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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

165 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 9

Mines & Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 7

The District Officers report that all mines will resume work on Monday. On Tuesday, the executives of all District Lodges will meet at…

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Gold Coast Dictatorship

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 6

Accra.—Following the recent severe earthquake in the Gold Coast, the Government is proposing to commandeer large blocks of land in the capital,…

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Mining Situation

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

A meeting was held at the Town Hall Annex, Wollongong, on Tuesday, to consider the mining situation. Combined mining committee officials…

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Mines & Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 12

Mr. F. Lowden, District President writes:—The industry on the Coast is again marred by the dispute which has…

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Mines & Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 9

Mr. F. Lowden, District President, writes:— The latest development in this district is the lock-out at Nattai Bulli…

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Fifty Thousand More Miners Are Helping Britain to Pay in Coal for the War London (By Air Mali)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

"Old King Coal" is helping Britain to Day for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war materials…

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Southern Miners Motion Defeated Hectic Aggregate Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 12

A section of the big crowd of miners, which filled the Town Hall Annex to capacity yesterday afternoon was hostile to the speakers and…

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Mines and Miners Meeting of Board of Reference

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 11

Mr. H. C. Finnis, chairman of the Board of Reference, has given his decision in the matter of a dispute arising out of the Award with reference…

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Miners' Ultimatum

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 9

In Sydney yesterday the combined mining unions' committee sent a demand to the colliery proprietors for a conference before the end…

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Mining Matters

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 12

The chief item of interest at the moment is the position at the Wongawilli mine, where, as has been previousl announced, the Chairman…

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MINES & MINERS Delegate Board Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 13

The members of the Minters' Delegate Board, at their meeting yesterday, decided to agitate for an increase in the Old Age and Invalid Pensions…

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The Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 15

There is no alteration in the coal mining situation. A one-day stoppage will be enforced each week…

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Cable Aflame In Excelsior Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

The lives of 200 miners in the main tunnel of Excelsior mine were endangered on Monday, when an electric cable took fire in a section 3 1/2 miles…

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Mines & Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 6

Mr. F. Lowden, President, reports: The annual meeting of the Southern Miners' Delegate Board was held on Thursday and…

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Wongawilli Miners Management Wants to Take Coal Out of Mine

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 11

The Wongawilli Colliery management yesterday requested that our men who are at present employed there as 'light duty men' assist to haul coal from…

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Mines and Miners Wongawilli Dispute

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 8

The Wongawilli Colliery Management yesterday requested that our men who are at present employed there as light duty men, assist to haul…

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Coal Miner's Death

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 19

The Bulli Coronet: at Wollongong on Saturday, held an inquest on James Henry McCarron (60) a coalminer of Wongawilli, who died…

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Co-operation of Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 11

Writer predicted that the miners were out this season to make the game progress, and Mr. A. Burrows has repudiated the statement in the…

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The Miners

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 14

The leaders of the Miners' Federation and combined unions will meet, in Sydney to-day to discuss an Australian wide coal strike…

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WOONONA v MINERS

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 11

On March 17th, the District Ambulance will take the whole of the proceeds when the Pick of the Miners v Woonona will be staged. Everybody…

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