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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 5

Hamilton Knight, secretory of the Lithgow Miners Lodge, writes to the Lithgow "Mercury":—"As there have been several references in your…

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Distribution of Coal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 9

Mr. A. C. Willis, together with other representatives from the Council of the Coal and Shale Federation, waited upon Mr. Watt, the Acting Prime Minister, in…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

The Delegate Board in connection with the Illawarra branch of the Coal & Shale Employees Federation, met at the Union Office on…

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Norwell Brown Coal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

The Victorian Premier, Mr. Lawson, lately said: "The Government hopes to be able to make arrangements for an early and adequate supply of brown…

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Mining Fatality

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. O. A. Edwards) on Thursday opened an inquest on the body of Michael Ryan, who had been killed by a fall of stone at the Mount…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 2

It has been reported to Mr. J. T. Sweeney, Miners' District Secretary, that a miner from Coledale mine, in giving evidence before the Board of…

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Wa[?]a Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 9

The secretary of the Illawarra District, Mr. J. T. Sweeney, stated this morning that at the sitting of the Board of Trade in Sydney on…

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Proposed Coal Purchase

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 1

The "Newcastle Herald" states:—It is estimated that there are at the present time between half and three-quarters of a million tons of…

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Fatality in Mt Pleasant Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 5

The Coroner, Mr. Edwards, S.M., continued on Monday the inquest as to the death of Michael Ryan, miner, on July 17th. Inspector Hindmarsh, Mr. Cox and…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 August 1918 · page 9

The general secretary, Mr. J. T. Sweeney, attended the Trades Union Congress. Re the Board of Trade inquiry, the…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 4

By advertisement in this issue the Minister for Labour invites the attention of miners to the advantages to be gained by the scheme of…

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The First Mine Bath House

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 17

Colliery development in the northern end of the district being so much, in advance of housing accommodation and consequently employing so many…

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Farming and Mining Inventions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 7

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

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 August 1918 · page 12
Also in Illawarra Mercury

The general secretary, Mr. Sweeney, has received the following reply from the Proprietors' Association to his request for a conference re unemployed…

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Colliery Whistle Nuisance (To the Editor.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 August 1918 · page 18

Sir,—I am a stranger in the souther end of this district, and I am really at a loss to know the meaning of all this whistle blowing in this end of the…

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Mining in South Africa

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 August 1918 · page 1

Mr. S. J. Vidler, one time an Austinmer resident, in writing from South Africa to Mr. G. Cram, says he is one of about 300 white men…

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Illawarra Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 4
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

A special delegates board meeting of the Illawarra branch of the Australasia Coal and Shale Employees Federation, was held on Monday and…

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