lead £79,000,000; and…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Delegate Board was held in Wollongong this week on three days. Mr. A. C. Willis, the Federation secretary, attended…

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Queensland Mining

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. Gledson, M.L.A., and secretary of the Queensland District of the C. and S. M. Employees' Federation, has been visiting Newcastle. Speaking upon the…

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Illawarra Miners. Delegate Board Meeting. Important Resolutions

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The Delegate Board Meeting of the Illawarra miners sat at the office, Wollongong, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Mr. W…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 14
Also in Illawarra Mercury

The dispute at Scarborough about night shift places was settled on Wednesday, the e executive officers taking part. The cavil was drawn and work…

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South Bulli Colliery's New Transport

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 16

Among improvements effected in the plant of the South Bulli Colliery during the past year or two, and the latest, for it lias only been in operation a few…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

Scarborough Tunnel Mine was idle four days this week owing to a landslip near the tunnel mouth. Keira and Kembla both have had…

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