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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 15

The District Delegate Board will meet next Tuesday in the Board Room, Wollongong. The Workers' Compensation…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

For the current pay South Bulli mine pays for eight days. At this Colliery a breakdown in the machinery occurred on Wednesday, and as a result the…

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Corrimal Colliery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 13

The presence of gas in a section of the Corrimal mine, located last week end, was responsible, for the mine being idle all the week…

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South Kembla Colliery

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 12

Tunneling operations conducted by the South Kembla Colliery and Coke Coy., Ltd., for the last few months have resulted in a very good seam of…

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Fire at South Bulli Colliery. Men From Mines Rescue Station Turn Out

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

About five o'clock on Monday after, noon the whistle of the South Bulli Colliery blew in such a manner as to make residents in the vicinity believe…

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Suggested Work. for Unemployed Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 6

At the Central Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday, a non-commital reply was received from the Department of Labour and Industry in regard…

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Coal Loading Facilities at Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 2

Again this week vessels left Port Kembla to coal at Newcastle. With intermittent work at the Collieries, it behoves the powers that be to see to it that our coal loading facilities are increased to meet the requirements of the Port, otherwise…

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Canadian Women. Out to Fight Railway Freights on Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 14

The women of Canada are waging a fight against high railway rates for coal. The following is taken from a Canadian paper:—…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

Our Dapto correspondent writes:—The miners at Wongawilli Colliery who had received fourteen days' notice, were told by the management to take…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 13

South Bulli mine has been idle since last Tuesday. Corrimal men are still out over the gas trouble. Mount Pleasant mine has only…

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Smallest Coal Mine. in Great Britain

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 10

At Tan Hill, Yorkshire, is what is claimed to be the smallest coal mine in Great Britain. It is worked by live men, who have made a tunnel into the…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 13

Mount Kembla colliery has not worked this week. Mt. Keira and Mt. Pleasant each worked two days…

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German Capital. for Coal Fields

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 9

In the Federal Parliament Mr. Charlton asked Mr. Bruce whether the report concerning the £2,000,000 German company that proposes to start…

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Mines and Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 11

The Corrimal mine after being idle for about three weeks resumed work on Wednesday. The minors will have no pay to draw for this pay…

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BALGOWNIE Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 11

Mount Pleasant employees have three days to draw for this pay. Up till yesterday the mine had worked four days this week, which is the best since…

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Illawarra Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 13

commenting on the reported outburst by "Baron" Brown to the effect that the miners must get back to the 1914 rates the Southern District Miners…

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Corrimal Mine. Letter From Department

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 10

Mr. A. A. Lysaght, M.L.A., recently made representations to the Minister for Mines in regard to the stoppage, at the Corrimal mine, and received the…

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Australian Miners' Convention. Southern District Nominations

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 16

Mr. Thomas Silcocks, the Southern Miners' Returning Officer, announced to-day the names of the candidates nominated by the various lodges for…

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Suggested Reduction. Op Miners' Hewing Rates

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 11

Speaking to the District President (Mr. F. Lowden) this morning, he informed our representative that the miners cannot even imagine getting back…

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Mine

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 9

The employees of the Corrimal-Balgownie colliery have worked full time, with the exception of Monday, which was May Day…

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