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Mining & the mines, 1936

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Mines & Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 13

The District Delegate Board [?] on Monday and Tuesday of this week, and one of the principle decisions was that they approved of a State…

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Colliery Mechanics

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 8

A dispute at South Bulli colliery in respect to the payment of overtime rates to members of the Colliery Mechanics' Association employed on…

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The Mines

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 11

South Bulli has worked nine days for the current pay, and Corrimal mine has worked eight…

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Large Coal Storage Plant

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 6

The White Fuel Corporation of Boston, U.S.A., has completed a water front coal-handling plant with facilities for the rapid and economical…

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Mining Matters

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 10

The dispute over the seniority of surface employees at the Helensburgh colliery, was fully discussed at a meeting of the lodge held on…

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South Coast Coal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 19

Mr. McNally referred to a statement in the City Press alleged to have been made by Mr. Mckay that South Coast Coal supplies would last only…

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Coal for Bunnerong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 8

Mr. McNally referred to a statement made at meeting of the Sydney County Council, to the effect that coal supplies on the South Coast would only last…

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Land and Valuation Court WOLLONGONG — FRIDAY Before His Honor, Judge Maxwell. Colliery Valuation

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 3

In 1935 when Mt. Pleasant Colliery closed down, the Valuer-General's Dept., valued the property as freehold, and it was against this…

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Coal Shipments

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 13

Last month at Port Kembla, 3767 tons of cargo coal, and 1491 tons of coke were loaded for New Caledonia, while 5104 tons of bunker coal were…

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Russian Miners Building of Better Living Quarters. for the Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 3

In Tzarist Russia the miners, working twelve and even fourteen hours in the pit were living in dugouts, in clay huts or dirty barracks. The miners…

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Sydney County Council Pulverised Coal Favoured. Report to County Council

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 10

The expert committee appointed by the Sydney County Council to investigate tenders for the supply of powerhouse equipment has recommended…

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Colliery Fatality Late James Reid Clark

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 4

At Bulli Courthouse, on Tuesday, the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Payne held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of James Reid…

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