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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 4

Mount Pleasant Colliery resumed work on Tuesday, after the holidays, but there was a good number of absentees. Good progress is being made…

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Coalcliff Colliery Idle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 11

A boy employed at Coulcliff received notice of termination of his employment owing to coming out of the mine early. The notice terminated on Tuesday…

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BALGOWNIE Mines

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 15

Mount Pleasant Colliery commenced work on Tuesday. There were a few absentees. Kembla Extended resumed work…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

S. Sheppard, Corrimal, a wheeler employed at South Bulli Colliery, suffered a badly crushed right hand in the mine on Thursday…

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BALGOWNIE Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 19

Mt. Pleasant colliery has four days in for the current pay. The mine was idle on Wednesday owing to a dispute among the clippers. The miners…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 16

Wheelers at Wongawilli Colliery decided to go to the Dapto Show to-day (Friday). It appears that yesterday a wheeler refused to change roads, and…

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CORRIMAL Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 11

The employees of the Corrimal-Balgownie colliery have worked full time this week. Surf Carnival…

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New Lamp for Detecting Mine Gas

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 13

A new type of electric safety lamp was recently displayed in Vienna, in which the filament is made up of a series of semi-circular loops of…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 11

A special meeting of the Southern District Delegate Board will be held in the Miners' Hall, Wollongong, next Monday, to deal with…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 16

A special Delegate Board meeting will be held on Monday morning at 9 o'clock when some very important Federation business will be dealt with…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 2

The pay to be drawn at Mt. Kembla to-day is for nine days. None of the district mines worked yesterday on account of the holiday…

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Wongawilli Colliery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 11

A worker writes:—A conference between the management of Wongawilli (Dapto) Colliery, and representatives of the Colliery Mechanics'…

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[?]Outh Wales Collieries Stabilising Prices

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 21

The scheme of the South Wales [?]alowners for the stabilisation of [?]ices (states "Barclay's Bank Re[?]ew") has been approved in…

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BALGOWNIE Mines

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 10

Mt. Pleasant Colliery is experiencing a very slack time. The miners only have five days in for the pay, and up till Tuesday of this week the…

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Slackness of Work. for Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 1

The slackness of work on the various coal fields is causing concern in mining circles. At a delegate board meeting at Lithgow the question of preference…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

The annual Delegate Board meeting eventuated on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Sweeney reports that nothing of public interest was transacted, except…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 16

Great enthusiasm is being displayed in connection with the protest meetings at Thirroul and Wollongong, this Sunday…

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BALGOWNIE Mines

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 21

Mount Pleasant Mine has been working slack time of late, and up till Wednesday had only two days in for the pay…

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Kembla Extended Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 8

The Kembla Extended mine, which has been idle for some time through the loss of the Government contracts, may ro-open at an early date…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 6

The pay to be drawn at the Mount Kembla mine on Friday is for 5 days, and one day has been worked so far for the current pay…

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