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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Mines & Miners. Coalcliff Miners' Lodge

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

The District President (Mr. F. Lowden) writes: In view of extra miners, shiftmen, and wheelers being employed early in the New Year at the Coalcliff…

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Obsolete Strikes Socialist Warning to Seamen and Coal Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 13

Mr. E. E. Judd, General Secretary of the Socialist Labor Party of Australia, issued on behalf of the General Executive the following…

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Miners Coalcliff Miners Lodge

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 13

In view of extra miners, shiftmen and wheelers being employed early in the New Year at the Coal cliff Colliery, a special meeting of…

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Importation of Coal From From Britain

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

Mr. Lowden writes: The proposal to ship coal from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, to Melbourne, Victoria, will not be so easy and as…

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City of Gold. Johannesburg of To-day

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

Johannesburg has become the City of the Optimists. Since that happy hour in the closing days of 1932, when by a stroke of a Government pen the…

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The Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 10

Work, was resumed at Corrimal and South Bulli mine on Monday after the holidays, but were idle on Wednesday on account of the aggregate meeting…

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Miners' Mass Meeting Lively Interludes

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 8

The mass meeting of colliery workers held in the Globe Theatre, Wollongong on Wednesday morning, decided against…

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Miners' Fishing Excursion Keiraville — Sussex Inlet

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

A liner reports that sailing past Wreck Bay on Xmas Day, special attention was drawn to large shoals of fish heading seawards at an…

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Oil From Coal. New Plant Opened

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 11

The first plant in the world for the hydrogenation of bituminous coal is the Imperial Chemical Industries' plant at Billingham-on-Tees. By this…

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Coal v 0il a German Paper's Viewpoint

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 11

In dealing with the question of the extent to which the increasing use of oil fuel has affected the coalmining industry, the "Deutsche…

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Mines & Miners. South Coast Mining Matters

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 12

Mr. F. Lowden, district president, states:—The Coalcliff Colliery was rendered idle on Tuesday last, owing to the…

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Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 15

The Coalcliff colliery was rendered idle on Tuesday last owing to the colliery Management insisting on the employment of a Horse Breaker,…

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The Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 10

The Corrimal and South Bulli mines have worked full time this week, and there is every indication of continuous work for some considerable time…

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Colliery Horsebreaker. Coalcliff Matter Decided. Secret Ballot Taken

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 9

When Mr. Sylvester James, formerly, engaged at Excelsior Colliery, Thirroul, was last week appointed a horsebreaker at Coalcliff Colliery, the mine…

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Bulli Colliery Increasing the Employees. Seniority Question Analysed

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 5

With a welcome increase in the orders for coal, it is necessary for Bulli Colliery to re-engage an extra 30 men, to commence at the beginning…

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The Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

As rumoured a few weeks ago, there was a big batch of miners and offhand labour started at the tunnel on Tuesday last—32 minors, 8 wheelers…

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The Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 9

Corrimal and South Bulli mines pay for full time to-day—ten days. The former was idle yesterday, but was again at work to-day…

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Mines & Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 11

The District Executive reports:— The members of the Wongawilli Miners' Lodge held their usual monthly meeting at Dapto on Wednesday…

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Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

The members of the Wongawilli Miners Lodge held their usual monthly meeting at Dapto, on Wednesday last (5th inst), when both the…

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The Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 10

Corrimal miners are experiencing a Slackness of trade after a period of continuous work. Only three days were worked this week, and a similar…

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