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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Excelsior Miners. Settlement Likely

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 5

When the case against the Excelsior miners, of absenting themselves from work, came before Mr. Prior, S.M., at the Bulli Police…

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Excelsior Miners. Settlement in Sight

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 8

When the case, Excelsior colliery and Coke Works, Ltd. v twenty-two miners was called at the Bulli Court, on Tuesday, Mr. A. A. Lysaght, who…

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Serious Accident. at South Bulli Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1927 · page 2

A young lad named Positti, of Corrimal, and employed in South Bulli mine as a clipper, met with a sensational accident in the mine on Friday last…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 14

The pay drawn at Mt. Kembla mine last Friday was for 6 days, and six days were worked up to the 20th inst. for the current pay…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 16

We were informed by the Miners' executive this morning that at the conference in Sydney with, the Southern Colliery Proprietors Association, the…

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Bulli Miners' Benefit

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 14

The Secretary of Bulli Miners' Lodge, Mr. W. J. Ashford, advises us of the financial result of the event conducted last week as a benefit for three of…

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Gold Bricks

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 1

Under the hot sun Tom Stover rode slowly across the Texas plains towards the collection of shanties which he saw ahead of him, some miles away. He…

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Coal Production. in New South Wales

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1927 · page 2

Mr. F. S. Mance, Under Secretary for Mines, has furnished a statement to Mr. Chaffey, the Minister for Mines, with regard to the mining industry in…

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