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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Mines and M[?]

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

The District President, Mr. Fred Lowden, is an inmate of the Wollongong Hospital, where he had a toe amputated…

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Colliery Officials. Entertain Mr. Denver Fallack

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 7

The Southern Colliery Officials' Association entertained Mr. Denver Fallack at a social evening during the holidays at Helensburgh, at which there…

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Miners Accident Relief Fund

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly, the following question was put to the Minister for Mines by Mr. Davies, M.L.A.:—In view of the fact that beneficiaries…

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Large Mine Fan for South Africa

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 7

The Durban Navigation Collieries of South Africa have recently ordered one of the most powerful mine funs yet constructed. This fan, which is a…

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Mining on Thirroul Beach

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 9

Joseph' Percival wrote that his proposal regarding a mining lease on Thirroul beach would not prove a hin[?]rance to anybody frequenting the…

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Mines Working Well

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

The mines all commenced promptly after the holidays and have worked continuously ever since. There are happily no signs of any serious…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 15

Corrimal Colliery was idle on Tuesday owing to the men being congregated at the pit month when the trucks were ordered away and the men had to…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 16

Relief pay will be distributed to the Coledale miners to-morrow at Thirroul. On Wednesday night, Messrs. D…

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Novel Mining Application. to Mine for Tin. On Thirroul Beach

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 6

If anybody suggested some time ago that minerals other than coal could be found in the vicinity of Thirroul, they would be laughed to scorn…

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Miners' Minimum Wage

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 15

A motion which has been curried unanimously by the South Coast Miners' Delegate Board and forwarded to be death with at the annual meeting of the…

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Oxidation of Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 3

An interesting paper on "The Change in Weight of the Coal During Prolonged Oxidation at Low Temperatures," by D. J. Kreulen, of…

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'Miners' Dwellings. at Mount Kembla. Report from Board of Health

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 3

At the Central Illawarra Council on Wednesday a report was received from the Board of Health in regard to miner's residences at Kembla Heights. The…

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Mines and Miners. Annual Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 3

The District President (Mr. Fred Lowden) was chairman at the annual meeting of the Illawarra Miners District Delegate board, held on Monday…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 27

Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Mines:— With reference to your further…

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Illawarra Miners Annual Board Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 11

District President, Fred Lowden, was chairman at the annual meeting of the South Coast miners' District, Delegate Board and District…

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Miners' Dwellings. at Mount Kembla. To the Editor

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

Dear Sir,—In your paper of Friday, January 14th, a report from the Central Illawarra Council re the Miners' dwellings at Mount Kembla, I would…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

Mt. Pleasant mine has worked 9 3/4 days for the pay to be drawn to-day. The reason for the mine working, a 3/4 day was that the main hauling rope…

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Coal Mine Sanitary Service Pan System Enforced

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 6

New regulations demand that the pan system shall be introduced for sanitary conveniences in coal mines, and at the meeting of the Bulli Shire Council on…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 13

A day was lost at Corrimal mine on Wednesday on account of miners being taken off coal to do shiftman's work. Work was resumed on Thursday…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

A communication received locally states that Balmain miners' lodge has rejected the decision of the South Coast Miners' Delegate Board…

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